As part of our Marie Curie Fellowship, each Early Stage Reseacher (ERS) is obliged to undertake an industrial secondment with the purpose of having first hand exposure of science in industry. In May 2018, four ALKATRAS ESRs went to wonderful Vienna to undertake their industrial secondment with TissueGnostics. Teresa Poggio […]
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Have you ever tried to explain your research to someone who is not in your field? Not even a biologist, or even a scientist? It is not easy at all! Imagine explaining it to your mother or your grandmother. Every time I tried this, I was greeted with bemused expressions, […]
Time Is Running Out: ALKATRAS Midterm Meeting – Workshop with ...
The second training event for ALKATRAS in Brno, Czech Republic was graciously hosted by CEITIC. Our biannual training events aim to acquaint us students with modern technologies, and in Brno we were learning about “New Technologies in Genome Analysis“. Amid freezing temperatures down to -12oC, CEITIC was a sight for […]
Getting to grips with new technologies in genome analysis
I have had a fascination with Science since an early age, an interest which was spurred by studying Biochemistry in University. The prospect of undertaking a PhD is captivating, exhilarating and stressful in itself. Nonetheless I have chosen to exacerbate these challenges by studying abroad. Although the thought of going […]