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A Dissection of “Mending a Broken Heart – Relationship Advice Not Included”
This post was contributed by Marcus Johns. A few weeks ago a certain Jon Chouler approached me to say that he thought I would be perfect for his Science Stand Up event. I’ll admit, I was a little apprehensive about...
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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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Humans of Cheltenham Science Festival
Public Engagement is a vital part of the CSCT, and every year our first years go to one of the UKs leading Science festivals, Cheltenham Science Festival. This year, Cohort ’15 went with the theme of “The Energy Factory”, which...
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Novel coatings at NSG Group
This post was contributed by Joe Thompson. I recently spent a month long placement at NSG Group in Lathom, Lancashire. NSG Group is a world leading manufacturer of automotive, architectural and technical grade glass. The majority of glass products manufactured...
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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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Powering our world of the future: Sustainable transport fuels from microalgae
Final year student Jon Wagner was one of the five shortlisted finalists for The Ede and Ravenscroft Prize. The Ede and Ravenscroft Prize is an annual award for the best postgraduate research student awarded for the first time in 1991 and is...
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Working towards Food Security with Syngenta
This post was contributed by George Gregory. Keen to gain industrial experience, I spent three months at Syngenta in Jeolotts Hill, Bracknell. Seeds such as corn and soya are coated with active ingredients (AIs) namely pesticides and herbicides to ensure...
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Brazilian Diaries: Visit to University of Campinas
The following blog is contributed by Jamie Courtenay of the '14 Cohort. Today marks the start of the last week of my two month visit to Brazil. I head out early in the morning to the University of Campinas (UNICAMP),...
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Teaching and learning experience at Yonsei University
The following blog is contributed by Dan Davies of the '14 cohort. At Easter time this year, in order to finally break out of the annual habit of stuffing my face with inadvisably large quantities of chocolate, I travelled to...
