Rachel Hester

Thank you sooo much Tannis!! 💚

she’s a doctor!!

What a fun four years with the best supervisory team, lab group and department 💚

Newly minted Dr Rachel Hester with PhD flowers plus an trídhathach (the Irish tricolour/flag of Ireland). Photo credit @ionace.bsky.social

Dr Rachel Hester (centre), with Prof. Trent Garner (Zoological Society of London) & Dr Jim Labisko (University College London) (left) and Dr Tamsyn Uren Webster (Swansea University) & Dr Gemma Murray (UCL) (right) looking happy, proud, and relieved while in complete control of a tasty celebratory beverage. Photo credit @ionace.bsky.social

Yesterday afternoon @rachelhester.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis—𝗔 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘁 𝘐𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻—we couldn't be more proud @uclcber.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Cornwall is so beautiful

the last supper before 2 months of overwintering ❄️❄️❄️