Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on April 17, 2016
Since coming back from Germany I have definitely felt more motivated and focused on my final year. I’ve put a lot of hard work into all of my pieces of coursework this year, really trying to understand the literature and hoping this shows in my work. I have found that I have more of an […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on February 29, 2016
Thankfully, today is a day that only happens once every four years- February the 29th! As a final year student, the leap year came at a good time. I know that sounds ridiculous as it’s only an extra day, but I’m viewing that extra day as a head start on coursework. Now, onto March… […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on February 10, 2016
On the 4th of February it was World Cancer Day. Now, it goes without saying that all of us have been affected by cancer in some way, especially with it being one of the leading causes of deaths in the UK, after heart disease. It is a devastating disease, but as we learn more about […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on January 11, 2016
I am writing this from the comfort of my bed, wearing four layers of clothing and wrapped in my duvet. Unfortunately for me, tonsillitis has hit again. It has come at a pretty bad time as I have an essay due on Wednesday and have spent the majority of the past 5 days sleeping/ taking […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on October 22, 2015
After what seemed like a lot of planning and time suddenly flying by, my two good friends got married on Saturday! I was over the moon to be one of the six bridesmaids for them, although it was a given seeing as Sammie and I have been friends since we were wee little kiddies at […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on October 12, 2015
I can now officially say that I have passed my year abroad! This means my degree title is now Medical Biochemistry with a Year Abroad Bsc (fancy right?). Providing I survive this year of course. My degree is also now going to be accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. I gave my presentation last […]
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Posted by Daisy in Biological Sciences on September 28, 2015
Today I submitted my dissertation for my year abroad. This was a 5000 word project report, detailing the lab project I undertook during my time in Germany. Thankfully, I managed to generate some constructs during the year and actually had some results to discuss. It was a challenge, but it hit me how much I […]
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Posted by Chris in Biological Sciences on March 31, 2015
With the final taught session occurring last Friday, that marked the final lesson I would have in further education (in the foreseeable future, but potentially for life!) It was a great session, as for the module BS3013: ‘Environmental Microbiology’, we all had to give a seminar on a topic relevant to the module. The final […]
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Posted by maryam in Biological Sciences on May 31, 2014
A recent article in the BBC news titled “Trust your doctor, not Wikipedia, say scientists” got me thinking about how dependable we can become on websites such as Wikipedia and how reliable the information we obtain from it is. During the first year of university, the importance of using reliable sources for information when writing […]
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Posted by maryam in Biological Sciences on February 17, 2014
I am currently making my way through a large pile of journal articles for my dissertation and for multiple essays and critical reviews I have to hand in soon as assignments. It was when reading through one such article on inflammatory mediators in diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension that it suddenly hit me as […]
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