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Category Archives: PhD Life
No pain, no gain: Go to wet lab as a bioinformatician; the importance of supportive colleagues and family
Learn from Nóra Balzers experiences during her PhD coming from a bioinformatician background and starts working in the wet lab!
Ph.D. student, and father!
PhD life is stressful. Fatherhood is difficult. Now add a global pandemic on top and you will imagine what Emad is going through. Although every hardship has its rewards and a loving family sure helps you through it!
Research from Rhein to Mur
Join Yi Pan on his research journey from China to Germany and eventually, Austria – steadily flowing and building is path, just like a river.
The ups and downs of learning a programming language
How I got into programming In today’s world, advances in technology and laboratory methods make the handling of ever-increasing amounts of data in science very important. For handling large amounts of data, computer science skills are more in demand than ever. Therefore, scientists, students, postgraduates, etc. are beginning to get more involved with programming languages. As a medical student, I am now for the first … Continue reading The ups and downs of learning a programming language
Interview Marathon – or my long way to Bonn
Thinking of joining us for your PhD? Prepare yourself by reading about Laras experience of a stressful but rewarding marathon of interviews!
PhD studies too short to learn German?!
Learning a new language is a great benefit when going abroad for you PhD studies. Read the best tipps for learning German from Ermanila.
Being Stuck: My travels in Central America during the COVID-19 outbreak
In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. At that time, I was travelling. How I experienced the beginning of the pandemic on the other side of the globe, in Central America.
Marie Skłodowska Curie and her actions
Katarzyna tells about her success story of achieving the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions fellowship and explains the steps to take to get the grant yourself!
Let it grow – urban farming as a PhD student
Finding balance and some relaxation during your PhD has been a reoccuring theme. Urban farming might be a way to unwind and create results to be proud of.