Dear Scientist… celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2021
It’s Ada Lovelace Day and to mark the occasion Dr Yvonne Couch writes of some of the women that have inspired her, challenges of gender diversity and what she hopes might change.
Dr Yvonne Couch
Guest Blog – A balancing act
This blog from Dr Yvonne Couch is about work and life, and balance and how it comes down to money and culture
Guest Blog – Academic Life and the Problems of Perpetual Post-Docing
A thoughful blog from Dr Yvonne Couch, discussing some of the challenges faced by postdocs, exploring some of the problems faced in science careers and nicely prepairing you for next weeks perpetual postdoc podcasts and support articles.
Guest Blog – Err On the Side of Patronising: Writing Tips
Dr Yvonne Couch provides a series of writing exercises, hints and tips for everyone starting out on their first paper, grant or project report. Taking her own advice and assuming you’re new to the process, essential tips for new academics and students.
Guest Blog – Go with the flow
Blood first enters the right atrium, then flows through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle, and the heart beats… then what? In this blog Dr Yvonne Couch discusses blood flow and dementia.
Guest Blog – Inflammation and the Brain, thinking outside the box
Blog from Dr Yvonne Couch coming at dementia from a different perspective, not the brain… but the rest of your body, and inflammation, and how to think differently. Listen or read here, YouTube and in your podcast app.
Guest Blog – Lead With a Success Story
We’re delighted to introduce our newest staff blogger, the brilliant, funny and inspiring Dr Yvonne Couch from University of Oxford. In the first of her monthly blogs we get to know a little more about her background, and her work and what she has planned for us in the future.
Guest Blog – Respecting Your Betters
The best mentors listen closely, help you learn about yourself, and provide whatever you actually need. Dr Yvonne Couch discusses what good mentoring looks like
Guest Blog – Stroke 101
Dr Yvonne Couch takes us on a journey into better understanding of ‘Stroke’. We find out about the disease, the history and some of the treatments + important connection to dementia.
Guest Blog – The Hunt for Tiny Messengers
Extracellular Vesicles. Where do they come from, what do they do? How do they do it and why are they interesting to Dementia Researchers? Dr Yvonne Couch explains in this blog.
Guest Blog – Your Résumé Needs You!
With news that the UKRI is adopting the Royal Society Résumé for Researchers format. Dr Yvonne Couch endeavours to outline its purpose and ponder on whether it might be beneficial or detrimental to the ECR community.
The Edge of Anxiety
In this blog Dr Yvonne Couch writes about the scientific history of stressors and how they affect performance (because it’s interesting and you know by now she likes a history lesson), and more importantly how this fits into the context of academic life and mental health and what we can do about it.