In a tradition dating back to Martin Luther, our PhD student Kasturika last week literally nailed her freshly printed PhD thesis to the “thesis wall” in the university library. This marked the start of the period of public scrutiny of her work, which will lead up to the public defence at 9 am on 5 March, in the Carl Kempe lecture hall at KBC. Fingers crossed Kasturika, we know you will do great!