Hello everyone. I was browsing through the threads and seem motivated to ask for opinions.

I'm doing my PhD straight from my undergrad studies, so at the end of the second semester I'll have a candidature defense to see if I'm suited for PhD or "only" Masters. As it is now, I'm wondering about the results postgrads usually have by the end of their second semester.

I'm doing research in biological sciences, and currently I'm kind of anxious about presenting my results thus far. I did face a few problems with labmates and I had do my work elsewhere so I felt like I have an excuse for the small amount of results, but I don't want to bring up the issue in front of examiners nor with my supervisors.

Each PhD is different so there's no set amount t if results that you should have by now. I'm 18 months in and still havent disseminated my survey to participants yet so technically have no collected data at this stage. As long as you can show progression you should be fine.