A Bright Christmas #17 “I feel stressed.”“I feel overwhelmed.”“I feel lost.”“I feel I am not achieving what I should.”“Am I working hard enough?”“Is it normal to feel this way?”“It is hard to get to know my new colleagues during covid time.” Do some of these questions sound familiar to you? I am certain they do.… Read More Tips and joys from being a mentor
Dear younger me, Congratulations! You have just been admitted as a doctoral student. You are eager and fresh and ever so ready to contribute to a tiny corner of the scientific world. Just one thing before you start: this will be a long process. You remember the story of the hare and the tortoise, right? Here… Read More Letter to my younger self
Guest Blog post by Gonçalo Brito PhD student, CMB Department (Goncalo.brito@ki.se) https://www.linkedin.com/in/goncalombrito/ It is not uncommon to hear friends telling me how much they miss those student years at university, when life was more about having fun and less about important decisions. While nobody can escape grown up life for too long, academia has this… Read More #15 All I want for Christmas… is that post-PhD first job
Guest blog post by Maren Köhne and Lisa Schmidleithner blogging for the ImmunoSensation Blog. The ImmunoSesation Blog is a young investigators’ initiative and aims to inform about the research and events within the Cluster of Excellence. The ImmunoSensation Cluster is an association of several institutes and departments in Bonn connecting immunological research groups. By reposting this… Read More Are you a typical PhD student?
In my view, doing a PhD is like running a marathon. It is a lot about endurance, technique, practice, and very importantly, receiving coaching. Let me explain a bit more how I came to this conclusion. The stresses of being a PhD student Having a PhD is a big achievement, but getting to the dissertation… Read More On PhD students and professional athletes
Last week two of your digital ambassadors volunteered during the first Swedish Brain Awareness week (Hjärnfestivalen). During this five day event for the public, many activities sharing knowledge from neuroscience and related fields were arranged. One could come to various presentations by scientists, a pub quiz with brain trivia, bring children to a science cafe or… Read More Gelé brain, scientists and the public: Hjärnfestivalen 2016
One of the great things about working at Karolinska Institutet is that its fame and medical specialisation ensure ever-present opportunities to hear great talks by major advancers in all fields of medical science. A little while ago I was able to attend a talk by one of the first names a young eager cancer… Read More Portrait of the Enemy; Hanahan & Weinbergs Cancer Contribution
“When I first visited my current university, I gave a talk and while speaking I felt something was off. Then I realized I was the only female in the room, facing a room with 13 men and that has never happened to me before” said Ka Ling Wu, a second participant in my PhD Around the World Project.… Read More Woman and the Wind: PhD around the world 2
Explaining science with poetry — why not?… Read More William Blake and the ergodic hypothesis
All around the world, more people than ever are pursuing a PhD. But how do our PhDs programs differ, what do we all struggle with and what can we learn from each other? Those are some of the questions I have decided to explore in a series of mini-interviews with PhD students from all around the world.… Read More PhD Around the World 1: Museums and Maternity leave(s)
An inside perspective on being a researcher and career advice
An inside perspective on being a researcher and career advice
Sharing PhD experiences across the University of Warwick and beyond
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