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This project aims to compare different biological imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and 3D photogrammetry using human archaeological remains issued from Marischal College at the University of Aberdeen. The CT-based 3D model will be used as a reference model for the comparison of the 3D photogrammetry models. This…

Hello all, it is officially my seventh week as a summer intern at the University of Aberdeen’s Spinal Cord Injury Research unit. But first, let me introduce myself, I am Anastasia, a vibrant 21-year-old who loves to run, dance and has a natural voracious curiosity for science, particularly chemistry. More…

Hi! I´m Alina, I´m a third-year pharmacology undergraduate and due to the current circumstances, I am working on a summer project from home. For the last four weeks, I have been writing a review investigating the role of POPDC1 in the progression of cancer. The POPDC1 protein (Popeye domain containing…

When lockdown was initiated we published a blog post describing the reaction to the lockdown announcement from a food availability perspective, with stories from countries all over the world. As time has passed, we have published various posts discussing health claims on foods, feeding behaviour, and food security. One aspect…

There have been increasing appeals from the sensible and skeptical urging public health officials to issue a clear set of nutritional guidelines that put an end to the social media wars around whether vitamin C or D are effective in preventing, mitigating or treating Covid-19. This amalgam of confusion is…

In part one we looked at how coronavirus is transmitted. We concluded that coronavirus transmission from food is rare following good hygiene practices. We also discussed fomites which may be able to transmit coronavirus from food packaging though again this is a rare occurrence. Our homes actually offer a great…

There seems to be a growing trend across social media of plastic-packed groceries being submerged into soapy sinks, followed by a production line of drying produce covering our kitchen units. While washing packaging may seem a bit extreme, it is motivated by our desire to keep our loved ones safe.…

Many children in the UK qualify for free school meals, around 200,000 in London alone. Last year’s Survey of Londoners reported that 400,000 children experience some form of food insecurity overall, a number that is only set to increase across the UK due to Covid-19. People affected by food insecurity…

Thursday 30th January

So, how do we select the best students who will make the best doctors? Well, we at Aberdeen have decided that seven short interviews is one of the best and fairest ways to help achieve this. This process called Multiple Mini Interviews or MMIs. This is used…

Wednesday 29th January

My quest to do a different thing every day lead me to join Dr Dollery and Ms Millar again, accompanied by Ms Mahalingam and Dr Dinusha Kanatiwela Niriell, Head of Biomedical sciences at IIHS. This time on a quest to visit the local schools to provide a…