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And so the lab work marathon-turned-sprint finally comes to a close. Final 8 samples for RNA extraction for my PhD work. Together with a recently finished qPCR project 😅😮‍💨 #PhDlife #labwork

Snow-covered tour in the forest and still finding some fungi & slime moulds. These little guys were growing on some matter that lay in a waterfall against a moss-covered rock #fungi #norway #norskskog

Tricky words to sort through when speaking the English language:
collaborate vs corroborate vs correlate
Urgh 😅
Btw I’m first language English speaker and I trip over these words allllll the time!

We! fixed! acid! rain! And we can fix climate change 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

I approached a box at work today & jumped back when I saw movement…after re-approaching I discovered bumblebees! They are greenhouse pollinators but some are also destined for dissection for classes. Spot the Queen! 👑

I remember the first time I learned about Bird’s Nest Fungi in a lecture. What I found most fascinating was the spore dispersal mechanism - relying on the splash of raindrops to spread their babies 💦👼🏼 flying babies!

Our university offers 1 hour free training every Wednesday at the Uni gym for all employees. You can choose between instructor-led classes or just going it on your own. I love that it’s an offer for us. Oh and… it’s considered part of working hours 💁🏻‍♀️

Potentially the last qPCR plate of my PhD? Maybe… Hopefully…

lol. Probably not! 😅

Some Porcelain Mushrooms (Oudemansiella mucida) to light up our Sunday forest walk

Introducing myself here too 👋 I am a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Uni of Life Sciences (NMBU). I investigate molecular aspects of plant fungal pathogens, like grey mould on strawberries 🍓

At least my mum knows which fungus & host I study in my PhD! Win!
#explainmyphd

Ended off our week on such a high note at Institute of Plant Science at NMBU. We spent the last 2 hours of the work day in a brainstorming sesh, only for ECRs. Some hard truths were aired but so too were some exciting & surprising thoughts & goals.

Light is such a tricky variable to work with. Always measure your light, even when you assume it’s the same, it might not be!