14580455 – SB209

Author: 14580455

19 year old first year Forensic Science student. From the lab experience this summer (June 2017), I hope to increase my confidence and technique in a professional lab, which will aid me in the next two years. In the second week, I hope to widen my knowledge regarding the forensic field with forensic fibre analysis - although I have areas of interest like entomology or fire investigation, my full understanding of all the areas is limited. Hopefully this will help when it comes to the final year project and what area I want to work in.

I was so so so nervous to start this experience as I didn’t know what to expect! However, working in partners boosted my confidence and quickly I realised I had no reason to be so nervous. There was also a really chilled atmosphere around the lab which put me at ease 🙂

My favourite part of the day was looking at fibres under microscopes, but unfortunately, I didn’t analyse the pubes – I had the privilege of beard, yak and camel hair instead!

I’m really looking forward to the rest of the week; learning basic microscopic techniques (I am in dire need of a recap) and focusing on my fibre based project with Sam – gotta love a bit of velcro!