Helena Quilter
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Hybrid Organic Photovoltaics Conference, Swansea, 2016
This post was contributed by Oli Weber following his attendance at the Hybrid Organic Photovoltaics Conference (28 June - 1 July 2016). Recently Dom Ferdani (cohort ’14) and I took a trip to the south coast of Wales to attend the 2016 Hybrid Organic...
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Comedy: An academic's new addition to their bustling tool belt
This post was contributed by Jon Chouler Did you hear the one about the academic and the comedian? Well, me neither, but have you ever heard of an academic comedian? In fact that's probably not very common either. However, let...
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Beyond the Lab: Developing your Industrial Biotechnology Career
The following blog is written by Tristan Smith. CSCT students Felix (Cohort 2015), Sonia (Cohort 14), Tristan (Cohort 13) and alumnus Anyela (Cohort 10) attended a two day training workshop run by the BBSRC NIBB Networks. It was an opportunity for current students, post-doc...
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I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here: Climate Change Zone
Last year I signed up to take part in I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! (IAS), a free online science communication competition that pits scientists against each other in themed zones. School classes ask questions to the five chosen scientists...
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Durham Rietveld Refinement & Powder Diffraction School 2016
This post was contributed by Oli Weber This week I left the relatively safe confines of Bath behind to traverse the country diagonally up to Durham, a well-travelled route since Medieval times, when pilgrims would visit the shrine of St. Cuthbert...
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Presenting my research at the Organoboron Chemistry session at Pacifichem in Hawaii
This post is contributed by Emma Lampard. In December I was lucky enough to travel to the Hawaiian island of O’ahu to present my work at Pacifichem 2015, a large international conference held in Honolulu every five years. Approximately 15,000...
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Trip to Russia: 7th European Congress on Catalysis
This post is contributed by Tamsin Bell who has now moved to continue her PhD at the University of Cambridge. At the end of August 2015, I attended the 7th European congress on catalysis, Europacat in Kazan, Russia. The conference started...
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17 things I didn’t know about music festivals: Confessions of a first time camper
This post is contributed by Emma Sackville. Our most recent public engagement experience took us to Green Man music festival to run a stall as part of Einstein’s Garden. Being more of a One Direction fan who loves a cosy...
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Beer and Batteries in Bremen: 11th ECHEMS Meeting
Second year student Emma Sackville recently attended the 11th ECHEMS meeting in Bad Zwischenahn, near Bremen. Here's how she got on: What does a statue of a chicken-on-a-cat-on-a-dog-on-a-donkey have in common with electrochemistry? Admittedly not much, but I was able...
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Emma takes on FameLab
Second-year CSCT student Emma Sackville made it to the UK final of this year's FameLab competition at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Emma has written this blog about her Famelab experience, including the FameLab bootcamp she took part in! You can watch...