DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMANART ILLUSTRATIONWe want to reflect on the impact of this experience on scientists as we move forward in post-pandemic times. Young scientists were challenged to write a haiku about their career during the pandemic, and what they hope for in the future. Here are some of the responses. Follow NextGen Voices Twitter using the hashtag #NextGenSci Previous NextGen Voices Survey Results at https://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgenvoices Jennifer SillsHome Work-life balance You need something to scale Leo E. Chambers from the USA Online speech Full color broadcast of speech Yuan Zhi (China Passion with a Lag Online Lab Meetings Heated debates but without lags Victories lack oomph Hikaru Katie Kotake in the USARelevance Infectious diseases modeling No one knew my area Now all say R-naught; I hope they can forget soon. Akira Endo. UK Symphony in silico. USA Nano tackles COVID. USA Experience and lessons. Hunting for solutions. Morgan Daly Dedyo, USA PlasticMasks, LLC Added to the EMT role. They are now better. There were no buyers. Back to rockets. Adrian Tymes, USA Psychology Psychologists in Demand Time to Nurture Souls Sarita Kumari (India)Classroom The chemist's classroom Make sanitizer Teach online classes every day Dear vaccine, Matheus Pereira, Brazil Pandemic teaching What is a breakout room? It's not stable. Ugh. Talk to your neighbor! Ashley Barbara Heim, USA Pandemic education Return to normal soon Efforts and innovation Can we preserve what works? Rachel Yoho USA Classroom High panes protect the desks. It's a cloudy inconvenience that I can see clearly through Elizabeth Aurora Chua USA (Emotionally). Jasleen Gill USATransitions Impressions New lab, new city I haven't met my boss Erica L. Gorenberg USA Graduate school interview I talk on my screen Interview Is this insane? Charlotte Ruth Mineo, USA Colleagues We will shake hands one day. My friends, my peers who? They are just pixels on a screen. I will soon meet them Phoebe White USA 2020 graduate Dissertation Defense via zoom, success Michele Fullarton from USA. We'll be seeing Joseph Nicholas Rainaldi from USAIntrospection Spring is Coming Plants grow slower during the long, harsh winter. But Marcela Viviana Nicola in Argentina Circles and phases. A glimpse of the crescent Moon. Asli Pinar Tan (Turkey) Unpredictable Perhaps it is the doorknob or salmon. Perhaps it's us Hanafiah Fazhan in Malaysia. After a century, Corona looked in and saw an epoch. To take a deep breathe Archna Singh in India.Axenic before the COVID pandemic and Axenic afterwards, Czech Republic Lab Rusty knife, dry tube Lie on a dusty bench for months. Delivery delays Week. Hands scrubbed red and rough Tremble holding the pipette. Will grow steadily soon Charlotte Ruth Mineo USA Delivery delays Been a while but still not here Reagent hurry! Anna Uzonyi in Israel Separation anxiety Lab flask missing Scientist Shivani Patel, USA Searching for her scientist United at last Shivani Patel (USA) Waiting for pollen Fieldwork is delayed Recycling old datasets Trees will blossom again Raf Aerts Belgium Geology fieldwork No travel required, just screens Sunscreen beats eye strain Julie McDermott Griffin USA Spring melt date Permits still held I watch the snow melt quickly Alpine herbs still sleep Andrea Tirrell USAPublishing my PhD dissertation I had planned to complete it at home but no place to put Markus Vihma in Estonia. Dearest peer reviewers, I would like to publish Man Kit Cheung (Hong Kong Quarantine resolution). Could write a review maybe starting tomorrow or the day after Andrea Mattiotti (Netherlands New rotation Nice). It's time to take a break from work! No. No. Revise. Submit again. Mark Allen Brimble USAThe Community silver lining: I will appreciate Bitter conference coffee more than ever Jana Nickel, Germany, Photoshop wizard wanted Annual photograph Was photoshopped together Next Year I won't blink Leo E. Chambers USA, All quiet on the Western bench It worked! Are you available to watch? Solo dance, Joseph Nicholas Rainaldi USA Insects My confined winter has been a great experience. Soon, we will fly together Marie-Caroline Lefort France PhD's forage Stomach achesugh Campus food is limited. Bring back conferences! Jan Kadlec (Israel) Essential work
