I’m Daisy Shu, a postdoc at Harvard Medical School, studying the role of mitochondria and cellular metabolism in retinal eye diseases. I just moved to Boston from Sydney for my postdoc and am absolutely loving it in this new city! In my spare time, I love doing yoga (recently got into Bikram yoga) and running (finished my first half-marathon a […]
I have loved sharing my own days as a PhD student on this blog, but I have loved sharing other’s days even more! It has been a while since I have shared a featured day in the life post because I have been a little slack ! But I am hoping to get a few more up in the next […]
7.50am- Up, showered, and dressed- ready to tackle the busy Monday ahead 8.04am- No coffee can be had today because my beloved machine is not working (I am in the process of getting it fixed). Surely I can get an extension on my PhD due to lack of caffeine? 9.08am- At work looking at my deceptively small to-do list. The […]
Hi I’m Emily and I’ll (hopefully) be finishing my PhD in July this year! I’m researching the impact of urbanisation on native plants and their insect pollinators. Because I’m mostly writing now, I like to work from home or visit local cafes. Over the last 3 years though, I’ve spent time in the field, glasshouses, labs, my office at Murdoch […]
6.00am- Early morning wake up today for research assistant work! 6.34am- It definitely feels like it is going to be a three (or four) coffee kind of day. 7.18am-Such a pretty sky over the city this morning. I love being in Adelaide early in the morning- it is a sleepy and relaxed city always, but particularly before 8am! 8.58am- As […]
Hi, I’m Philippa a second year PhD student in Geography and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University (UK) (@philippa_carter on Instagram and Twitter). I’m researching landscape and intergenerational memory in North East England, working with the Land of Oak & Iron heritage project as my collaborative partner. I’m interested in the ways in which people understand and engage with their local landscapes and […]
My name is Taylor and I’m in the final year of my PhD at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. I work in the chemical immunology team at the Ferrier Research Institute and my PhD involves designing and synthesising therapeutic cancer vaccines. The work I’ve undertaken My day’s are pretty similar and involve a lot of in and out […]
