Academic challenges during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the university
community with widespread partial or complete institutional shutdowns
with disproportionate impact on the students with ongoing coursework and
researchers engaged in wet lab experimental research. Anecdotal reports
suggest that some researchers lost 1-6 months of their work due to the
forced termination of the ongoing experiments, while others found years
of work destroyed due to freezer malfunction and delayed notice during
the lockdowns (Korbel & Stegle, 2020).