On the last Sunday of November, our lab was represented at ‘Science Day’. Over 30,000 visitors, large and small, were welcomed at various locations, such as universities, museums and companies. The University of Antwerp also opened the doors of her city campus for a major science festival. Of course, we were delighted to attend. There …
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The life of a PhD student is really varying. Some days we eat, sleep, autoclave, repeat, while on other days we write papers, analyze data, guide students, etc. The senior generation of PhD students told us, junior PhD’s, about the benefits of going to conferences, doing teambuilding activities and lab retreats, afterwork activities, live meetings …
A new bacterial species? Well, new to us, as it was never ‘seen’ or described by humans before. For me, there is a very personal story attached to this new species. It started in 2017. I moved to central Portugal together with a friend. A place where time moves at a slower pace. We moved …
Introducing Laura Almost a year ago, I wrote a blog about vaginal microbiomes and ethnicity. As a Isala team member, born and raised in Peru, I am now super excited that, thanks to the global minds starting grant, we could now extend Isala to Peru, where “Isala” becomes “Laura”, named after Esther Rodríguez Dulanto (1872-1919), …
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Another pandemic-summer that wreaked havoc on opportunities of young scientists to not only enrich their learning but also provide real-world experience that enables them to put everything they have learned into action. Since many research institutions cancelled formal summer research experience programs, we were very excited to see that NSURP came back this year. “NSURP …
For several months now, my university is in code red due to the high cases of corona infections and deaths. In case you would have missed it, we’re in a global pandemic and that poses challenges for everyone. Code red means that theoretical courses cannot take place on campus and all students are following online …
