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    Posted by dricecream on 13 Jun 2013 / 0 comments
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    Today’s post comes from Sarah Wallwork. Sarah loves coffee, icecream, outdoor pursuits and has recently begun a PhD in pain neurobiology in Adelaide (a big country town in Australia). When I was doing my honours 3-4 years ago, I found myself getting into a bad habit. Being an honours student, I had no desk or [...]

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    The invisible goal posts (or simply ‘goals’ if you are a soccer fan)


    Posted by dricecream on 27 May 2013 / 0 comments
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    Today a post from Flavia Di Pietro. Flavia is just applying the last spit and polish to her PhD on pain neurobiology at NeuroSciences Research Australia in Sydney. As far as we can tell, she is suggesting we all drink more champagne; good advice in anyone’s language! Last year the Sydney Swans won the 2012 [...]

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    Sample size calculations – I hate you!


    Posted by dricecream on 14 May 2013 / 0 comments
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    …from Tasha Sample size calculations…they are the bane of my existence! Technically it should be so easy. Choose the alpha, the power, punch in some other relevant numbers to determine effect size and waza! A number is spit out that is the number I need to recruit! However, I find that the actual process isn’t [...]

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    The dance of the scientist


    Posted by dricecream on 03 May 2013 / 0 comments
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      Today’s very special guest post is from Luke Parkitny. Luke is an PhD student at NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia) who is just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel – in a good way as he will submit his thesis in August! The average scientist isn’t just a white-coat who [...]

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    Relax, take a break


    Posted by dricecream on 23 Apr 2013 / 2 comments
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    This week we have a special post from a guest writer – Suzanne Merkus – who is a PhD Fellow from the International Research Institute of Stavanger in Norway and the EMGO Institute at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Suzanne is a long-time fan of The ICECReam and we are long time fans [...]

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