Welcome!

Author: Tiffany Ma

Hello Oncology Students,

Welcome to the first post on the Oxford Oncology Student Blog! We had originally planned for this blog to go live in summer but given the current COVID-19 situation (how many cohorts can say that they were completing an Oxford degree during a pandemic?), we decided now would be as timely as ever to create this online platform.

Whether you’re in the green building, WIMM, Harwell or elsewhere that I might’ve missed, we hope this blog serves as a platform for all things oncology-student related - whether that’s more science, rants about the British weather, hosting a coffee hangout or student seminar, or sharing opportunities/ events/ resources/ memes with everyone else… this would be the exact place for that!

This is a new project and we would love your input and feedback. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the type of content that will come your way!

More Science, Please

• Freestyle - any trendy/ cool science topic you have an opinion on/ want to write about

• Journal clubs you want to host (online/ in person)

• Cool papers you want to share

Student Seminars and Workshops

• Details on upcoming student seminars will be posted here

• “When you teach something, you learn it twice.” Got some neat Prism tips? An R-package you think everyone should know how to use? Please host a workshop to spread your wisdom!

Student updates

• Viva celebrations

• Recent publications

• Extracurriculars/ activities outside the department

Advice/ Spotlight Column

• Advice from students/ recent graduates

• Advice from PIs/ postdocs

• Spotlight on a student

• Spotlight on this day/ week in history

• Wisdom on different career pathways after the DPhil/ Masters…

Just for Fun + Forum

• Host a coffee hangout, informal journal club (online/ in person)

• Ask for advice on anything on the forum - troubleshooting failed experiments, where’s the best cafe in town, etc.

COVID-19 Support

• Funding

• Degree extensions

Resources

• Bioinformatic tools, online datasets, etc.

• Advice for how to tackle a PhD

ACTION ITEMS FOR YOU ;)

• *Sign up on the blog here (it takes 2 mins)

• Follow other people

• Start a forum

• Let us know here if you’d like to write and submit a blog post, give a student seminar, host a workshop/ coffee hangout/ journal club session, or give us any suggestions

We will also update everything on the Facebook student group page. Let us know if you would like to join the student committee, or if you have any questions & suggestions.

See you and take care,

Tiffany, Sam and Letitia