Hi,
I still haven't started practical research for my project, but I've been back to practice identifying the parts of the chick embryos. I'm still investigating possible solutions to the problem of heart reversal. As well as looking at previous papers in the library and drawing diagrams, I've been playing with plasticine to help me understand the 3D folding processes. I've only got a week left now this term so it's unlikely that I'm going to get started on the experiments now but I'd like to have everything ready to go when I come back next term if possible.
I'm going to see my supervisor again on Monday. He has a theory of what could be happening during heart formation but I need to work it out for myself as he'd rather I came up with the idea myself rather than just hearing it from him. Hopefully something will pop into my head soon!
Another medic in my college is doing a project in experimental psychology and she has started collecting data. I volunteered to be a subject for her experiments so on Wednesday I spent an hour and a half or so watching dots move about on a computer screen while she measured the visual evoked potentials from electrodes on my head. The procedure was a perfectly harmless apart from being a bit boring and I even got a record token to say thank you. I expect it's even more boring for her to sit and watch while she records data from lots of volunteers but I'll be interested to see her results.
Yesterday we had a college medics' talk and drinks. Usually we have a medics' dinner with a talk every term but this term there was no dinner because of the hall being busy. The speaker was a doctor from the John Radcliffe hospital who spoke about imaging plaques in arteries and the new technology that is being developed and could be used for screening patients to see how vulnerable to rupture plaques are. Medics' talks are a good oportunity to talk to students from other years, especially the clinical students who we don't often see, as well as hear an interesting talk. Unfortunately, the first years are all too busy revising now to come to talks, as thier exams start in just over a week.
Right, back to my plasticine now...
Bye.
I still haven't started practical research for my project, but I've been back to practice identifying the parts of the chick embryos. I'm still investigating possible solutions to the problem of heart reversal. As well as looking at previous papers in the library and drawing diagrams, I've been playing with plasticine to help me understand the 3D folding processes. I've only got a week left now this term so it's unlikely that I'm going to get started on the experiments now but I'd like to have everything ready to go when I come back next term if possible.
I'm going to see my supervisor again on Monday. He has a theory of what could be happening during heart formation but I need to work it out for myself as he'd rather I came up with the idea myself rather than just hearing it from him. Hopefully something will pop into my head soon!
Another medic in my college is doing a project in experimental psychology and she has started collecting data. I volunteered to be a subject for her experiments so on Wednesday I spent an hour and a half or so watching dots move about on a computer screen while she measured the visual evoked potentials from electrodes on my head. The procedure was a perfectly harmless apart from being a bit boring and I even got a record token to say thank you. I expect it's even more boring for her to sit and watch while she records data from lots of volunteers but I'll be interested to see her results.
Yesterday we had a college medics' talk and drinks. Usually we have a medics' dinner with a talk every term but this term there was no dinner because of the hall being busy. The speaker was a doctor from the John Radcliffe hospital who spoke about imaging plaques in arteries and the new technology that is being developed and could be used for screening patients to see how vulnerable to rupture plaques are. Medics' talks are a good oportunity to talk to students from other years, especially the clinical students who we don't often see, as well as hear an interesting talk. Unfortunately, the first years are all too busy revising now to come to talks, as thier exams start in just over a week.
Right, back to my plasticine now...
Bye.
posted by Jane Davis @ 9:26 AM
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