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As part of the MMB programme, students undertake a 12-week professional placement in an area unrelated to their PhD with a host of their choosing. i-CASE students are also required to spend at least 12 weeks with their i-CASE partner.
The following student stories highlight the diverse experiences our students have on their placements.
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Ignacio Teran
Read moreBIOME9, a precision pet wellness brand, hosted Ignacio Terán, a UEA based MMB student, on his 12-week professional placement. His project focused on the integrative analysis of the healthy canine gut microbiome for applications in both veterinary medicine and pet nutrition.
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Jade Manning
Read moreJade Manning, a second-year Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD student based at UEA’s medical school, recently undertook a 12-week placement at the Government Office for Science opens in a new window as a communications intern within the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) Profession team.
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Raphael Lwesya
Read moreRaphael Lwesya, a Quadram Institute based second year student completed his professional placement with the Centre for Microbial Interactions (CMI).
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Eleanor Hayles
Read moreEleanor Hayles is a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded PhD student on the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics (MMB) Doctoral Training Programme, based at Quadram Institute. She recently completed her 12-week professional placement at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in London.
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Harshanie Dasanayaka
Read moreThe strategic engagement team and the communications team at the John Innes Centre (JIC) hosted Harshanie Dasanayaka, a Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics (MMB) programme PhD student funded by the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC).
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Helena Pardo Casales
Read moreAs an MMB student based at UEA’s Medical School, Helena has completed her placement at Podoactiva, a podiatry and biomechanics company dedicated to improving patients’ quality of life through the improvement of their gait and biomechanics.
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Dominic Fowler-Shorten
Read moreDominic Fowler-Shorten, a UEA based student completed his professional placement with PBL Technology at the end of his second and beginning of his third year which he viewed as ideal timing as he’d reached a point where he could pause his PhD research, take a break from lab work and explore a non-academic area of interest.