Hi! Now seems like a good time to make a new post just with a little life and books read update since it has been so long. I hope everyone is coping well with the lockdown (and also the coming out of lockdown), it is not easy, and it will not be easy for a … Continue reading Life in lockdown and book reviews
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An under appreciated amino acid: Proline
Most people have heard of a few of the cooler amino acids like glutamine and alanine, but most people probably wouldn't be able to say why proline is important too 🤔 Structure of proline: an under appreciated amino acid What makes proline under appreciated in my opinion is that it isn't usually a worry for … Continue reading An under appreciated amino acid: Proline
Scientific Conferences
Hi everyone! Thanks for reading 🙂 This little post will be about my experiences going to scientific conferences and what I enjoyed/ disliked most about them. My first experience was a poster presentation at a conference at the University of Cambridge. As it was only my first year doing my PhD studies and I hadn't … Continue reading Scientific Conferences
Harry Potter
Hey! Thanks for reading my post! So I thought for my first 'bookie' blog post I would write about my forever favourite book series (and by forever series I mean the series that first got me into reading and which I can read over and over again)... Harry Potter! My Harry Potter journey began whilst … Continue reading Harry Potter
A weird day
Does anyone else have one of those days occasionally where everything is OK, work is going fine, people aren't doing anything particularly annoying... but still you feel like something just isn't right? I am having one of those days. My lab experiments are working, I have read a few papers... basically it's a normal day … Continue reading A weird day
My Life In The Lab 