what colour is your parachute?

Not posted for a while after an exceptionally busy period in the lab. Recently my supervisor announced that they were leaving. This will be a new challenge for the project, to secure the required funding and locate new post docs to assist with training and guidance. This was an unexpected turn of events and has once again shown me that when you are most comfortable you are most vulnerable and you must always be ready for change. We are all now faced with the immediate challenge of finding new jobs, or new labs and funding streams. I hope to continue my project, even if the prospect of graduating took a step or two further away. I am challenging myself to identify the opportunities and potential escape routes rather than the immediate crisis, and turn this event into something positive.

Nobody every claimed a Ph.D was easy!

nothing is certain but death and taxes.