Category: Our postgraduates
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Amy / from Canada / PhD Population Health Sciences / 1st Year When traveling comes to mind, most people would automatically think of going on vacation with friends or family and stay at a somewhat lovely hotel of Airbnb. Conversely, when I travel, I’d spend the majority of the time writing my research at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Katie / from the United Kingdom / PhD Centre for Inflammation Research / 2nd Year I am Katie, a second year PhD student at the Centre for Inflammation Research studying the role of antimicrobial peptides during central nervous system disease. Saying aloud that I am in my second year of my PhD still seems […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year On the 3rd and 4th of October, I went along to a retreat organized by the institute where I am developing my master thesis at Little France. Not only was it funded by Professor Sir Ian Wilmut (emphasis on the sheep) […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Ana / from Portugal / PG Internship in Cardiac Development and Stem Cells / 1st Year Hi readers! I’m Ana, 21, and I come from sunny Portugal! This is actually my first time writing for a students blog, so I’ll try my best to live up to the expectations of the readers! So, I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Tayla / from the United Kingdom / PhD Developmental Biology / 2nd Year When asked what I am doing for my PhD (a question often asked more out of politeness than actual interest), I’m sure many people expect a complicated and ‘sciencey’ title. Instead, my reply of ‘I tickle rats’, typically inspires a deadpan […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Bethany / from the United Kingdom / PhD Motor Neurone Disease / 2nd Year This is a common interchange between PhD students of every discipline, especially in biological sciences, where results depend on the unpredictable nature of living cultures or animals. However, one trap I am desperate to not fall into is letting my […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Bérengère / from France / PhD Psychiatry / 5th Year “You can’t begin to imagine all the stuff that I’ve learned while teaching.” — Future guest-writer Catherine. I used to think that learning and teaching were like walking and running. So while you don’t run before you can walk without losing your balance every […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year As an exchange student, you feel heavily misplaced when you first land in “your” new country and city. You are afraid if that feeling will ever go away and you are confronted with a whole new life full of responsibilities that […]