William has now defended this PhD thesis right at the end of 2023, and spent his last few weeks in the Gemmell lab fine tuning some protocols and finishing a couple of projects, before heading back up North and starting his new life as a paid worker as a PostDoctoral Fellow with Anna Santure, at the University of Auckland.
We wish you all the best in your new ventures, William!
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