Derryn

PhD student in the Environmental Research Group of Imperial College London. Catch me over at @RSCSepSci

[Derryn @derryndoesstuff]

anxiety got me bad

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if i could go back in time would i do this phd? no, absolutely not

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@YousefAlsweisi 🇵🇸

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why are delivery people so mean? like i get it, shit’s hard but calm down

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today

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one of my besties just had amazing news keep an eye for the Necromancer 📕📗📘📙

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

.@hodderscape has announced the 12 writers in contention for the Mo Siewcharran Prize (@MoPrize) which this year is focused on fantasy 👇 https://t.co/msiZ3uN4Va

[Derryn @derryndoesstuff]

@thebookseller @hodderscape @MoPrize one of the longlist authors is Charmaine Adetola Shaw, you’ve got a small misprint :)

[RSCSeparationScience @RSCSepSci]

Switching topics now, the brilliant Dr Helena Rapp-Wright is here to discuss the monitoring of drug use using wastewater analysis.

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I rly admire researchers who present in their second language. What a skill. Amazing confidence.

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@ismailosaurus eek 😬

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice I got a cat and honestly she has a lot of opinions on data

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Being a part of this team and to have such a fantastic supervisor is an honour. Read to find out more about the wonderful work we do!

[Leon Barron @LeonPBarron]

Huge thanks to Emma Beddington @guardian @ObsMagazine for a whopping 4 page feature on our work on wastewater-based epidemiology and water pollution @ERGImperial. There has never been a more important time to take better care of our water!
https://t.co/SMXyavxYsb

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get a phd, they said. it’ll be fine, they said.

[David K Smith @professor_dave]

Found out one of our enterprising third year @ChemistryatYork undergraduates here @UniofYork has set up a business producing chemistry stencils. They also make a 'ChemRule' ruler version.
You can find their shop on Etsy: https://t.co/hYxr7QBlka

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@ismailosaurus maritina would kill me if I didn’t suggest Athens 😅👀

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

Gosh, this sounds terrible.

Imagine losing 70% of your customers overnight…….

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Or do we think someone might be being slightly economical with the truth?

Let’s dig in!

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[Derryn @derryndoesstuff]

that lab anxiety is rly hitting today… what if i suddenly forget how to use a pipette ?!

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it’s all a bit much atm

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difficult days in academia are difficult

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5 mins to relax before my bus comes… until my kitten comes plodding along with a toy to play with