Very proud Dad.!

[bigfellasdad]

My oldest son received his official acceptance letter on Friday. In September, assuming universities re-open, my son will be going to Christ College, Cambridge University (in the same college Charles Darwin studied!) in order to achieve his PhD He is studying cell biology and has been tasked to work on Malaria. I hope there is enough PPE left for him

I'm so so proud, he has worked tirelessly through out his schooling life, during holidays he has travelled across Europe spending his breaks in other universities learning various skills for his future. He is hoping to work in 'the Crick' when he completes his PhD.

Christ College. [ame="https://youtu.be/qLloNbxWoN0"]YouTube[/ame]
Francis Crick [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avZAefORGY8"]This is the Crick - YouTube[/ame]

He couldn't complete his PhD at the Crick as if you learn there, you cant work there. He did however spend his summer holidays there last year to research further for his Masters degree, but thats ok, that wont stop him working there in a few years.

so proud, i had to share.

 

[SailBoat]

Congratulations, Dad of a super Nerd...
The dedication is a mirror of his foundation i.e. his family!

 

[Betrisher]

Oh! That's just wonderful news! WHAT an achievement! Please give my very best regards to your son and tell him an old bird in Australia is very impressed by his work ethic. Congratulations to you too for raising such a self-motivated and self-sufficient young man.

 

[noodles123]

wow! impressive! Congratulations!

 

[Scott]

Congratulations to you and your son on a stunning achievement. (it is a team effort!)

Science is so under respected these days. I am sure he will facilitate or spark amazing accomplishments.

 

[lollipoppy]

Congratulations!!!


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[bigfellasdad]

Congratulations to you and your son on a stunning achievement. (it is a team effort!)

Science is so under respected these days. I am sure he will facilitate or spark amazing accomplishments.

Thank you, but somethings he tells me about how science is improving so fast and so much for the better, I think the results and respect can only improve..
An example of which is, Alex was working on some images he captured during his work (cell proteins and how cells change to do a particular task) and he had to physically search out particular things and mark them on the image. He then had to look at findings and analyse them. So he knew what he was looking for and he knew what to do with the data, its just time consuming, and this is at masters university degree level. In Cambridge (and at the Crick), he will have teams of mathematicians, programmers and engineers that he can call upon to do all of the code and analysis for him and if an appliance or tool is needed but doesn't exist, the engineering team will help create for him.
With that level of support, scientific improvements can only accelerate as long as the minds are there of course.

I'm far from stupid, but this stuff blows my mind with not only the capabilities but also how science seems to be a huge team, a global team in fact.