Me talking to my friends who aren’t in academia and do ‘proper’ jobs

PhDs applying for postdoc positions

Me trying to find the energy to finish this paper before it finishes me

Me trying to find the energy to finish this paper before it finishes me

Me whenever I have to present my work

Me whenever I have to present my work

A reminder to those presenting their work as presentations/papers.

- Your work is important
- Don’t compare yourself to others
- You don’t need to know everything
- You know more than you think
- People will be interested

Present your research and have fun

Academics the morning after the conference social

A reminder to those presenting their work as presentations/papers.

- Your work is important
- Don’t compare yourself to others
- You don’t need to know everything
- You know more than you think
- People will be interested

Present your research and have fun

How I talk to others vs how I talk to myself when I make a mistake at work

Had a great time presenting some of my postdoc research yesterday at #ARVO2024 , as a first time attendee! Thanks for the support Dr Amanda-Jayne Carr Ana Alcafe 🌸Z🌸 UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

(My face may not look happy but I was excited to be talking about AMD, macrophages and iPSCs!)

Me proudly standing by my poster at conferences waiting for somebody to come and talk to me

Me after working for 5 minutes

Me running my analysis and wondering if the weeks of experiments I’ve been doing are all crap

Another day of me giving free content to anonymous accounts on the internet. And receiving complains when I ask for my credit.
These images are copyrighted, so technically, people can't do this. I also know I can add my name to the images, but as a microscopy person, I like to

P E R F E C T. But also not

Me running my analysis and wondering if the weeks of experiments I’ve been doing are all crap

Me after writing one paragraph of my paper (which I’ll likely delete later)

How I feel making figures