Strings of symbols dwell in so many realms of our lives; we use them to communicate the language and the stories we share with each other every day. For another example, look slightly deeper into the recesses of your…
My research so far has been somewhat hindered by the fact that my samples have not yet arrived from America! They were purchased in a physic/palm-reading shop in Los Angeles, where my supervisor learned that lapis…
Hello, everyone! Week 5 for me, and I am currently representing a Quantum Mechanical system using balls and springs – only in physics! I began my project just a few days after my last exam. First I worked to reproduce…
A few months ago I was sitting in front of my computer with a research proposal, a supporting letter from my supervisor, and a statement `about my leadership goals all pretty much complete. It was ready to convert to…
Hello Laidlaw interns! Five weeks into my project and this is what it’s looking like: The project: I have cultured 103 isolates of staphylococcus aureus that have been genetically characterised (genome sequenced) by…
The internship I am currently undertaking is making steady progress as we round up week 3. We have had a good start at getting to terms with the theory and have already built an analytical model of what we expect.…
When thinking about the research in a neuroscience lab, many of you would imagine participants wearing caps with wires coming out in all directions from their heads. Often in close proximity to these tortured souls…
“Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams Telling myself it’s not as hard, hard, hard as it seems…” Three weeks into my research on the topic “Experiences of Women and Gender in the American Folk Music Revival,…
Welcome to St Andrews! Welcome to the leadership weekend! Welcome to the school of physics and astronomy! Welcome Iain, I hope you enjoy your internship! If it wasn’t for all of the kind people we meet I’m sure we…
A week into my research on the study of literal and visual translations of Dante’s Inferno, I find it hard to believe how much my perspective of this project has changed since I applied for the internship itself,…
