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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

It has been a very challenging week. One of my colleagues committed suicide over the weekend, which was so completely unexpected. It has been really heartbreaking for our lab, and of course his family and friends. There is grief for both him, and also how he died. It is almost a double grief. It's hard to believe he's gone. He was such a wonderful person. He was quirky with a great sense of humor. And he contributed so, so much to his field of work. He had his hands in so many projects because of his expertise. But despite his merit, he was not intimidating at all. You could ask him any question, and he was happy to help or to teach. He had a lot of knowledge about a lot of things. I did not have the same role as him, but I still learned so much from him in the three years I knew him because he knew so much about anything and everything. I had the office next to him and I am dreading the next time I have to go in (we're working from home) because he won't be there (he came to campus each day) and he won't be coming back. It already feels very weird without him. And Covid is impacting our grief. We cannot get together, we can't give hugs or touches on the arm, there is no memorial service or funeral. It is just making things so much harder.