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 […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written about my garden beds. With the temperatures quickly dropping (particularly where I am now, which tends to be colder than Melbourne), I decided to remove some of the remaining tomatoes and start on the autumn crop. Tomato season wasn’t the best this year. […]
I’ve written a post in the past about what I thought was the most useful skill after a Ph. D, but I thought I’d expand a little further on this topic today by making… a list! Once I realised I didn’t want to pursue a Post-Doc, I sought advice from […]
Well, I couldn’t wait any longer. The water quality hadn’t changed in a week, Miele the Hoover fish was looking a bit bored and scared of our presence, so we decided to just get more friends. They’re your standard Leopard Danios (as opposed to the Zebra ones, which are striped), […]
Previously, on ‘A Bug’s Life’, I wrote an update on my latest hobby. Now, in that, I alluded to the need to ‘cycle’ the tank, because it’s brand new and it’s much better to have this going before I put live fish in it. So, what is this ‘cycling’ I […]
Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! There are many, many posts by fellow scientists under the hashtag #IDWGS2021, and many colleagues are posting their stories of how they’re celebrating their own achievements (and that of others). If someone asked me fifteen years ago whether I […]
