Well. In january i'm supposed to finish my thesis, and graduate.. I have applied for a PhD position at KU, university of Copenhagen, Denmark. The project is about VOC (Volatile organic carbon) fluxes, and how the fluxes are affected by climate change. There will be fieldwork on three greenlandic sites and thereafter some incubation- and labeling studies in lab. The project is suppose to start in february, I really hope I will get the position. Will see. There is also a very interesting upcoming PhD position in Umeå, northern Sweden. There are some places where the reindeer concentration has been really high, and it seems like the vegetative production is much higher at those spots. So, the project will address whether reindeer livestock increases the production in the vegetative system. I'll apply for this position as well. As far as I know will also this project start in the beginning of 2013.
About my thesis.. The Lab work with the mycelia is much more time consuming than I first thought. The extraction of Chitin is rather complicated, since we used a GC instead of a LC... Well.. I hope we'll solve this and that I will have some results soon. The extraction of ergosterol didn't give any exciting results either.. I think I have to do the extraction again. Maybe there is something wrong with the sand or with some of the chemicals.. In any case, I have to write something before christmas, otherwise I won't make it in time..
I'm also rewriting the first paper, which was not published in PED. Trying an other journal and hope for the best. Hopefully you'll soon be able to search for Lindwall et al. on google.. =)
It feels a bit strange that i don't know where I'll live in a few months.. gothenburg, copenhagen, umeå or somewhere else... ?!
At least I'm happy!
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