Novo Nordisk visit in Hillerød

Working as an industrial PhD in Novo Nordisk, it is important for me to link my research to real industrial problematics, and I wanted to give a glimpse of the industrial world to my fellow comrades within the SIMPPER_Meddev consortium. During the first training in Dublin, we unfortunately couldn’t visit BD, and I was looking… Continue reading Novo Nordisk visit in Hillerød

Training week – Copenhagen

Training week – Copenhagen After seven months it finally arrives the time to gather again, this time in Copenhagen, Denmark! I think I can speak on behalf of everyone that excitement and anxiety were the main feelings before seeing and hanging out with everyone in another country. For a lot of us it was the… Continue reading Training week – Copenhagen

My Understanding of the Doctorate

Xinhui outside Tsinghua University

Before I start this blog, I would like to thank the “SIMPPER_MedDev – H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020” project for giving me this valuable opportunity to pursue my PhD and to meet a great group of scientific researchers! Back in 2018, after I failed to apply for a PhD at Tsinghua University, I began to reflect on my shortcomings… Continue reading My Understanding of the Doctorate

An ESR in Dublin

Hi! My name is Masih, and I’m from Iran. I am a PhD candidate with a scholarship from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. After I was selected for this position, my wife Atefeh and I were very excited that we could start a new chapter in our life. During covid, getting the… Continue reading An ESR in Dublin

Reflecting on my First Few Months as an International PhD Student

          It’s been almost 4 months now since I embarked on my journey as a PhD student in Denmark. Before receiving the good news that I will be joining DTU as PhD student under the ITN Marie Curie scholarship, I have always been keen about Denmark especially, to experience living in… Continue reading Reflecting on my First Few Months as an International PhD Student

ESR 6 hired

We are delighted to announce that Yohann Delaunay will start his PhD position as ESR 6 in Novo Nordisk from July 1st.  Yohann’s individual project is ‘Precision processing of biobased polymers for device concepts in medical applications’ and will have secondment placements with both DTU and UCD during PhD.