{"id":240,"date":"2020-08-31T14:48:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/?p=240"},"modified":"2020-08-31T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:57:16","slug":"thats-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/2020\/08\/31\/thats-a-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s a Wrap!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>I submitted my thesis a few days ago and I am now back in the U.S. after a lengthy day of travel. It is definitely a bittersweet feeling to be done with the MScCCAFS program and to have left Galway. There is a lot I will miss but I\u2019m mostly feeling grateful for this experience and optimistic for what the future holds. <\/p> <!--more Keep on reading-->\n\n\n\n<p>The research placement aspect was what drew me to the MScCCAFS program in the first place, and it did not disappoint. Even though placements had to be done remotely due to covid-19, it was still a great experience. I learned so much along the way and have newfound confidence in my research skills. Having some (novice) coding skills also doesn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Talsma, Victoria (Phuong) Nguyen, Charlie, and Peter. The guidance you all provided throughout the research is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-31-at-10.41.27-AM-2-812x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-31-at-10.41.27-AM-2-812x1024.png 812w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-31-at-10.41.27-AM-2-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-31-at-10.41.27-AM-2-768x968.png 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-31-at-10.41.27-AM-2.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I submitted my thesis a few days ago and I am now back in the U.S. after a lengthy day of travel. It is definitely a bittersweet feeling to be done with the MScCCAFS program and to have left Galway. There is a lot I will miss but I\u2019m mostly feeling grateful for this experience &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/2020\/08\/31\/thats-a-wrap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;That&#8217;s a Wrap!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/catherine-beal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}