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For my HotStart Placement, I spent eight weeks working under the supervision of Dr Dawn Thompson, alongside India D’Orsi, on a lab-based project investigating cellular signalling responses linked to the prostaglandin f (FP) receptor and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K).

The FP receptor is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) which is activated…

This summer, I had the opportunity to do a nine-week placement in the research laboratory of Professor Anne Donaldson and Dr Shin-ichiro Hiraga at the Institute of Medical Sciences in Aberdeen. I had become interested in DNA replication and repair while doing additional reading for my Genetics degree, and I…

Hi, my name is Kalanah, and I am a third-year Pharmacology student at the University of Aberdeen. Over the summer, I had the opportunity to work on a Hotstart research project at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) at the University of Aberdeen, investigating the effects of alcohol and caffeine…

This summer, I had the opportunity to complete an 8-week research project with Professor Lynda Erskine, funded by a School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition Hotstart scholarship. The project looked at the development of the anterior eye using chicken embryos. During development, the ciliary body plays an essential role…

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…

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…

Welcome to PEGblogs - a series of blog posts about postgraduate teaching, work placements and educational research in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition!

Welcome to this, the first post in our new blog mini-series, PEGblogs, launched in November 2020 via our School Blog page. We will be…

Nine Things Genomes Can Tell Us About Candida Auris

Fungal diseases cause more than 1.5 million deaths every year, which exceeds the global mortality for malaria. A limited number of available antifungal drugs is the mainstay of antifungal therapy. For many years, scientists have cautioned that overuse of antibiotics reduces…

Each year a number of Medical Sciences undergraduate students go on placement for a year between their third and fourth year. The placement can be in a commercial company (industry) or an academic environment. The placement year allows the students to further develop their skills and knowledge in an applied…

Being an Engaged Research is exciting: it is about communicating research with the public in a fun and creative way. This process can improve research by making it more relevant and useful. We, as researchers, have a duty to disseminate the benefits and knowledge from higher education because we are…