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The EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Open Day Life as a PhD student
Sander Timmer, Ewan Birney group 20st November 2011
My PhD research
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PhD here is a funky mix
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University of Cambridge
Parallel application Courses, lectures, workshops, talks Supervisions, demonstrations Colleges
accommodation social events sports
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PhD Community
weekly seminars predoc mailing list annual retreat conference organisation lively social life Sanger
lunches BBQs workshops
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What's it all about?
work hard, play hard challenge
− new fields − balancing time − information
freedom − picking your pace − defining focus − wealth of resources − collaborations
meet − students − travel
fun (!!!)
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