Events
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Attending a Colloquium: the Power of Timing, Networking, and Joining a Network.
At the end of January, I headed to Manchester for the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Network Research Colloquium, ‘Beyond Biogas’. Thanks to some good timing, plenty of opportunities for networking, and being a member of a network I had an amazing...
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The New Future of Food
My name is Jessica Pinheiro de Lucena-Thomas and I am a Marie Curie FIRE PhD Fellow at the University of Bath. I am in my second year at the CSCT working towards my PhD on “Organoid Expansion Bioreactor Development” with...
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Cohort 18: Experts In The Field
Cohort '18 spent three days on Magdalen Farm in October 2018; an organic working farm set on the edge of Dorset. The cadre participated in team building activities and a tour of the farm's sustainable practices. The following post was...
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10 ways we made the most of a conference in China
The following blog is written by Maria Weber and Carlos Lopez. Maria is a final year PhD student in Professor Tony James' group working on diagnostic tools for early cancer detection. Carlos is also a final year PhD student working...
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High Performance Computing Symposium 2018
Computational simulations are becoming ever more integral to scientific research. Thanks to advances in computer hardware and modelling techniques, computational chemists are now able to accurately predict properties of materials before they are synthesised, explain what is going on at...
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11 Networking Tips from a Young Water Professional
I have heard the advice “You have to build a network to progress in your career” a countless number of times, but how do you network? Back in April, I attended the IWA Young Water Professional (YWP) UK Conference at...
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PACCON 2018 – Adventures in Thailand
In February 2018, I was lucky enough to travel to Thailand with other members of the Bull and James groups to attend the Pure and Applied Chemistry Conference (PACCON) in Hat Yai, Thailand. The theme of the conference was 'Chemistry...