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Forming an identity in academia
Posted On April 8, 2021

One of the unexpected challenges I have faced during my first year post-phd in academia is knowing how to form my own academic identity. After spending five years (honours included) …

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Featured Day in the life of: Kendra, PhD candidate in Toxicology
March 24, 2021

Hi! My name is Kendra Prutton, AKA @toxtalks_! I currently live in Denver, Colorado and I am a Toxicology PhD candidate at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. I am …


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Work Update
March 2, 2021

It has been a long time since I have provided an update post on the blog, and you have potentially noticed that my posts are less frequent, so I thought …


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2021 Goals for the Academic Year
December 18, 2020

As the year 2020 comes to an end, I am taking time to reflect on the year that was and set some goals for the academic year ahead. To publish …


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PhDiaries 12.03.2016
December 15, 2020

12th March 2016 Being a Saturday today meant that I didn’t do any work. This is novel as for my entire undergraduate experience I worked on weekends to support myself. I …


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PhDiaries; 24.02.2016
December 10, 2020

If you would like to read the previous entry click here. 24th February 2016 I don’t even know what day of the PhD journey it is. They are already starting to mould …


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My strategies for managing emails.
November 27, 2020

Emails are such an integral part of so many of our jobs. They can also be a cause of distraction and stress. I recently posted my tips for taking a …


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The two paths of academia- intertwined or isolated?
November 9, 2020

There are two distinct paths within academia. Teaching and Research. The way that academics journey down these paths is individual, some will never stray from the research path, some will …


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Questions first year PhD me would ask current year me.
November 5, 2020

Questions first year PhD me would ask current me, and what my answers would be. How long is this PhD going to take? How long is a piece of string? If we …