Overview of Claudia

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missing conferences due to illness - is it bad?
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Good luck for tomorrow

I'm in Leeds tomorrow too (but then, I'm there all the time!)

Does anyone enjoy their PhD?
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I like it Especially when everything works and I get to find exciting data that make me think
And I like having a great supervisor who is very excited about my work

Do you think we should have an 'introduce yourself' thread?
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Hi, my name is Claudia. I'm 23 and at the end of my 2nd year Im doing a PhD in a medical field.... which does not mean that I have any medical qualifications

PhD's and relationships
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Well I've been with my boyfriend for nearly 5 and a half years and am nearing the end of my 2nd year of my PhD. We're doing ok
Yes some of the time there is a strain on our relationship - but I think it's more due to the fact that his brother is staying at our house (he was meant to live here for a few months to get settled, 9 months later he's still here) rather than my PhD

How old were you - starting the phd?
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I haven't finished yet! With any luck I'll be done before I'm 25

How old were you - starting the phd?
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I was 21. Which I think was maybe a bit too young (for me, anyway)

What don't they tell you?!
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On a more cheerful note...They also don't tell you that supervisors aren't monsters

At least mine aren't.

The waiting room in the PhD clinic
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Anxiety and weight gain...

Those days when you just can't be bothered...
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Don't you just hate those days? Especially when it's just after xmas, meaning no work for a week or so anyway...
I'm in the 2nd year of my PhD and for a few months now I've just lost all motivation and interest. I feel like all I've done for that time is go on facebook, interspersed by a few experiments which have taken me no closer to finding any answers...

help please...chemistry! fed up now.
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Have you tried finding a friendly postdoc or another lab member to ask questions?

help please...chemistry! fed up now.
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Do you have the molecular weight of the substance?

what did your first year report look like?
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Funny how there's so much variation..

what did your first year report look like?
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It was about 40 pages long, with figs and refs. Not very exciting

Holidays - Eveyone else skipipng these?
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I've had one week off since starting in October..

Early bird or not?
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I get in at 8 and leave at 5:20. So I can get a lift home!