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 ...
Read the storyAlejandro 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 ...
Read the storyJoe 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 ...
Read the storyEmily 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 ...
Read the storyMellieha 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 ...
Read the storySian 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 ...
Read the storyDaniel 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, ...
Read the storyAlejandro 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 ...
Read the storyPeter Osborne, a student at the Earlham Institute, wanted to gain experience in an area he had not worked in before, exposure to industry and to gain an understanding of the challenges in the commercialisation of an idea developed during a PhD. Peter ...
Read the storyLizzie Gray, a student based at UEA, saw an opportunity at Leaf Expression Systems (LES https://www.leafexpressionsystems.com/) promoted in the PIPS newsletter. Lizzie hoped to gain an insight into research within an industrial setting, as well as gaining ...
Read the storyAnne Jordan, a student based at the Quadram Institute, saw an opportunity at Sense about Science (https://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/) in the PIPs newsletter which aligned with her motivation to undertake more public engagement activities and improve ...
Read the storyDaniel Richardson, a student based at the John Innes Centre, wanted to gain a greater understanding of how software is developed and deployed to solve real world problems and get experience with popular and industrially relevant software packages. After ...
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