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As soon as SARS-CoV-2 was discovered, research groups worldwide started probing its biology (Kumar et al., 2020; Fox et al., 2020), while others developed diagnostic tests (Kilic et al., 2020) or investigated public-health measures to control it (Kilic et al., 2020; Fox et al., 2020). Scientists raced to find treatment strategies (Kumar et al., 2020; Gorgulla et al., 2021), and others assessed the consequences of the pandemic on mental health (Zhang et al., 2021), which affected the personal and professional lives of millions. Many of those who were not trained virologists or epidemiologists dove into interdisciplinary collaborations to further understand the molecular mechanisms of the disease and the prolonged impact of this worldwide phenomenon (Zhang et al., 2021; López Prol J, 2020). At the same time, many researchers across career stages dealt with uncertainties, project delays, loss of family members and friends, and careers put on hold due to lockdowns (Muzzio, 2020; Fu et al., 2021).