I recently had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Georgia Cattell, the third Biomedical Science student from the University of the Sunshine Coast to be awarded my annual Haggarty-Weir scholarship for B.BioMed.Sc students (see this ...
In February I attained my Ph.D completion letter from the Universities of Melbourne and Edinburgh for my thesis titled ‘Biochemical and Biophysical Investigations Into Key Malaria Parasite Proteins’. I have since decided to turn parts ...
This was a question I was asked today. After a few seconds, a couple of start-ups hit me. And whilst one is technically not a start-up, it is looking for venture capital funding and so ...
Recently I interviewed for an investment research position in Edinburgh. For this I had to put a stock pitch together, and so I decided to make a pitch for the North American biotech company Celgene. ...
Recently I interviewed at a firm in London for a Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) role and the CEO asked me a question during my presentation where I had mentioned that the company I ...
During the final year of my Ph.D I worked part-time in venture capitalism, which is an industry focused on funding start-ups. Some firms specialize in a couple of areas whilst others go for anything that ...
Recently I applied to an asset management company for a graduate position (they were after STEM grads for an investment analysis role). One of the questions was What do you think would make a good ...
Recently I was approached by Sophia Frentz from the University of Melbourne and writer for Lateral (a science communication zine), for my opinions regarding some key questions over the current CRISPR patent battle between UC ...
Recently William Godfrey and I had our philosophy of science paper accepted for publication in The Philosopher. The article is coming out officially later in 2017, and so we thought we would share it early ...
I recently was engaged in a wee argument with a friend of a friend around the concepts around multiculturalism, economics and peace. Now I am a man of evidence; I will believe anything if you ...