PhD support group?

misskool

CrazyChemist wrote:

misskool, I'm more skewed towards the chemistry side of things (currently looking at convergent and divergent synthesis in association with a University department) but the info you've got about Western blots seems confident. It's been a couple of years at least since I did that sort of stuff. What is the subject of your PhD if you don't mind me asking?? Please tell me it isn't one of those genetics projects dressed as Biochemistry :mad:

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I am a trained biochemist who moved over to the dark side, I now study genetic interactions and signaling pathways. I use Drosophila as a model for innate immunity.
Is that genetics dressed as Biochemistry? The Biochem Dept at one Oxbridge uni seems to think it's ok. They could be wrong...

EDIT: Can someone reassure me that I'm not the only sad freak working on my PhD on one of the most beautiful August day we've had this year??

DrFluffy

studentphil wrote:

So there is no crisis in the lack of people taking science degrees then, unlike you read in the papers.

There is - read the Roberts report.

DrFluffy

misskool wrote:

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I am a trained biochemist who moved over to the dark side, I now study genetic interactions and signaling pathways. I use Drosophila as a model for innate immunity.
Is that genetics dressed as Biochemistry? The Biochem Dept at one Oxbridge uni seems to think it's ok. They could be wrong...

EDIT: Can someone reassure me that I'm not the only sad freak working on my PhD on one of the most beautiful August day we've had this year??

You at Oxford [I had an offer for a genetics project there in the biochem dept]? I did my D.Phil there (but not the biochem dept one)...

I'm a geneticist through and through. Did have to do a lot of dull biochem during undergrad though ZzzZzZZzzz

misskool

Yes, I slipped through the net and they let me in to do my DPhil here (I call it a PhD, I can't take a DPhil seriously for some reason!!)

Biochemistry isn't that bad....not good enough for me and you though!

cupid_s

biochemistry is hard!

studentphil

History and philosophy of science is hard too especially philosophy of science.

ffeindadifyr

Well if we're all getting on this bandwagon... Physics is really easy!

misskool

Oh, new game...

Physics is hard!!

studentphil

misskool wrote:

Yes, I slipped through the net and they let me in to do my DPhil here (I call it a PhD, I can't take a DPhil seriously for some reason!!)

Biochemistry isn't that bad....not good enough for me and you though!

What is the difference between a DPhil and a PHD then?

misskool

Nothing whatsover, Oxford calls is a DPhil, everyone else shortens it to a PhD, both of them are Doctor of Philosophy.