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What a Rose Taught Me About Research, Mentoring, and the Art of Waiting

"Mignonne, allons voir si la rose..." So begins one of the most famous poems by the sixteenth-century French poet Pierre de Ronsard, whose verses helped immortalize the rose as a symbol of beauty, time, and human aspiration. More than four centuries later, a rose bearing his name sits in my garden. For over a year, I watched it grow. It established roots. It produced leaves and stems. Then, at last, it bloomed. Two flowers. Just two. And they were worth every day of waiting.

Mentoring

Sylvia Jackson

6 days ago3 min read

Fig 1. Mushrooms and their β-glucans (Khan et al., 2018)

Nature’s Fiber Against Cancer: The Science Behind Mushroom β-Glucans

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” — Hippocrates For centuries, mushrooms have been valued not only as food, but also for their medicinal potential. Today, modern research is beginning to explain why. One group of compounds drawing major scientific attention is β-glucans — naturally occurring polysaccharides found in mushroom cell walls. Researchers are particularly interested in how these molecules may influence the immune system and support cancer research

Public Health

Asma Ashraf Khan

Jun 14 min read

Money: To Have or To Be

I have to confess something bad I've done years ago. I still regret it; and there's no way I can repair the harm I've done. This is what happened. I walked up to a cashpoint to withdraw money. A 100 CHF bank note was already there in the machine distribution slot, waiting to be collected, obviously forgotten by my predecessor...

Ethics

Rebecca Savioz

Sep 3, 20254 min read