Well Christmas was good, it was nice to have some time off and now that I have come back my PCR is working and I can get on and finish my project. There isn’t a lot time left for this project it has gone so fast. I have really enjoyed it although am not too sure if I will feel the same about the 5,000 write up!

The lab is fairly quite at the moment. Matt, another PhD student, has spent most of his christmas writing up the work he has done since September. Nikki has recently moved into the lab. She looks after the DNA bank that is stored here at the uni. Most of the four year medical students are out doing some work experience with local GPs.

My supervisor, John, is busy as always. He is helping me with the plan for my write up at the moment. I should know where I am going to be for my next rotation soon, I am hoping to work on a project that uses the microscopes, but we will see. There is a team building day coming up in February. All four of us will be going as well as the other 4 year students on the Cancer pathway and some of the supervisors are also coming. I am looking forward to it as I have never been on a day like this before.