Blogs

Training in Dublin

The 12 early-stage researchers (ESRs) for the first time since joining SIMPPER_MedDev, met each other in Dublin to attend their training modules at University College Dublin. Based in different countries and hosted by top research universities the ESRs flew in from Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The training was tailor made to pave the… Continue reading Training in Dublin

Discovering pieces of a puzzle by review writing.

I started as an early-stage researcher in summer 2021 on producing microstructures for medical diagnostics. My primary goal was to understand the state of the art in disease sensing and detection on microfluidic (low volume, controlled flow) environments. As I read through the boom in the microfluidics space due to manufacturing advances and the urgency… Continue reading Discovering pieces of a puzzle by review writing.

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.