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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…
I am happy to announce that the two most critical parts of our new Field-Cycling Imaging scanner are being built. The University recently agreed the offers for the purchase of the magnet and its power supplies. These are major components of the system: the magnet generates a variety of magnetic…
As my summer project, I investigated the effect of anaesthetics on a generation of new neurons in the brain. Several studies have indicated that exposure to anaesthesia during a vulnerable window after birth may affect the brain in ways that can last even into adulthood. My project focused on an…
Hi, my name is Benjamin and I’m a 3rd year medical student in Aberdeen. I completed my summer research project on Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) having received the DuthStra Surgical Endowed Scholarship for 2021. I would like to briefly share my experience with you by considering some of the exciting…
The FPR2 Ligand W-peptide: a new therapeutic approach to treat Atherosclerosis
For my Hotstart internship, I worked under Dr Dawn Thompson's supervision for nine weeks. The lab-based project investigated the formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2), a G-protein coupled receptor which promotes tissue healing.
Ligands such as SAA, annexin-1, resolvin D1…
My name is Alexander and I am a fourth year Biomedical Science (Anatomy) student. Over the summer, I worked on a project consisting of creating a learning resource for anatomy students using 3D models and animation. The idea behind the project was to create a more visual and interactive way…
This summer, I completed a remote HotStart placement run through the University of Aberdeen and I was supervised by Professor Valerie Speirs. I spent 8 weeks researching the question “should animals be used as experimental models for cancer research in the 21st century?”.
Firstly, I designed a questionnaire suitable for…
Hi everyone, my name is Mia and I am a 4th year neuroscience student. For my summer project, I conducted a scoping review on the pharmacological interventions for opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH). This means that I was searching the existing scientific literature for how increased pain sensitivity after opioid use could…
Our research group has been working hard for over more than 10 years to explore how to make this technology work, and I am glad to say that we’ve had much success in the past few years. So much so, that we are now starting to build a new scanner…
Summer placements for undergraduate students studying medicine and medical sciences at the University of Aberdeen successfully ran again over the summer of 2021.
Students worked both on campus and remotely within research teams in the School, studying a wide range of topics and gaining first-hand experience of working in a…
