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<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s a false autumn, and no doubt hotter weather is around the corner, but such seasonal mimicry still evokes deeply rooted, atavistic feelings of transition in me. I myself at am a turning point. Not five minutes ago I clicked the shiny ‘submit’ button on my revised manuscript, after having addressed all the referees’ criticisms to the best of my ability.<\/p>\n This means that, hopefully soon, there will be nothing between me and the need to start writing for independent funding. Over the past months, as I\u2019ve worked hard on experiments to finish the paper, I\u2019ve been snatching background reading whenever I could. And I have a rough idea how I want to structure my proposed project. But what I’ve lacked is the luxury of time and a cleared desk to truly do it justice. Until now.<\/p>\n For me, the biggest challenge will be trying to fit some loose ends into the main project. I have a few exciting lines of research I\u2019m working on now that I\u2019d love to carry on with alongside, but I need to work them into the bigger picture of the new project. Fortunately I have a knack for narrative, so I look forward to this aspect. Such a refreshing contrast, too, from working on a revised manuscript, where you dwell on every last little excruciating detail from the past until it all blurs together into a page full of random pixels.<\/p>\n So bring on the future, and all those wonderful biological questions that remain to be answered!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer has slipped away from London, as it seems to do every year around this time \u2013 the air has an autumnal coolness and raindrops patter against lab windows. We Londoners work around this, as we do around so many … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/mindthegap\/files\/2011\/07\/Ponds.jpg\" "\\"Ponds\\"")
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