Halfway Point and things are going well In general, I have loved doing a PhD so far. I’m approaching the halfway point and things are going fairly well. By the end I hope to have produced a workflow that others can use to repeat my analysis in clinical practice. I recently got a rough first version to work so that was a highlight...
Peaks and Troughs A PhD journey is rife with peaks and troughs of varying heights, spanning over varying time periods. I am currently coming down from what feels to me like a really big peak – I have developed a method for creating and assessing the effects of bone marrow...
BJR-BORS International Travelling Fellowship The BJR-BORS International Travelling Fellowship is designed to promote education and increase research opportunities for early career researchers. I was fortunate enough to have been selected as one of six travelling fellows, comprising two senior clinical Residents and four Engineers. Together we travelled across the US...
What research project you selected and its impact? I chose my research project primarily because I was interested in using my interdisciplinary scientific background to work towards a ‘real world’ problem. My project was sponsored by industry, so the project aim was to perform a proof of feasibility study on...
Alexa, define multidisciplinary research My project I’m currently in the second year of the CDT and have recently started my research project which is looked at using self-assembling peptides to treat degeneration of the intervertebral disc, one of the main causes of lower back pain. My project allows me to...
The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) is a global competition which encourages researchers to combine translatable scientific research with entrepreneurial knowledge in order to develop a business plan and commercialise a scientific-based product. This year, five students from CDT TERM-iMBE took part in the YES19 Biotechnology competition. The team developed a...
First Year of Research Having just begun the second year of the CDT, and the first year of my research project, it currently feels a bit like I’m standing at the bottom of mountain and staring at the misty peak of completion way up in the clouds. There is so...
My project My PhD project involves developing enhanced simulation methods for the in vitro assessment of early stage knee interventions. The aim is to recreate the physiological environment these interventions will experience when implanted into a living person. The initial focus of my research has been to develop simulations which...
As I come to the end of my first year on the CDT, I’m finding myself overwhelmed with a whirlwind of emotions. I’m eager to begin my research yet equally apprehensive about (what feels like) an insurmountable amount of information I have to somehow absorb (and generate!) in the coming...
What I wish I knew when I started my PhD As my experiments start to wrap up and I convince myself that I see the light at the end of the proverbial thesis-writing tunnel, I write this thinking to myself ‘What would I have wanted to know before starting it...