Need some dissertation inspiration or motivation?
With graduation season upon us we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to reflect on all of the hard work and important research that students have done throughout the year with most students culminating this work in a final dissertation project.
Now when we say dissertations maybe you think of stress, hours in the library, and failed experiments. But despite this classic mental image of thick dissertation books collecting dust in a supervisor’s office, UCL undergraduate students have been conducting some fascinating and diverse research that we thought would be really interesting to share a spotlight on and also to make the world of dissertations seem less intimidating and more within your reach.
Hopefully, by the end of this series, those of you who’ll have to start your dissertations can feel inspired and take away some advice for your own research. In this episode, we’re speaking to students across Biochemistry and Biological Sciences.
Now we know this is a long episode but we just had so much to talk about! Find the timestamps below for each interview if there’s a particular topic you’re interested in. We’ve also included our interviewees’ contact details if you want to connect or find out more.
01:58 Casey, 3rd Year MSci Biochemistry (Molecular Biology) - Reprogramming-induced Rejuvenation: Miracle in the Making or Overstated Promise?
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-teo-901614253/)
25:13 Cwen, 3rd Year MSci Biochemistry - B-Cell Interactomics: Towards Constructing Specific Networks for Immune Response to Vaccination
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/cwen-li-683826263/)
31:17 Hannah Jessel, 3rd Year BSc Biological Sciences (Cell and Developmental Biology) - Exploring the ecological factors affecting wild Saccharomyces isolation frequency across bark and soil substrates (collaborative project)
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-jessel-272025373/)
44:00 Cansu, 4th Year MSci Biological Sciences (Computational Biology) - A Computational Approach to Molecular Mimicry: Integrating MHC Binding Prediction and Sequence Similarity to Explore Autoimmune Mechanisms
(Email: cansu.oktem.21@alumni.ucl.ac.uk)
Interviewers:
Casey Teo
Madeline Ross
Editors:
Teni Gomez
Madeline Ross
Casey Teo
Director:
Sarah Gu
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