Well, this has been a long time coming, but to you, having somehow stumbled across this page – welcome to this corner of the internet! This page is essentially a place where I can talk about my thoughts after completing my Ph. D in the field of Bacteriology. Part informative, […]
This time last year, my partner and I were looking forward to one thing: Camping 🏕 We love going during winter, because it’s cold, wet, and generally miserable, which increases the chances of us having the area to ourselves. Most other people don’t like the cold and wet- but we… […]
I still remember the disappointment I felt when I first learnt about citations. I think it was in high school, during a religious studies class. We had to write an essay and it had to include citations. The whole notion of writing something and backing it up with evidence to […]
Previously, on ‘A Bug’s Life – Ph. D Blog’, I challenged myself to summarise the contents of my Ph. D Oration into something a little more… palatable. For a general audience. We’ve now (finally) reached the last Aim of my Ph. D project! This, by far, was the hardest, most […]
Welcome back to my long post series that aims to summarise my Ph. D Oration! We’ve so far had part 1, the Introduction, and part 2, which addressed the first Aim of my Ph. D project. This post will tackle the second Aim, so here’s that slide from my Oration… […]
Previously, on ‘A Bug’s Life – Ph. D Blog’, I set a challenge to myself to try and summarise my Ph. D Oration- and present it to you, my readers, in a not-so-science-jargon-filled way. If you missed the start, you should definitely head there, because you can’t really get the […]
Got my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine today! 💉 I have to wait twelve weeks before the next dose, but at least this is step one! And you even get a Freddo… although, full disclosure, I hate chocolate, so this will be a nice present for my partner (who […]
I will warn you all now- this is a challenge to myself, and the journey is long. I’ve decided to present to you, my Ph. D Oration/Completion Seminar… But aimed at a more lay audience, as opposed to my colleagues. I presented this back in August 2019, when life was […]
Just a short update on the autumn garden bed from the previous post. The seeds I sowed have begun to germinate! The above are dwarf broccolis… And then below we have some sugar snap peas. There’s also a pic of the yellow capsicum plant (there are also three red capsicum […]
Way, way back at the beginning of this blog- which isn’t that long ago, when I think about it- I wrote a piece about helping people choose the right lab. It was aimed for people who were set on going into the lab environment, who may have needed some advice […]
Just following up on the tomatoes from yesterday. I managed to wash and sort through them all so that I could at least process the ones that were ripe and ready to eat. I’ve also included photos of my capsicums! They’re very cute. 🥰 I’m looking forward to eating them […]
