A postdoc by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his research in protein structure and function get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
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
Congratuations! That's wonderful!
Posted by: Babbler | August 20, 2006 1:04 PM
Congrats! One big hurdle down.
Posted by: Tara C. Smith | August 20, 2006 1:50 PM
Good show old chap!
Posted by: Corkscrew | August 20, 2006 2:57 PM
Good job Nick. Well done!
Posted by: John Lynch | August 20, 2006 4:05 PM
Thanks, everyone!
Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 20, 2006 4:54 PM
Congrat! Out of curiosity, where did you transfer from?
Posted by: Peter | August 20, 2006 5:51 PM
Heartiest congratulations, Nick. As they say across the pond, well done, mate!
Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | August 21, 2006 9:12 AM
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
Congrats Nick!
Posted by: Jon | August 21, 2006 10:11 PM
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
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
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
Very true. All in all, it wasn't too bad. Good luck!
Posted by: Nick Anthis | August 23, 2006 5:00 AM
Congradulations! This is a big achievement! Now get the DPhil :)
Posted by: Rob | September 20, 2006 8:58 PM
Good stuff.
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