Supervisor: Dr Leonie Unterholzner Project title: “How does the DNA sensing adaptor STING cause the activation of the transcription factors IRF3 and NF-κB in the presence of viral DNA?” (Immunology) Dissertation format… As a study abroad student, I started my dissertation research in my third year when I was back in Lancaster. I spent time Read more about My Dissertation Experience – Chantal D[…]
My Dissertation Experience Supervisor and project title: Dr Clive Price / Professor Paul Bates: An investigation in to the roles of Transcription Factor 7 like 2 and Phospholipase C Delta 1 in colorectal cancer Why I chose this topic I have been interested in cancer and genetics since before I even started university, so I Read more about My Dissertation Experience – Maya Bennison[…]
My Dissertation Experience Supervisor and project title: Dr. Dayi Zhang: Phosphorus forms determining growth and phosphatase activity of Microcystis aeruginosa. My project as its name suggests examined the effect of 59 different phosphorus types on the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa and the expression of a critical protein alkaline phosphatase. What I investigated… Microcystis aeruginosa is Read more about My Dissertation Experience – Maria Kontopyrgou[…]
My Dissertation Experience Supervisor(s) and project title(s): Karen Wright – The endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Cell Biology) Prof Christian Holscher – The pathophysiology of depression and current therapeutic approaches (Neurobiology) Why I chose these topics… I’ll start with a brief overview of both my projects because my dissertation set-up Read more about My Dissertation Experience – Jed Winstanley[…]
When I first started studying at Lancaster, I was excited and a little nervous – I moved to a new place with new people and was studying in one of the UK’s top universities – now The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year. The contents of my course and the gold-mine of Read more about LUBU Summer School: Ghana Rambles […]
‘If I could tell my first year self one thing it would be…’ ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ Starting with a rather philosophical quote here but, put simply, my advice would be to do as many things that scare you as possible. I’m speaking from experience here when I recommend getting out of Read more about ‘If I could tell my first year self one thing it would be…’[…]
My name is Elena Patera and I was born and raised in Cyprus which is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. I remember when I was a senior in high school that I wanted to study in the UK at a university that offered the opportunity to study abroad in Canada or the US Read more about Year abroad experience at the University of Colorado, Boulder[…]
Dear First year students, Biomedical and Life Science will be piloting a Peer Mentoring system in the next academic year, whereby second year students may become peer mentors to our new incoming first year students. As you will be in your second year when you return in October, we would like to invite you to Read more about Peer Mentoring for Current 1st Year BLS Students[…]
As it’s coming round to the start of third term, it’s the time that we have to start picking our module enrolments for next year. I know some degrees (ie. Biomedical Science) have all compulsory modules for second year, however for people on other schemes like Biological Sciences, it can seem a bit daunting knowing Read more about 2nd year Module Review – BIOL201 Biochemistry[…]
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