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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Life is full of ups and downs. So naturally, if I write about the downsides of Academia and research, there’s also plenty of positives- it’s just that sometimes they’re a little more subtle and harder to find, or maybe it’s just easier to focus on the negatives. At the moment, […]
