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ErrantWritings

Terrible tips for returning to the lab after a break

There are lots of reasons that you may need to take a break from working in the lab at some point. Over this year an unprecedented number of people have spent a significant time away from their labs and are only just now starting to go back. This is a Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 2 yearsJune 10, 2020 ago
ErrantWritings

Research holiday camp, a magical place

It’s almost the end of the summery holidays and even as I type this researchers everywhere are frantically trying to complete they real work before their supervisors return and instantly break everything shortly after saying “Oh, that looks interesting”. The summer holiday period is always tricky for researchers because it Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 yearsAugust 29, 2018 ago
ErrantWritings

Diary of a conference attendee – day three, taking a break

Yesterday I decided to bail on the 19:00 till 20:00 talk. Turns out trying to do a 12hr stint at a conference is a little bit exhausting. So instead of late night conferencing I sat in the now blissfuly quiet media room, drank coke and wrote up some notes from the Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 yearsApril 26, 2017 ago
ErrantWritings

What to do while everyone is away on Easter holidays

It’s the Easter break at the moment in the UK, the kids are off from school and thanks to a pair of bank holidays so are lots of adults. The Easter break is short (just 2 weeks) so unlike the summer anyone who’s going away tends to be away at the Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 5 yearsApril 12, 2017 ago
ErrantWritings

The 5 stages of coming back to the lab after a holiday

The holiday season is over. The students are starting to arrive at university labs, and parents are busy panicking as they realise that none of their kids’ school kit from last year fits now. Researchers everywhere, in academia and in industry, are slowly returning from whatever sunny locale they have Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 yearsSeptember 14, 2016 ago
ErrantWritings

How to plan your science conference schedule

February is here, you may have already noticed, as calendars are all the rage these days. This means I am well into planning out my year and what I’m going to be doing to keep myself busy. The first thing is obviously planning how many conferences I can go to Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 6 yearsFebruary 3, 2016 ago
ErrantComics

A grinch in the lab

Every Researcher down in Labville liked Christmas a lot…
But the Lab Manager, in the office above Labville, did NOT!

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 yearsDecember 23, 2015 ago
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