Today was the Ph.D symposium for MDC/FMP. It was called "Life under (re)construction." First and foremost I would like to thank my ochem and genetics professors! Without you guys, I would not have understood a single thing everyone presented on. Some topics they mentioned included epigenetics (Yes, Dr. Ward!), chemical synthesis, RNA-binding proteins (Yay, work in Tucson lab), and parasitology (Emile, you would love it). The keynote speakers had very international backgrounds. Everyone has had an impressive post-doc experience somewhere out of their home country. My mentor tells me that going away for a post-doc really adds something to your resume, it makes it pop and gets you jobs if you want to go back home and get a nice little position.The symposium plus poster session was eye-opening. It was international research, but it was very applicable and relevant to everything I have learned in classes and in the lab. In fact, some of the research is helpful for the lab project I left behind in Tucson (I took notes).
The picture is of my German PI and mentor giving their best poster session expressions :)
LILY
This is cool!! Do you think you're going to do a post-doc? :)
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