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BioImplant ITN ESR Induction Event – Reflections: Flavia Caronna (ESR 10)
The first BioImplant training event was held at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) on the 26th -27th September 2019. All Early Stage Researchers attended the Event, nine of them came to...
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Becoming a BioImplant ESR: Let the adventure begin: Martina Bernini (ESR 7)
Among the biggest events I went through last year, there was the beginning of my job as a BioImplant ESR at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). My journey to NUIG begun in January 2019, a...
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BLOSSOMING AT BINI: MY FIRST PRESENTATION AT AN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE: Kerstin...
From 17th-19th of January 2020 we had the chance to present our work at the conference Bioengineering in Ireland. The event took place in the very nice Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort in...
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Turning culture shock into a positive experience as a non-EU BioImplant ESR:...
Moving from familiar to an unfamiliar environment, leaving one’s own country; family and friends, is not the easy decision but curiosity to learn, bright future, a better quality of life, and desire to...
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Finding a New Normal: A PhD Student in a Covid Crisis: Clara Hynes (ESR 2)
It is just over six weeks since Northern Ireland began implementing lockdown measures in an effort to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Late to the party compared to the rest of Europe, it felt like we...
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ONE YEAR AS AN ESR – REFLECTING ON THE CLIMB: AGNESE LUCCHETTI (ESR 9)
Exactly one year ago I was leaving my own country, my family, my friends and the life I used to have to start a completely new adventure, to start a new chapter of my life. I have always wanted to do a...
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Finding Positivity in 2020 and Learning to Slow Down: Lison Rocher (ESR 1)
“Stay positive, but test negative” I would lie if I said that this pandemic crisis and all the uncertainties going with it did not cause me anxiety and a feeling of being socially isolated and...
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Spain, Germany, Ireland and COVID-19: Cillian Thompson (ESR 12)
Starting my PhD in Madrid in September 2019 was daunting considering I was moving to another country where English was not the first language. I had studied Spanish in school but that was it, I was...
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Benefits from sitting in-between chairs: Felix Benn (ESR 5)
Two years ago, the BioImplant ITN project started and with that a new chapter in my life. The program’s structure foresees for every PhD candidate a home university as well as a home industry partner....
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Perspectives for the Final Year of a PhD: Emily Morra (ESR 6)
It’s hard to believe that it’s been over two and a half years since the start of the BioImplant program. Between moving to Belfast in July 2019, getting into my research, moving to Galway to carry out...
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