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The very first PhD journey

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So how do I feel through a year of my PhD? Some memories of my first day stick in my brain badly. On my first day, no one tell me that I could go to the campus on the 14th day of my quarantine days. I thought that I would be going after passing 14 days. I was rushed on that days, cause two of the members picked me up suddenly during lunchtime. They're my senior and my friend in the same year of enrollment. Actually, they are the same age, but not to me. Does it matter? To be honest, I never think that age is a matter of making relationships like friends. Well yeah, we're gonna be a part of lab members anyway. But it does matter so hard. Let's skip this for the next. My first shock was when I said, "I hope we can be a great partner". Since we're in the same lab, I hit this feeling like my normal wishes but someone replied to me "no!". That's surprised me a bit. I thought it was just a joke, but it's the truth. The fact is the member isn't ...

My PhD Life

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  Hi everyone. My name is Bella. Here I want to share my Ph.D. and lab life. I am a student in the major of pharmacology, department of Korean medicine, Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus, South Korea. My bachelor's degree was in biology education in the department of teacher training and education, University of Jember, Indonesia. It's about the basics of biology and how to be a good biology teacher. My thesis was about antagonism bacteria and I made a popular science book (more details: Potensi Bakteri Pseudomonas spp. sebagai Agen Pengendali Penyakit Layu Bakteri ). It's so interesting but I prefer another specific thing in biology, biotechnology. I took magister of biotechnology, University of Jember, Indonesia. Since I love research, this major was a fit for me. I did some research in cassava, first about drought response and second about allelopathy in cassava. I started my hard days as a researcher. I did not get enough guidance from my supervisor, nor have a senior....