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Interview with Erasmus student Fulya

Fulya Koc is a senior student at Bilkent University, Turkey. This summer (2022), she joined the Thurston Lab for two and a half months for an internship with the Erasmus Internship Mobility for Traineeship programme. We asked Fulya some questions so that she could share her experience with those who are considering doing something similar.Continue reading “Interview with Erasmus student Fulya”

New Visiting Researchers

This week we welcomed two new visiting researchers to the lab. Fulya is from Turkey and obtained a 3 month Erasmus placement to join our team. She is an undergraduate at Bilkent University and has just finished her third year. Our second visiting researcher is Sayaka. Sayaka got her PhD earlier this year and worksContinue reading “New Visiting Researchers”

Hazel’s viva

Hazel is the first official Thurston lab PhD student to have her viva. It was an exciting day and Hazel passed with minor corrections – well done Hazel. We enjoyed celebrating her success with dinner at our local Italian, which is becoming a traditional venue for viva celebrations, with my first PhD student, Regina celebratingContinue reading “Hazel’s viva”

Introducing our latest lab member – Agnel

Yesterday we welcomed Agnel into the lab. Agnel is an undergraduate student at Imperial College carrying out a BSc in Infection & Immunity. Whilst actually training to be a doctor, Agnel will pick up a pipette for the next 3 months and work on our favourite Salmonella effector SteE. We hope you enjoy your timeContinue reading “Introducing our latest lab member – Agnel”

Our new website and blog

We have finally escaped the constraints of Imperial College’s web hosting and now have our new website. Why? Because we want to share with you what life is like in the Thurston Lab, what we do and who we are. For example, even though we are based in the Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection,Continue reading “Our new website and blog”

Introducing Teresa

Hi, I’m Teresa and I run the group. This means I am the “principle investigator” and set the direction that the lab follows. In reality though, the thing I like most is actually discussing with each member of the team, what it is they want to work on and aligning our scientific questions so thatContinue reading “Introducing Teresa”