In September this year Julia attended her first conference as a PhD student. Supported by a young investigator travel grant from the organisers she travelled to Saint Feliux de Guixols in Spain, where she joined the SPP1710 conference about thiol-based switches and redox regulation – from microbes to men’. On the conference Julia presented a poster showing the aim of her PhD project and how she plans to tackle it. Thanks to the supporting scientific community on the conference Julia collected many suggestions about her planed project, which will be helpful for her progress. :)