Courtney Kousser

Science blogger ✨ and PhD student 👩‍🔬 @unibirmingham studying innocent fungi turned deadly 🔬globetrotting, yoga loving expat running on caffeine and cake 👋

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

NEW #BLOG POST | The air is sour & thick with the tang of fear as we shuffle past others w/ our eyes downcast. Cities burn with the cries of the incensed, of those who are tired of being killed, of those who are tired of being silent...
https://t.co/GybdZxUiry
#pandemic #protests

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@flyPAL Thank you!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@immigrationPH Will transit through Manila be possible in June? Looking to fly from Auckland to London and found a flight through Manila on 4th June. Thank you.

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[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

Thank you so much Jes! You're such a good friend ❤️

[Dr Jesamine Bartlett @JesamineCB]

@cakousser wrote this lovely piece on life after a PhD, and why for her leaving EVERYTHING behind was the best step forward. Excellent writing from an excellent scientist (in case she comes back to it! ), and an even better friend 🧭🤩 #bekindtoyourself https://t.co/xNdGPwE7G4

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

Five months after finishing my #PhD I've dusted off my blogging fingertips to reflect upon how I reconnected with myself after losing my identity to the science grind. This post is raw, personal, and necessary.
#phdlife #AcademicTwitter #selfcare #travel
https://t.co/KoHUUm9ziF

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Fabien Cottier from @BECKS_182 Hall Lab shared @cakousser’s PhD work @IMIBirmingham. Its out in print, so read all about it here! https://t.co/ykGX4dhNIP

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@BallouLab @BECKS_182 @IMIBirmingham Awesome! Thanks for sharing 😄

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@Tropibrazuca It's all relative 😉 thank you!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@sarahmgawronski @AcademicChatter It's my thesis defense!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

Today's the big day!! It's viva day! Wish me luck #AcademicTwitter eekkkk 😱

#phd #phdchat #phdlife #AcademicChatter #science #sciencetwitter #viva #phdviva

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@RobinMay9 Thanks Robin!! 😄😄

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@biosantosh Nope! My hapi lab days are over sadly. We are off to travel the world for several months. Leaving Wednesday!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

I did it! After 4 long years I've had my viva and finally finished my PhD. It's been the most amazing, stressful, beautiful, frustrating, wonderful time of my life. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Ahhhh ❤️❤️

#phd #phdchat #phdlife #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[REBECCA HALL @BECKS_182]

Congratulations to @cakousser for completing her PhD yesterday. Thanks @ZinckerDuncan for doing the honours.

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@thiagonoce Love that! Thank you so much!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@TLBartholomew @MicrobioSoc Thank you!!!

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

Just realised that exactly one year ago today I won the @MicrobioSoc Young Microbiologist of the Year and today is my viva. September 6th is apparently a big date for me! 😂🥴

#phdchat #phd #AcademicTwitter #viva #sciencetwitter #science

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@stones_d Thanks Dan!! I appreciate it! 😊

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@thehannahlife Thank you! 😊

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@samfrowe Thank you so much! 😊

[Courtney Kousser @cakousser]

@a_r_mckinlay That's great to know! Thank you!!