Biomedical Odyssey

Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

A diverse group of doctors and nurses discuss medical data.

Technology, Progress, and the Pandemic

August 11, 2022

I graduated college and started my M.D./Ph.D. training in 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a remarkable time to enter medicine — I met my first patients over Zoom and completed my first Ph.D. rotation virtually. What I most remember about that time was palpable fear. Everyone I knew — […]

Akshaya Annapragada ⋅ A Day in the Life coronavirus, covid-19, medical student, Technology ⋅ No Comments

A summer night in a natural reserve in Switzerland

’Tis the Season to Glow

July 27, 2022

I think we can all agree that there is something absurdly beautiful about an ephemeral speck of light; a glow you barely get to set your eyes on before it dissipates into thin air. Firefly season is upon us here in Baltimore, and, given that this was my first time seeing these tiny little creatures […]

Patrick Debs ⋅ A Day in the Life beauty, biological research, environments, Research ⋅ 2 Comments

Cancer Cells under microscope background 3D illustration

Organoids — frustrating and full of promise

July 20, 2022

Working with biological samples has its ups and downs. Every Ph.D. student, postdoc and scientific researcher working with cells, tissues, animals or other living organisms knows how tricky it can be. For instance, you might have to work on some weekends or holidays, because these living things usually do not care about the holidays. They […]

Fatemah Shojaeian ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Biomedical Research, cancer research, cellular research, organoids, Research ⋅ 1 Comment

Cropped shot of technology and a notebook on a desk in an empty home office during the day.

Become a Biomedical Odyssey Blogger!

July 5, 2022

Our medical students, residents, postdocs and fellows have a lot to share — from daily life in the classroom, tips on thriving during residency, new research that is pushing the boundaries of science and patient care, to the best places to grab a bite in Baltimore, they share it here on the blog. If you […]

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ A Day in the Life bloggers, blogging, Science Writing, write for us ⋅ No Comments

A man runs

The Progressing Path

June 30, 2022

As I enter my fourth year of medical school and make plans for residency and beyond, I realize that I have spent much of the past few years checking off boxes and anticipating the next steps in my career. I have often viewed medical school as a source of delayed gratification, part of a process […]

Jacob Roberts ⋅ A Day in the Life balance, goals, medical school, medical student, running ⋅ No Comments

My Form of Meditation

My Form of Meditation

June 29, 2022

Photos provided by the author. I spend a lot of my free time roaming around my developing, growing urban jungle. We have a small apartment in Harbor East, and since moving here in 2020 during the pandemic, I’ve found total peace in picking up houseplants that bring me joy and caring for them in my […]

Puja Panwar ⋅ A Day in the Life balance, gardening, Hobbies, plants, Self-Care ⋅ No Comments

Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasm at The Horse You Came in on Saloon in the Fell’s Point neighborhood of Baltimore.

“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.” — Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore and Beyond

June 22, 2022

Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasm at The Horse You Came in on Saloon in the Fell’s Point neighborhood of Baltimore. Photo: Margo Peyton When I set out on two trips from my home in Baltimore this April, I did not know that I signed up for an Edgar Allan Poe interstate tour. The first stop on […]

Margo Peyton ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, edgar allan poe, history, poetry ⋅ No Comments

Front view of Mars the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System

Becoming Martian

June 15, 2022

In the medical school years while obtaining my M.D.-Ph.D., I once attended a lecture by Mark Shelhamer, head of the Johns Hopkins Human Spaceflight Lab, which is part of the NASA Human Research Program — a coordinated effort to examine the physiologic consequences of long-term human spaceflight and its associated health risks. The medical concerns […]

Jeong Jun Kim ⋅ A Day in the Life immigration, Mars, space, space exploration ⋅ No Comments

Young man taking care of his plants on the balcony of loft apartment

Small Residential Gardens Can Curb Consequences of Baltimore’s Urban Landscape

June 8, 2022

Building density and the use of materials such as concrete and pavement make urban areas, including Baltimore City, extremely harsh environments for wildlife. The use of these materials causes an urban heat island effect, which means that parts of Baltimore City are hotter by an average of 8 degrees than surrounding suburbs on a given […]

Grace Steward ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, environment, gardening, nature ⋅ No Comments

Typical ceramic products of Sicilian style in the old town of the historic village of Erice in Sicily, Italy

O, Deadly Majolica

May 25, 2022

Human history is full of stories about people going to great lengths to achieve splendor, beauty and luster. Women in ancient Roman used the belladonna plant to dilate their pupils and enhance the beauty of their eyes, running the risk of permanent vision loss. Diane de Poitiers, mistress of 16th century French king Henry II, […]

Patrick Debs ⋅ A Day in the Life art, Baltimore, exhibit, history, museum ⋅ 1 Comment

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