Search results for: Joshua
[last updated: February 11, 2021]
Crossing the floor…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/06/08/crossing-the-floor/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / studying PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year In such uncertain times as these, it is natural to think about the impact on next career and life steps, and perhaps the pause provided by lockdown has even provided a chance to think about changing direction a […]
[last updated: February 11, 2021]
Living like Lords…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/05/07/living-like-lords/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / studying PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year I hadn’t really expected to be given the chance to live the life of a 15th century Scottish Laird as part of my PhD, but one of the advantages of being a member of a large research group […]
[last updated: February 11, 2021]
Edinburgh Under Lockdown…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/05/03/edinburgh-under-lockdown/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / studying PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year Well, I should be in Paris right now. What else would I be writing about but how much life has changed in the past few weeks? I’m lucky enough to be able to work (mostly) effectively from home, […]
[last updated: February 11, 2021]
Running, Lifting and Occasionally Doing Science…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/02/18/running-lifting-and-occasionally-doing-science/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year I’ve written about my adventures in America and throughout the UK in previous posts (although there’s more to come!), so I thought this time I’d go into a bit more detail about day-to-day life at the Institute of Genetics […]
[last updated: February 16, 2021]
(Statistically) Significant Travel (Part II)…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/01/17/statistically-significant-travel-part-ii/
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year Happy New Year! The tale of my cross-UK travels continues with the second part of the Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (APTS) courses – see my previous post for more on the first two weeks in Cambridge and […]
[last updated: February 12, 2021]
(Statistically) Significant Travel (Part I)…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/12/13/statistically-significant-travel-part-i/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year As a large part of my project involves data analysis and statistics, I was invited to apply for the courses from the Academy of PhD Training in Statistics. These week-long residential courses offer graduate-level training in many areas of […]
[last updated: December 4, 2020]
Wanderings in Washington…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/11/16/wanderings-in-washington/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year In April this year I was able to attend an ME/CFS conference in Washington, D.C. The trip included two events – a workshop on the first day for early-career researchers in the field (PhDs and postdocs), followed by a […]
[last updated: December 4, 2020]
PhD life at the IGMM…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/11/01/phd-life-at-the-igmm/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Joshua / from the United Kingdom / PhD Genetics and Molecular Medicine / 2nd Year Hi, my name is Joshua, and I’m a PhD student at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, which is part of the University of Edinburgh. My project is investigating the biomolecular underpinnings of the illness myalgic encephalomyelitis (sometimes […]