Anna Colvile, a student based at the John Innes Centre, is considering training to be a secondary school teacher post-PhD so wanted to use her PIPS to get experience in a school setting. Anna organised the placement by contacting The Priory Learning Trust, ...
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Emily Smith, a student based at the UEA, was keen to explore academic-adjacent roles for her PIPS (non-lab based but still at ‘cutting-edge’ of science research). Emily saw an opportunity with Oxford University Innovation (OUI https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/) ...
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Jonathan Ford, a DTP student based at JIC, undertook his internship with Isomerase in Cambridge. Jonathan was made aware of the company by his secondary supervisor who is part of the senior management structure. Originally Jonathan was interested in finding ...
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Alexandra Siddall, a student based at UEA, wanted to undertake a local internship with a charity where she felt her work would have a positive impact. After seeing an opportunity advertised in the PIPS newsletter, Alex contacted the Norfolk Citizens Advice ...
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Nathan McConnell, a student based at UEA, undertook his PIPS with SAW Trust. Nathan wanted the chance to improve his science communication skills, and after speaking to the SAW Trust at the PIPS Employer Forum, he set up his internship there. Nathan had ...
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Alejandro Morales Florez, a student based at UEA, wanted to return to the plant science of his undergraduate degree and gain experience of a commercial research environment. As an international student who has to travel frequently, he wanted a local placement ...
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Joe Sandy, a student based at the UEA, was keen to gain experience in a field different to his academic research. “I was intrigued by the digital nature of the science communication and having an interest in content creation and podcasting meant I’d ...
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Emily Tipper, a student based at the JIC, went to Synthace Ltd for her PIPS. Synthace is an experiment platform that lets scientists design, automate, and analyse their experiments without using code. “I wanted to gain experience of what it is like ...
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Mellieha Allen, a student based at the UEA, undertook her PIPS with ssDNAfrica at the beginning of 2022, with the first half remote working from the UK and the second half at Pwani University in Kenya. Mellieha is a keen traveller and wanted to learn ...
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Sian Seaman, a student based at Quadram Institute Bioscience, hoped to gain more confidence in her abilities, learn new skills in science communications and event management, and gain more life experience from working in another city/organisation. Sian ...
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Daniel Marcu, a student based at the UEA, wanted to gain exposure to different laboratory skills, animal research models, communication and leadership skills and so used a personal contact to set up a PIPS placement at the University of the Western Cape, ...
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Alejandro Carrion-Sanabria, a student at the JIC, wanted to gain bioinformatic and coding expertise as well develop his teamwork, networking and science communications skills. Alejandro found his placement through a former colleague and set up a PIPS ...
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