Biomedical Odyssey

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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

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Five Favorite Bookstores in Baltimore

September 24, 2021

Baltimore contains many local independent bookstores that are worth supporting. Here is a list to help you get started!

bliu37 ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, books, Hobbies, reading ⋅

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Lessons from Taekwondo for Medical School

August 3, 2021

An incoming medical student shares how her years in taekwondo shaped the mindset with which she now enters medical school.

Meher Kalkat ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore, Hobbies, medical school, medical student ⋅

Hobbies Offer Scientists a Much-Needed Break from the Lab

September 28, 2015

Last year — on a whim, and to temporarily escape the stresses of neuroscience research — I began to take improvisational comedy classes with the Baltimore Improv Group (BIG). Once a week, I’d leave the world of pipette tips, blinking displays and squirming mice and instead be transported to whatever reality my scene partners and […]

richardsima ⋅ A Day in the Life Baltimore Improv Group, BIG, Comedy, Hobbies, Improv, Lab, Research, Researchers, Scientists, Stress ⋅

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