Detecting life in the solar system
This week the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science hosted a talk by Dr Zita Martins on her research in the field of astrobiology. Her work focuses on, among other things, studying organic matter from extra terrestrial sources as a possible starting point for the origin of life on Earth, and with Philae landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko […]
The World of Research
Something that’s becoming increasingly apparent is just how much the fourth year is geared towards preparation for the world of research. Every other week fourth year natural sciences students present their progress in project seminars, where peers and staff discuss what direction to head in next. This can be really useful in giving points of […]
Fingerprinting the air and the emergence of complex behaviour from simple rules
Transitioning back to university life after time away never feels like an easy process, but now that every module is underway and projects have been mapped out towards July, graduating is starting to feel like a tangible goal. Last week the complex systems module began by looking at the emergent properties of large systems. A […]
Finishing the SURE programme
Last Friday was the final day in the SURE programme here at Leicester, culminating in a day of presentations from all students involved. For the last six weeks I’ve been constructing different kinds of neural networks and seeing how classical and quantum mechanical models compare as a consistent model for associative memory. The idea is […]
The launch of Frontier Magazine and changing student culture
It’s been several years in the making, but last month the first issue of Frontier went on offer for free across campus. Run by postgraduates, the magazine aims to showcase the many areas of research going on at Leicester, pitched at an accessible level for those outside the discipline. The idea here is to […]
Reflections on the third year project
After 1,610 simulations and 14,916 words, my third year project on modelling metal foam formation in helium nanodroplets has finally been handed in, and from watching it develop from all the way back in October, I think I’m actually quite proud of it. It’s been an odd experience going from juggling several modules at once […]
The final project seminar and the viability of holding The Winter Olympics on Enceladus
With the final project seminar drawing to a close, the panic for the approaching final deadline was mediated only with thoughts of this Friday’s exams, making this week pretty hectic in terms of collecting final sets of data while revising the past few months of material! On the Natural Sciences degree, your project is assessed […]
Cell signalling, design competitions and the final submissions to JIST
Last Wednesday the Interdisciplinary Science Society hosted its latest academic seminar, where Jaelle Foot gave a presentation on the techniques used in structural biology, and how she applied them to her research. Here nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), x-ray crystallography, and cryo-electron microscopy were used in her research group in identifying the phosphorylation sites on a […]
UCAS days, society meals and the IOP conference
On the 19th of February one of the UCAS days was held at Leicester, where prospective students that have selected the university as one of their options are invited to find out more about what being a student here is like. For natural sciences students, this means a lunch with current students and staff, an […]
The I-Science Society annual winter meal and the importance of science communication
This week was the annual winter meal for the I-Science Society, and we had quite a good turn out! Student societies can be sponsored by different businesses, giving deals to society members in exchange for guaranteeing a certain number of people per term, or advertising, that sort of thing. This year like many student societies, […]
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