Vanessa (ESR2) realized her 2nd secondment from 12/06/17 to 27/06/17. She left Cork in Ireland to Dijon in France.

Working in a new lab is always challenging, especially when you are learning a completely new technique. This experience enriched me as a researcher, as adaptation to new working environments is a crucial skill to develop as an early stage researcher. Even though I’m not fluent in French, the adaptation to the new country was considerably smooth, especially in Dijon, a region marked by its great gastronomy and wine history. Furthermore I was lucky to see the music festival in the streets of Dijon, where I saw some amazing jazz bands. The overall aim of my project is to study the behavior of Listeria in the gut ecosystem. With this secondment I was able to gain a broader perspective of Listeria response to other ecosystems it naturally inhabits, which allowed me to see the parallels between the two environments.

 

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska Curie grant agreement n° 641984