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A Day in the Life of a Microbiology PhD Student: Liz Wyman

Dear Grad Student

English - November 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
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In this episode of Dear Grad Student, Elana chats with Liz Wyman (@elizabeth_wyman) about her Day in the Life as a 2nd year Microbiology PhD student. They discuss Liz's start to grad school when COVID hit & her adjustment this semester,  her research in fungal genetics, being a #FirstGen college and graduate student, finding her position in her PhD program on Academic Twitter (yes, another plug for Academic Twitter!), & the importance of finding your support system. PLUS, Elana and Liz find out the results of the 2020 election in the middle of recording and Liz ask's Elana an existential question about her existence and the podcast.

Read more about Liz's experience as a #FirstGen college & graduate studentThe 'You Can Grad School' blog post by Liz about getting comfortable with scientific literature

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