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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…
In a paper published in the British Journal of General Practice, former Highland GP and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Alistair Appleby is helping to re-shape the scientific foundations of medical practice. The paper entitled “Right idea, Wrong science – should critical realism be the new science of medical practice?” outlines…
As I sit down to reflect on the past almost three years, it's hard to believe how quickly time has flown since I made the leap from my role as an Online Learning Developer in The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences at Robert Gordon University (RGU) to becoming a Teaching Fellow…
Professor Lora Heisler gives some insight into what it is like to be a biomedical researcher at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, and her tips for success.
What are you working on now?
I feel very fortunate to be an obesity researcher at this point in time where the…
Reimagining assessment in scaled up work-based learning: a case study in Applied Health Sciences
Heather May Morgan PhD, FHEA1, Toni Gibson BSc, SFHEA1, Emily Cleland MSc1, Caroline Franco PhD1,2
1Postgraduate Education Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
2Aberdeen Centre for Health…
The 2023 UN Climate Conference – better known as COP28 - begins today, November 30th 2023. Three members of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (SMMSN) have been accepted as online delegates for the event. This is the first time that online delegate positions have been awarded. These colleagues…
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…
