Posts in "Student Placements"

On the 12th of September 2024 I attended the annual British Association of Urological Surgeons Endourology Conference in Edinburgh, in order to present an audit I had worked on, alongside surgeons from the urology department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Our research considered the local rates of stoneless ureteroscopy (a procedure…

I completed the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the University of Aberdeen. This was inspired by my passion for health equity and social determinants of health. The program offered a diverse range of courses, with Health Policy and Systems Research, Evaluating Policy Effects in Practice, Health Informatics, and…

In July, Kate and I had the pleasure of attending the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) annual scholarship meeting, where we were honoured to present two talks.

Our first talk was based on work we did as student interns on a project led by Kathrine Gibson…

Attending the 2024 RCOphth Annual Congress at the ICC in Belfast from May 20-23 was a transformative experience. Presenting my research on diabetic retinopathy and prediction models was an incredible opportunity to share my work with experts and peers.

Throughout the conference, I immersed myself in a variety of sessions…

In May 2024, I was invited to present my elective study at the "The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology" (EFORT) in Hamburg. Baffled and surprised, it was an honour as a student of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition to present my research at…

From the start of my placement search, I was determined to go abroad. After weeks of sending speculative applications, I connected with the Principal Investigator of the Microbiome group at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona. In August, I moved to Barcelona and worked alongside a team of…

When I first applied for the University of Aberdeen, I was so occupied with what a degree in Molecular Biology would entail that I hadn’t given much thought to what would come after. As I got to my third year at the University, we were offered the chance to get…

My name is Tereza and I am studying MSci Biotechnology (Applied Molecular Biology) with Industrial Placement. For my year placement, I spent 12 incredible months working at the Membrane Protein Laboratory (MPL) and electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC) at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron.

Diamond, MPL and eBIC are all user…

As part of my MSci Biotechnology degree, I completed a placement year at the Pirbright Institute in Surrey. This was a fantastic experience and I would encourage anyone interested in a science career to apply for similar opportunities. It is absolutely commendable that The Pirbright Institute offers these placements to…

In November 2022, I travelled to ESA Academy in Belgium, an education and training facility of the European Space Agency, to spend a week learning about space physiology. 30 students from all over Europe were selected for the, now annually organised, Human Space Physiology Training Course. This is an exclusive…