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Today was a desk day for me! Still waiting for ethics approval and just inoculated the cells for my other experiment...which means plenty of time to get ready for my upcoming data presentation. I’m pretty chuffed at how my R graphs are coming along and I TOTALLY didn’t spend all morning playing around with colour palettes 😅 Luckily I got to do some teaching in the afternoon, which was a welcome break from spending all day looking at code. . #scientist ##science #research #researcher #postgraduate #postgrad #postgradlife #phd #phdlife #phdstudentlife #phdstudent #medicalresearch #cancerresearch #r #graphing #rstudio

Fun #timelapse of some Saturday Tissue culture. Got my 6 T175 flask of cella ready to go to start a new experiment on Monday. It’s been a good month since I’ve started a new experiment so I’m super keen to get back into the lab! 🦠 . . #scientist #nunccellculture #science #research #researcher #postgraduate #postgrad #postgradlife #phd #phdlife #phdstudentlife #phdstudent #medicalresearch #cancerresearch #tissueculture

Where have I been? . You might have noticed, but I haven’t been on Instagram much the last few weeks. I’m definitely feeling the stress and pressure difference as I’ve started the third year of my PhD. Most of it self imposed, stressing about how I have under two years left, stressing about getting papers done, stressing about getting a job once I finish...stressing about writing my actual thesis! I’ve also been out of the lab for a month as well, waiting for ethics approval, and sitting at a desk for hours on end, reading papers and trying to get my review paper done was burning me out and left me so unmotivated. I took last week easy and now ready to get back on track; to finally finish my review paper and get it published, to get into my experiences (fingers crossed my ethics gets approved this week) and to keep working on mental health and self care. Two of the the big things I tell myself is that it is a marathon not a sprint, and how many hours you work doesn’t define how hard you work. I’m excited to get back posting about science and PhD life on Instagram and talking to my amazing fellow scientists 💖 . #science #scientist #phdlife #postgrad #postgraduate #postgradlife #phdstudentlife #phdstudent #researcher

Third Year Day 82 👩🏼‍🏫 |10:00am-4:30pm| Friday was an exhausting day! I taught all morning, which I love but can be really draining as I have to talk the whole time. We have high school biology students come into our teaching lab and we do a PCR and gel electrophoresis to amplify a section of the BRAF gene. Luckily all the classes I have had have been great students! . . After teaching I headed down to the a Single Cell Sequencing meeting where all the researchers in the state who are using or planning to use this technology can get together and discuss their data and tips on troubleshooting. . . #scientist #science #research #researcher #medicalresearch #cancerresearch #phdstudent #phd #phdlife #postgrad #postgraduate ###womeninscience

Third Year Day 81 💻. |9:00am-2:00pm| I put away my review paper and did some RNAseq analysis on Thursday. Im pretty proud of how far I have come in using R and writing scripts is becoming so much easier. Currently I’m working on RandomForests analysis, which creates decision trees and determines which features, in my case genes, drive the differences between my two sample groups. . #scientist #science #research #researcher #medicalresearch #cancerresearch #phdstudent #phd #phdlife #postgrad #postgraduate ###womeninscience

Third Year Day 80 🦠 |10:15am-5:45pm| Today I was back in the lab! I’m waiting for ethics approval so I’ve been writing for the last few weeks whole writing my application and waiting for it to be reviewed and approved. But today I was back in the lab waking up some cancer cells to use in a couple weeks time. As we normally like to grow them for 2-3 weeks before inoculating I’m starting to get everything back up and running so as soon as I get the go ahead, I can start some really exciting experiments.. . . Wednesday are also one of my favourite days as after spending my day at the lab I head off to tap class and musical theatre. Always a great way to destress after a busy day.. . . #scientist #science #research #researcher #medicalresearch #cancerresearch #phdstudent #phd #phdlife #postgrad #postgraduate #nunccellculture #tissueculture #womeninscience

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