Three years ago I started my PhD studies on the subject of evolutionary biology. Three years in which I haven't stop learning new things and acquired new skills, mainly in the field of genomics and bioinformatics. Three years in which I have been able to attend to four international workshops and one big evolution conference, as well as many in-house seminars. Three years in which I have been able to visit six countries and I met a lot of interesting people. Three years in which I had mostly positive experiences. Three years that would have not been possible without the advices of my supervisor and many other collaborators. Three years that would have been impossible if I had listened to those who I did not listen. But most importantly, three years in which I did never give up. Above is a super harsh email that a Professor wrote to me when asking him/her for a recommendation letter in order to apply for my current PhD position. I replied kindly and rejected his/her recommendation letter. Three years later, I am self-confident enough to let everyone know how unfair this senior Professor was to me, which by that time I was just an inexperienced student - and as so, of course I needed some support. However, it still remains unclear to me if a "a lot of support and supervision" was referring to the only day that this person was present in the experiment room with me or maybe to the two revisions that he/she did to my manuscript. Anyway, three years.
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Veronica Cantero
4/12/2018 20:29:53
Me encanta! y no podria estar mas deacuerdo! Un urra por los que no escuchamos a los pesimistas y no nos damos por vencidos! Me siento muy identificada con tu situacion... desgraciadamente es algo muy comun, y supongo que la mas repetida es esa de " no estudies biologia que no sirve para nada" y aqui estoy trabajando de biologa en UK :) dificil si... pero no imposible! todo llega a su tiempo y no hace falta pisotear la moral de los demas para sentirte superior (aludiendo a ese profesor tuyo) mucho exito en tus proximos retos!
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Hannah
4/13/2018 04:01:51
Santi,
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Hi, I am Santi. This blog series was mainly created to include a summary of each of my publications. However, this blog is also a place where I will write about science and my life as researcher in the field of evolutionary biology.
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