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I'm Official! (According to Oxford University, at least)

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Posted on: August 20, 2006 12:22 PM, by Nick Anthis

This announcement is a couple of days late, so please accept my apologies, although I can blame it in part on a lack of internet access.

Anyways, as of 15:30 GMT last Thursday (August 17th), after enduring what was surely the longest transfer viva in the history of man (two and a half hours--hell, they should have gone ahead and given me my degree right then and there), I am now an official Oxford D.Phil. student. (The D.Phil. is Oxford's archaic equivalent of the Ph.D.) That means I can look forward to another 2+ years of hardcore science here in the Department of Biochemistry. Yes!

So, how did I celebrate?

Very appropriately, by staying at the lab until 3:30 am, setting up NMR experiments. Woo hoo!

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Comments

#1

Congratuations! That's wonderful!

Posted by: Babbler | August 20, 2006 1:04 PM

#2

Congrats! One big hurdle down.

Posted by: Tara C. Smith | August 20, 2006 1:50 PM

#3

Good show old chap!

Posted by: Corkscrew | August 20, 2006 2:57 PM

#4

Good job Nick. Well done!

Posted by: John Lynch | August 20, 2006 4:05 PM

#5

Thanks, everyone!

Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 20, 2006 4:54 PM

#6

Congrat! Out of curiosity, where did you transfer from?

Posted by: Peter | August 20, 2006 5:51 PM

#7

Heartiest congratulations, Nick. As they say across the pond, well done, mate!

Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | August 21, 2006 9:12 AM

#8

Thanks, again. So, I didn't actually transfer from anywhere. The "transfer" was from "probationary research student" (PRS) to an official D.Phil. student. All D.Phil. students at Oxford, as far as I know, start out in the P.R.S. category.

Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 21, 2006 10:05 AM

#9

Congrats Nick!

Posted by: Jon | August 21, 2006 10:11 PM

#10

Congrats! Weeeee!

Did you have to wear ceremonial clothes? A cape with diagrams of proton spin?

Posted by: nick | August 22, 2006 3:29 PM

#11

Ha! I wish. Students here have to wear a ridiculous outfit even just for exams (for guys: black suit, white bowtie, academic gown, carnation; similar for girls), but for my transfer viva, I didn't have to wear anything special. It was kind of a let-down, really....

Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 22, 2006 4:49 PM

#12

If this transfer viva is anything like a qualifying exam in the states 2.5 hours isn't too bad. A couple grad students in my lab were grilled for over 3 hours, one around 4!
I'll be submitting myself to this torture in a few short weeks....

Posted by: Pete Newell | August 22, 2006 10:48 PM

#13

Very true. All in all, it wasn't too bad. Good luck!

Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 23, 2006 5:00 AM

#14

Congradulations! This is a big achievement! Now get the DPhil :)

Posted by: Rob | September 20, 2006 8:58 PM

#15

Good stuff.

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Posted by: todd | December 26, 2006 12:14 AM

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