The girl with the interactive poster
In March my lab bench gathered a lot of dust, it was a busy month between teaching 2 brilliant club placements, demonstrating for an undergraduate unit, moving house and attending the Society for General Microbiology’s (SGM) annual conference. With my lab bench gathering dust it’s also meant my blog has gathered a little dust, it’s […]
When in … Siena
So I wrote in my last post about the opportunities you get as a PhD student and how your life is unlikely to ever be so flexible again, so I thought I would use this post to tell you all about one of the opportunities I’m currently making the most of. Right now I’m in […]
Supervision: In my experience
After reading this THE article posted by the graduate school on their facebook page I thought this post should be about supervision and what you should expect from your supervisor. First of all I think it’s important for you to know every supervisor is different, I think that article highlights this. A supervisors style varies based on many different […]
Genomes 2014
As I mentioned in my last post I attended my first large scientific conference last week. This was “Microbiology after the genomics revolution: Genomes 2014″ and was held at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. It was a big event with ~500 people attending and there was a lot to see, do and learn. We began our […]
I survived my first year seminar
So, I survived to tell the tale of my first year seminar! To read what all the fuss is about have a look at my last post here. My slides were pretty much finished on Monday, although I did keep playing around with them until about 1pm on Wednesday (my seminar was at 2pm) but […]
What else do I need to do with my days?
So for anyone who hasn’t worked in a lab before I want to give you an insight into the daily/weekly routine you’re likely to encounter. You don’t just spend your days doing your research, there are other requirements as well. Generally your larger lab team (the people you share a lab with, not just your supervisors […]
Here come’s the data
I feel I’m at an important turning point in my PhD, now 4.5 months in I’m settled, I’ve done the base work required of me and I’m starting to generate real data. Data the means something. Last week was the week – well that’s what I thought. My supervisor was away visiting collabrating colleagues for the […]
Today I’m Harry Potter
So apparently today I’m “magic” although probably more like Hermione Granger than Harry Potter (being a PhD student you identify with the book smart one). This is what we call it when you have a day where everything goes right – it’s a rare day and should be taken advantage of, as a PhD student […]
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