Mole is the JCS resident insectivore who shares his views on various aspects of life-science research. In this series, called The Corona Files, Mole talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the landscape for researchers. You can read Mole's other musings, spanning the past 18 years, here.
Corona I - home alone
Journal of Cell Science May 2020, 133 (9) jcs247346; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.247346
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/9/jcs247346
Corona II - eclipse
Journal of Cell Science May 2020, 133 (9) jcs247486; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.247486
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/9/jcs247486
Corona III - stories
Journal of Cell Science May 2020, 133 (10) jcs247775; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.247775
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/10/jcs247775
Corona IV - the comfy box
Journal of Cell Science May 2020, 133 (10) jcs248005; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.248005
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/10/jcs248005
Corona V - not ready for normal
Journal of Cell Science Jun 2020, 133 (11) jcs248369; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.248369
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/11/jcs248369
Corona VI - virtual reality
Journal of Cell Science Jun 2020, 133 (11) jcs248641; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.248641
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/11/jcs248641
Corona VII - here comes the sun?
Journal of Cell Science Jun 2020, 133 (12) jcs248971; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.248971
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/12/jcs248971
Corona VIII - strange dreams
Journal of Cell Science Jun 2020, 133 (12) jcs249268; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.249268
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/12/jcs249268
Corona IX - sick of it
Journal of Cell Science Jul 2020, 133 (14) jcs249896; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.249896
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/14/jcs249896
Corona X - yesterday and tomorrow and the day after that
Journal of Cell Science Jul 2020, 133 (14) jcs249904; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.249904
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/14/jcs249904
Corona XI - zooming out
Journal of Cell Science Aug 2020, 133 (15) jcs250076; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.250076
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/15/jcs250076
Corona XII - punctuated equilibrium
Journal of Cell Science Aug 2020, 133 (15) jcs250753; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.250753
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/15/jcs250753
Corona XIII - scorpions and frogs
Journal of Cell Science Sep 2020, 133 (17) jcs251363; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251363
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/17/jcs251363
Corona XIV - insurance
Journal of Cell Science Sep 2020, 133 (17) jcs251199; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251199
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/17/jcs251199
Corona XV - there is no spoon
Journal of Cell Science Sep 2020, 133 (18) jcs251488; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251488
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/18/jcs251488
Corona XVI - horseshoes and hand grenades
Journal of Cell Science Sep 2020, 133 (18) jcs252007; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.252007
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/18/jcs252007
Corona XVII - feeling puckish
Journal of Cell Science Oct 2020, 133 (19) jcs252130; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.252130
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/19/jcs252130
Corona XVIII - words alone
Journal of Cell Science Oct 2020, 133 (19) jcs252908; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.252908
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/19/jcs252908
Corona XIX - no damn cat, no damn cradle
Journal of Cell Science Oct 2020, 133 (20) jcs253245; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.253245
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/20/jcs253245
Corona XX - to the edge of the universe
Journal of Cell Science Oct 2020, 133 (20) jcs253989; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.253989
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/20/jcs253989
Corona XXI - outside the frame
Journal of Cell Science Nov 2020, 133 (21) jcs254243; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.254243
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/21/jcs254243
Corona XXII - the escape
Journal of Cell Science Nov 2020, 133 (21) jcs254680; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.254680
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/21/jcs254680
Corona XXIII - innovation
Journal of Cell Science Nov 2020, 133 (22) jcs254912; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.254912
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/22/jcs254912
Corona XXIV - poison
Journal of Cell Science Nov 2020, 133 (22) jcs255588; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.255588
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/22/jcs255588
Corona XXV - six-word story
Journal of Cell Science Dec 2020, 133 (23) jcs256438; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.256438
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/23/jcs256438
Corona XXVI - three laws
Journal of Cell Science Dec 2020, 133 (23) jcs256834; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.256834
https://jcs.biologists.org/content/133/23/jcs256834