Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Sarah / from the United Kingdom / PhD Neuroscience / 1st Year I was recently on a training course as the only part-time student, and was asked ‘You can do that? But how?’? As someone who chose to do their Masters degree part time, I knew I wanted to do a part time PhD. […]
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 […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Theoklitos / from Greece / PhD Precision Medicine / 3rd Year Since this is my first blog post, I want to make one thing clear. Blogging is not within my comfort zone. I have never done anything like this before. I have tried to establish a journaling habit a few times before, mostly because […]
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 Matthys / from South Africa / MSc Food Safety / 2nd Year It’s not always easy explaining to people how a veterinarian ends up working with food. Images of play dates with Labrador puppies or nursing a sickly lamb back to health generally springs to mind. Growing up on a farm in rural South […]
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 […]