Project and Option allocations
Hello,
I got the project I wanted, and I'm doing the neuro Option like I hoped. The project is called "The myth of heart reversal", which refers to the fact that the heart-forming region in an embryo begins to develop at the top end and then moves down into position when the top of the embryo folds over. You'd expect that to make the heart turn upside-down but somehow it ends up the right way up. I'm going to be labeling parts of the heart-forming bit of chick embryos and seeing where they end up, using a microscope. Dissecting chick embryos (which are a couple of millimetres long) was one of the things I enjoyed most last year so I'm really looking forward to starting the project.
I spent this afternoon in the library searching the literature for work on this area so that I can find out what is already known about it. I haven't found a lot of hugely relevent stuff yet but I'm seeing my supervisor tomorrow so hopefully he'll point me in the right direction. Yesterday I had my first tutorial of the term, where we looked at a couple of research papers to develop our ability to analyse and criticise them, which will be needed in Paper 3 of the exams at the end of next year. The tutors also checked we were all on track to start our projects and answered questions about our Options. Most people have got one of their five project choices, but those who haven't are now in the process of looking through the list of projects that nobody wanted or contacting researchers who didn't offer one to come up with new ideas for projects.
Most of the year group also got their first choice Option, although Infection and Immunity was oversubscribed so some I&I people had to settle for their second choice. Each Option can take up to 50 people. Neuro was another popular choice - I think about 49 people chose it. Signalling in Health and Disease was less popular, with only about 10. Their lectures will certainly have a more personal touch!
I got the project I wanted, and I'm doing the neuro Option like I hoped. The project is called "The myth of heart reversal", which refers to the fact that the heart-forming region in an embryo begins to develop at the top end and then moves down into position when the top of the embryo folds over. You'd expect that to make the heart turn upside-down but somehow it ends up the right way up. I'm going to be labeling parts of the heart-forming bit of chick embryos and seeing where they end up, using a microscope. Dissecting chick embryos (which are a couple of millimetres long) was one of the things I enjoyed most last year so I'm really looking forward to starting the project.
I spent this afternoon in the library searching the literature for work on this area so that I can find out what is already known about it. I haven't found a lot of hugely relevent stuff yet but I'm seeing my supervisor tomorrow so hopefully he'll point me in the right direction. Yesterday I had my first tutorial of the term, where we looked at a couple of research papers to develop our ability to analyse and criticise them, which will be needed in Paper 3 of the exams at the end of next year. The tutors also checked we were all on track to start our projects and answered questions about our Options. Most people have got one of their five project choices, but those who haven't are now in the process of looking through the list of projects that nobody wanted or contacting researchers who didn't offer one to come up with new ideas for projects.
Most of the year group also got their first choice Option, although Infection and Immunity was oversubscribed so some I&I people had to settle for their second choice. Each Option can take up to 50 people. Neuro was another popular choice - I think about 49 people chose it. Signalling in Health and Disease was less popular, with only about 10. Their lectures will certainly have a more personal touch!
posted by Jane Davis @ 10:37 AM
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