Bohyung (ESR11) realized her 1st secondment from 06/06/17 to 31/07/17. She left Frankfurt in Germany to Dijon in France.

This secondment was the fundamental part of my project in GenXPro where I pursue the second half of my PhD. Because the laboratory in GenXPro doesn’t have facility that can support experiments engaging living microorganisms such as Listeria monocytogenes, I was more than happy when Pascal Piveteau suggested me this secondment. This is the one of the best benefits of List_MAPS that you can seek for help in the network. It was a challenge to adapt to a new environment and schedule all the experiments in short period. However, after all, I found it as a positive stress that made me practice ‘planning’ and ‘time management’. Despite some difficulties (delivery of materials and working spaces when there were too many people working at same place), I enjoyed working at INRA in generally for having a spacious office and being surround by friendly people who greet ‘bonjour’ to each other even you don’t know them. Once I had a chance to be engulfed in wines and cheeses from Bourgogne which was extraordinary! I found the city center of Dijon very wealthy and elegant and it was pleasant to stroll around and visit museums.

 

 

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