Friday, 14 February 2014
What is the difference between K-Ras and H-Ras
An interesting review on the differences between H and K-Ras.
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n10/abs/ng1008-1149.html
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n10/abs/ng1008-1149.html
Monday, 10 February 2014
Manchester Enterprise School for Scientist
Hi
I received a very interesting email for those who are keen in combining science with entrepreneurship. This school potentially could help you become more aware of the business side of Science.
The Manchester
Enterprise School is a four day residential enterprise school managed by the
University of Manchester and will be taking place this year at the Low Wood
Bay Hotel, Ambleside, Lake District, from Monday 7th to Thursday 10th
July 2014 for 30 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.
The Enterprise School
aims to increase the employability of Ph.D. students and research staff by
improving their enterprise skills in a highly interactive, group working
environment, tutored by experts and guest entrepreneurs.
The Enterprise School
is open to all Ph.D. students or research staff from any faculty. The school
will be an excellent opportunity to learn about enterprise and innovation and
how to apply it to your work, whether you intend a career in academia, industry
or start your own business. It will also be a chance to network with your peers
and improve your team working skills.
Attendees will work
in groups on their own ideas and produce a “Dragons Den” style pitch at the end
of the course. Along the way, to guide the groups will be sessions covering
opportunity recognition, market research, intellectual property, basic finance
and team building. The sessions will be interactive and aim to encourage
networking and working with others from different faculties and universities.
There will also be guest entrepreneurs and other experts in attendance to
provide input to each group as well as live access to patent information, market
research databases etc via the internet.
Feedback from
previous events has been excellent, with attendees finding it both useful and
the whole experience very enjoyable. Many attendees have kept in touch via
social networking on their return to their own departments.
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Venture Further
Hi all
Last Tuesday I attended the Venture Further scheme held at the Business school in the University of Manchester. Venture Further is intended for entrepreneurs that has a new business start-up company and want significant investment. Venture Further will have courses designed to help you develop a business model for your company.
To win the competition you are required to write a business model and pitch your business idea in front of a panel of judges. There are 4 categories that you can enter: Technology enterprise, Business enterprise, Social enterprise and Graphene Enterprise. The winner will win £10,000 investment in their business and £2,500 for the runner up in each category.
Take your time to check out the details. It may help advance those ideas you been having in your bedrooms.
Venture Further
https://mec.portals.mbs.ac.uk/Enterpriseactivities/Competitions/VentureFurther.aspx
Last Tuesday I attended the Venture Further scheme held at the Business school in the University of Manchester. Venture Further is intended for entrepreneurs that has a new business start-up company and want significant investment. Venture Further will have courses designed to help you develop a business model for your company.
To win the competition you are required to write a business model and pitch your business idea in front of a panel of judges. There are 4 categories that you can enter: Technology enterprise, Business enterprise, Social enterprise and Graphene Enterprise. The winner will win £10,000 investment in their business and £2,500 for the runner up in each category.
Take your time to check out the details. It may help advance those ideas you been having in your bedrooms.
Venture Further
https://mec.portals.mbs.ac.uk/Enterpriseactivities/Competitions/VentureFurther.aspx
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme
Hi
There is an interesting competition for Postgraduates and Postdocs to submit a hypothetical solutions based on biotechnology. The new Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (opens in 2014) will provide anyone taking part commercial awareness, entrepreneurial skills but also a chance to network with key industry leaders.
This is my final year PhD and although I need to concentrate on writing my thesis, I feel that this is a perfect opportunity for me to take part before I leave my university. I am waiting for this competition to open and together with a group, I hope we can come up with a biotechnology idea to enter this competition.
There is an interesting competition for Postgraduates and Postdocs to submit a hypothetical solutions based on biotechnology. The new Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (opens in 2014) will provide anyone taking part commercial awareness, entrepreneurial skills but also a chance to network with key industry leaders.
This is my final year PhD and although I need to concentrate on writing my thesis, I feel that this is a perfect opportunity for me to take part before I leave my university. I am waiting for this competition to open and together with a group, I hope we can come up with a biotechnology idea to enter this competition.
Benefits of taking part
- Prize fund of £5,000
- Enhance your CV
- Develop and improve transferable skills such as communication, negotiation and team-building
- Network with industry professionals
- Increase your commercial awareness and technology transfer knowledge
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Final Year PhD Workshop
Good evening
Today I attended a workshop intended for Final year PhD student. My experience of this workshop is quite frankly scary. Scary in the sense that I now have to think about thesis - I have to start drafting documents, planning ahead and putting together something coherent for my supervisors within the next few months.
The workshop today was very useful. We went through the format of a Thesis and what to expect in a VIVA (along with a few urban myths about viva). We then had a very constructure Q & A discussions with a panel of experts who all had PhD and have returned 10-15 years later to tell us where they are and what they are doing now.
The afternoon session consist of how to look for a job, creating effective CV and covering letters.
Tomorrow will be interesting as we get to take part in 3 different assessment centre as part of the training programme. I hope this will prepare me for real life assessment centres to get a job in the future.
Today I attended a workshop intended for Final year PhD student. My experience of this workshop is quite frankly scary. Scary in the sense that I now have to think about thesis - I have to start drafting documents, planning ahead and putting together something coherent for my supervisors within the next few months.
The workshop today was very useful. We went through the format of a Thesis and what to expect in a VIVA (along with a few urban myths about viva). We then had a very constructure Q & A discussions with a panel of experts who all had PhD and have returned 10-15 years later to tell us where they are and what they are doing now.
The afternoon session consist of how to look for a job, creating effective CV and covering letters.
Tomorrow will be interesting as we get to take part in 3 different assessment centre as part of the training programme. I hope this will prepare me for real life assessment centres to get a job in the future.
Friday, 3 January 2014
FutureLearn course: Inside cancer: how genes influence cancer development
Hi everyone
First of all, I would like to wish those who have been following my blog a happy new year. May 2014 bring you good fortune, health and laughter.
What a way to kick start a new year by promising yourself to learn something new. I happen to have found a cool learning website which has a list of free online courses ran by many of the UK top's universities. A course that has attracted my attention is Inside cancer: how genes influence cancer development.
The course starts on 20th January 2014 for 6 weeks, 3 hours per week. It is an ideal introduction for those interested in understanding how genetics influences the development and spread of cancer. I have registered for this course so why not join me and learn something interesting.
For further information about the course and to register for free please click on the link below.
There are many other courses you can pick from.
Best wishes and I write to you soon.
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