The rest of the morning on Day 2 was filled with more of the 5 minute poster presentations. I am getting used to this format now and have learned to strike a balance between getting as much new information as I can handle and fact overload! I think my naivety with this balance explains partly my overactive brain on the first night. This time I made sure to just chose a select few presentations and save the rest for the poster session. The first session of the day was focused on ‘Health and Welbeing’. The first poster presentation I attended was that of my MMB masters student Mike Wammes. Mike…

Now, dear reader, every now and again these things happen to all of us. Your trusted roving reporter…overslept. I had a marvellous evening in the company of the extended Music, Mind and Brain group family out in Thessaloniki. One of our present PhD students, Georgina, spent several years living here so she knew a quiet little street that we could essentially take over as our own and sit out with a few cold drinks and lovely local tapas dishes. There was even Cuban music playing (my weakness) which meant of course that I ended up dancing salsa with another lovely ex-MMB student, Christos, who is currently working on his PhD…