Why I Stopped Pursuing Gut Microbiota Research As An Academic
<p>Though I was just a master’s student, I’ve published <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0g318kcAAAAJ&hl=en" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">over 10 papers</a> in reputable scientific journals, mainly as the first author. Neuroscience, infectious diseases, and vaccines are my research interests.</p>
<p>Looking back, <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.01361/full" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the first paper</a> I published was a research review on the potential of different probiotic bacterial strains to treat major depressive disorder in the journal <em>Frontiers of Neuroscience</em> in 2020 (Figure 1).</p>
<p>As with any excited newbie tackling a tough project, I put a lot of effort into this paper, to the point of obsession, honestly. I believe I spent at least 6 hours on this paper every day during the semester break — trying to comprehend the entire literature on the relationship between gut microbiota and the brain and between probiotics and depression.</p>
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