Melanie

Neuroscientist/physiologist; attempting to add "biophysical chemist" in the name of neurodegeneration/tauopathy research. PhD student @Cambridge_Uni, @UKDRI.

[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

APPLYING TO GRAD SCHOOL: COMPILED THREAD!

A collection of my grad school application tips/advice/anecdotes/lessons learned.

@OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #gradschool #firstgen #nontraditional #maturestudent

[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

Last year, I stumbled blindly into the treacherous void that is #gradschool admissions. Mercifully, I made it out and learned a LOT along the way.
As this cycle opens, I want to offer all the help I can.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdlife #phdchat #phdadvice #firstgen

[Steven F. Lee @SteveTheChemist]

Any neuroscientist want to come to work with in a lab that's much messier to the ones you're used too? We gotcha https://t.co/pCJv6PwVqM

[UK Dementia Research Institute @UKDRI]

With 2021 (nearly) drawing to a close, we wanted to pick out a few highlights for the Institute as we look forward to a new year in dementia research 🎉

#⃣1 - A reflection on 5 years of @UKDRI in our brand new interactive digital brochure #2021highlights

https://t.co/ZgTctSaLQn

[Hughes Hall @Hughes_Hall]

Thinking of studying at Cambridge for a PhD or Masters?

Want to be part of the oldest postgrad College, with a progressive, informal culture?

👉Sign up for Hughes Hall's Postgraduate (Virtual) Open Day on 5th November to speak with admissions tutors: https://t.co/78sL5Mr960

[Cambridge Chemistry @ChemCambridge]

Take virtual lab tours & learn about our research areas at our on-line Postgraduate Admissions Open Day on 4/11, & find out how to do an MPhil or PhD at one of the top chemistry departments in the UK & the world! Register here https://t.co/aQyn2DqbSF

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Are you considering #postgraduate study? Come to our Virtual Open Day!

Find out about funding at #Cambridge, join Q&As with departments, chat with students, and explore our University through a virtual tour.

Sign up now: https://t.co/UqzyV0kVec

@Cam_Grads #ApplyingToCambridge

[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

One of my best friends and I leapt WAY out of our comfort zones and participated in a podcast! Thank you so much to @DearGradStudent for having us and for being the kindest, most attentive, and most gracious host!

[✨Dear Grad Student Podcast✨ @DearGradStudent]

✨EPISODE 50 IS LIVE!✨

2nd year PhD student @Mel_The_Labrat and her friend Aida chat with me about APPLYING TO GRAD SCHOOL! This is especially for those of you applying RIGHT NOW!

Share this with applicants you know!!

https://t.co/HC9UPIpyh8

@OpenAcademics #AcademicChatter

[Breakthrough @brkthroughprize]

Shankar Balasubramanian, David Klenerman and Pascal Mayer receive a 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for inventing next generation sequencing technologies – a revolution for biology, ecology and medicine. @Cambridge_Uni @alphanosos
https://t.co/Md6wVZm3gD

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman have been awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences – the world’s largest science prize – for the development of next-generation #DNA sequencing.

It all started in a #Cambridge pub! 🍻 2/4
https://t.co/BjRYIhjikJ

[NIH Innovates @NIH_Innovates]

Help raise awareness about anxiety disorders by sharing informational materials based on the latest research. Share science. Share hope. https://t.co/Sg6O3QM51l. #shareNIMH

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman, winners of the @MillenniumPrize, talk about their discovery of a revolutionary #DNA sequencing technology – an idea that started in a #Cambridge pub! 🍻 1/6

https://t.co/J8A8rI86GD

[Millennium Technology Prize @millenniumprize]

“Our idea came from basic science. If you want the next breakthrough idea, please fund basic science.” Prof Klenerman, one of the winners of #MTP2020 highlights the importance of funding in developing breakthrough ideas and innovation. #MIF2021

[Millennium Technology Prize @millenniumprize]

https://t.co/G8yc5mC1g7 We are proud to announce Professors David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian as winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize! Their innovation of Next Generation DNA Sequencing means DNA can now be read in super-fast times. #MTP2020

[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

My housemate is the most brilliant historian I'll ever meet. He's just published his first article, and everyone needs to read it immediately.

#AcademicTwitter @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics

https://t.co/ZLtD9eeJPV

[NIH Innovates @NIH_Innovates]

It's National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Help raise awareness about eating disorders, which are serious and often fatal illnesses, by sharing informational materials based on the latest research. Share science. Share hope. https://t.co/WkiqCnY92l. #NEDAwareness #shareNIMH

[Cambridge Food Hub @camfoodhub]

Great article about @CamCommunity in @CambridgeNewsUK.
"We set up the kitchen because people need food... It’s completely unacceptable that people should be left to go hungry in one of the richest countries in the world."
https://t.co/fBLYOVyQ5s

[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

How my 2nd term of online teaching is going:
I just had an out-of-body experience wherein I watched my soulless body do finger guns at my 13 students during an awkward pause at the end of the lesson. I have never done finger guns in my entire life. I don't know who I am anymore.

[Royal College of Art @RCA]

https://t.co/6N111Mynjc is now live!

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[Melanie @Mel_the_Labrat]

@EdwardWSanders Oh, no! I'm sorry it made it worse! I wish I had other tips for you... But yeah, I usually just sit with the stool super low so that I really only have to point my chin down to get my face close to the bench. Hahaha. Hope you can find a less painful pipetting setup!