Hey Everyone! 🙂
My name is Amy, as I’m sure some of you will already know, and I have just finished my second year as a Biomedical Science student. I haven’t actually started my lab work yet, but you will see me around the lab from Monday 18th June, as I start my UROS project with Mike Shaw. Our project involves the molecular characterisation of clinical Propionibacterium acnes strains by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and whether this technique is too much of a technical challenge for an undergraduate student. I am therefore very lucky to have Jo Manev, as well as Mike to help me out!
I am really looking forward to getting started with the project, even though I know it is going to be a challenge at times! I hope this opportunity will help me to become more confident in the microbiology/molecular biology lab and prepare me for my final year project, which I hope will be in the field of microbiology/molecular biology. After graduating I am very interested in progressing to PhD study, hopefully within microbiology/molecular biology. Therefore, the opportunity to work along side current post graduate students, lecturers and other students (all of you!) will be incredibly valuable, in terms of gaining first hand experience and advise to help me achieve my aspirations.
As well as blogging on this site with you all, myself, Mike and Jo will hopefully also be producing a video blog of interesting and important milestones during our project. Which should really fun and useful for other students to watch!
See you all soon! 🙂