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Staying afloat 💰while doing your Ph. D

I’ve written about the logistics of doing a Ph. D before. In it, I mentioned the need to get a scholarship that gives you a fee offset (so that your degree is paid for) and a stipend (so you can actually live). Not everyone can get both, or even one […]

Yeasty bois (part 2)

So, a little while ago, I posted about an experiment I was developing as a STEM education program aimed at high school students… Involving yeast. And balloons. 🎈 And I called them the Yeasty Bois. If you didn’t catch that post, I recommend reading it first before reading this one. […]

My COVID testing series

Ever wondered how a rapid antigen test (RAT) works? Or better yet- ever wondered how a PCR test works? Well look no further, because I wrote about it a little while ago! 😂 I tried to make it as lay person friendly as possible and there’s lots of diagrams to […]

I suppose it’s a compliment?

I just realised that my figure depicting the intracellular infection cycle of my Honours/Ph. D bug, Coxiella burnetii, has actually been stolen and used in other websites. 😂 I guess this is why people watermark their work. I’ll be careful to do this from now on. Oops! If anyone sees […]