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Eleni Routoula

Eleni is nearing the end of her PhD at the University of Sheffield on understanding Peroxidase...

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Dr Becky Smethurst

Dr Smethurst gained her DPhil in astrophysics from the University of Oxford in 2017. She is...

Kyle Morgenstein

Kyle's in the first year of his PhD at the University of Texas in Austin. His...

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Daisy Shearer

Daisy's a year and half into her PhD at the University of Surrey. Her research project...

Emmanuel Junior Zuza

Emmanuel is a year and half into his PhD at The Open University School of Ecosystems,...

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Sam Rose

Sam is a new PhD student at Teesside University. Her research is focussed on better understanding...

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Raluca Gaina

Raluca is a final year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. Her research is...

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Chris Proctor

Chris is a third (and final) year PhD student at Ulster University. His project aims to...

Dr Gita Pathak

Dr Pathak gained her PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of North Texas Health Science...

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Don’t Let Research Overwhelm You: Writing Habits that Work

There’s no doubt about it – writing can be difficult. Whether you’re writing the first sentence of a paper or a grant proposal, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of words. However, good writing is critical to academic success, so here are six habits for research...

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