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 […]
A little while ago, I posted about my new hobby. That’s right. A tank full of water. It’s very exciting. Just kidding! As entertaining as it is to have a tank full of water, the end goal is to obviously have some fish in it. I don’t want it to […]
I’m currently drafting a document with multiple people, and it made me think about something. I still dread the feedback I receive for my writing. I’ll be totally honest here- I’ve never been good at taking any sort of criticism. Even as a child, I would take every comment to […]
Ph. Ds are intense. It’s pretty much like a rollercoaster ride, with lots of ups and downs, sometimes within a single hour. Lots of things can go wrong, and you only get the occasional, rare reward. After weathering all that it throws at you, a Ph. D is supposed to […]
On the rare occasions that people ask me directly for career advice, I get asked the above quite a bit. Maybe they’re undergraduate students that I’m teaching, or maybe it’s former lab members who are finishing up with their Ph. Ds? Either way, for people who are about to step […]
So, I haven’t posted a pic of my vege patch recently, so I’m doing so now… To put it lightly, it’s going gangbusters. Looking forward to eating more stuff!!
Just a short post to say Happy New Year to the readers of my blog! So far the weather has been cool to actually cold- a quintessential Victorian summer, really. But- I did catch SOME nice weather yesterday… But today it’s been really cold winds and misty rain, so… 😂 […]
Seeing as I wrote a reflective piece at the end of last year, I thought I’d keep up the tradition and write another one for this year. It’s a monstrously long piece, but that’s 2020 for you. Needless to say, this year has been an utter rollercoaster of events, so […]
IT’S FINALLY ARRIVED!! I was a bit lazy and hadn’t gotten around to printing my Thesis yet. It’s no longer done by the University itself as everything is now done online, so if you want a hard copy, you have to do it all yourself. First you gotta pick the […]
