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Welcome to the second issue of Bioscience Horizons, featuring a further 12 articles showcasing the best of undergraduate biosciences research in the UK and Ireland.
We are delighted to report that, in this first year of publication, the journal has attracted 37 submissions from 24 universities. We hope that as we attract more submissions in the future we will be able to ensure that each issue covers a mix of subjects and universities to appeal to a broad audience.
Nominated students have clearly put in a great deal of effort to produce papers to the journal specification, and their response to having the opportunity to publish their work has been positive.
‘I've just had an e-mail confirming that my paper has been accepted, subject to some minor revisions, for publication in Bioscience Horizons! I am absolutely thrilled!’
We remain reliant on you, the bioscience community, to judge the quality of these contributions and their usefulness to teaching and learning (and indeed research) within our disciplines. We hope the journal will provide a useful resource to students and staff in terms of illustrating how high-quality research can be undertaken as part of undergraduate final year projects. We welcome all feedback, via e-mail, to biohorizons{at}leeds.ac.uk
Our intention now is to review the process we have been through in the last 18 months, together with the feedback from these first two issues, with a view to publishing further issues in subsequent academic years. We will be writing to Heads of Departments in May seeking submissions from the 2007/8 academic year. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, e-mail biohorizons{at}leeds.ac.uk or visit www.biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org to find out more about the journal and to view the first two issues.
We thank all of those institutions who took the time to become involved during our first year of publication, and particularly those students whose efforts have resulted in the publication of some excellent papers. We would strongly encourage all those that participated last year to consider nominating students again, and for those that did not participate to consider doing so.
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Natalie R. Andrews
University of the West of England
Natalie Andrews studied Environmental Biology at the University of the West of England, covering many aspects of biology, ecology and conservation. She also took a placement year at Wessex Water microbiology laboratory learning various practical skills and techniques. Her main fields of interest lie in microbiology and plant ecology. Natalie hopes to pursue a career in the field of microbiology, particularly focusing on practical laboratory work. Despite this, she will always be interested in plants, ecology and conservation and will continue to work on them in her spare time.
Helen Angell
University of Manchester
Helen Angell studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Manchester, reading Biochemistry with Industrial Experience. Her placement year was at Cambridge Antibody Technology where she worked on a project involving the use of a high-powered, fluorescence microscope called Cellomics. Helen is now undertaking a PhD on Targeted Therapeutics in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham. This is with the Doctoral Training Centre in association with AstraZeneca and EPSRC. She greatly enjoys exploring the molecular basis of therapeutic approaches for treating cancer, and wishes to excel in this scientific field in the future.
Daniel Charles de la Hey
Bath Spa University
Having studied Environmental Biology, Daniel de la Hey has developed an interest in the ecological and geomorphological importance of the freshwater environment. His interests lie in the behaviour of both plants and animals within this, in particular, changes in foraging behaviour in riparian mammals due to anthropogenic induced change.
Samantha Fahy
University of Leeds
Samantha Fahy read pharmacology for her undergraduate degree at Leeds University. The success and intrigue of her final year project led her to complete a subsequent project within the institute following graduation. Samantha is now about to embark upon a PhD in genetics at Kings College, London. She intends to stay within this field, with a view to conducting her own research.
Daniel Garrick
Canterbury Christ Church University
Daniel Garrick studied for a BSc (hons) in Animal Science. This course encompassed a wide range of subject areas, of which theoretical and practical ecology, evolution and animal behaviour were modules of particular interest to him. In the past Daniel has worked in zoological facilities and seen some of the principles of ex-situ conservation. This field, in conjunction with in-situ conservation, is an area in which he would like to become more involved. A future aspiration would be to integrate one of his main interests, herpetology, and conservation effectively.
Holly Latham
University of Plymouth
Holly Latham graduated from the University of Plymouth in 2007 with a First Class Honours degree in Marine Biology. She has particular interests in environmental impacts on marine ecosystems and has carried out voluntary work for various projects, including the Shark Trust, PADI Project AWARE and the Marine Conservation Society. She is a keen SCUBA diver and PADI Instructor, utilising these skills to give her a first-hand view of marine ecosystems and the threats they face, as well as raising awareness of the marine environment amongst her students. She aspires to a career that will increase our understanding of threats to the marine environment, raise public awareness of these threats and their impacts, and minimise the damage caused by anthropogenic impacts.
Nodoka Nakamura
University of Reading
Nodoka Nakamura graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Rural Environmental Sciences from the University of Reading in 2007. This was followed by a MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Oxford University. Her primary research interests are wildlife conservation management in semi-natural and agricultural environments and the importance of biodiversity in enhancing ecosystem services.
Sajni Dipak Shah
University of Manchester
Sajni Dipak Shah is a 24-year-old medical student, currently in his final year of medical school. Last year, Sajni intercalated in Pharmacology and Physiology, which is when he undertook this research project. After graduating, he hopes to continue in hospital medicine, where this experience in research will be invaluable.
Gui Tran
University of Leeds
Gui Tran is a fourth year medical student, who took a year out of his medical studies last year to study Microbiology at Leeds University, managing to graduate with a first. His particular field of interest is infectious diseases and he hopes to pursue a career in Medicine with that aspect in mind.
Kirsty L. Wells
University of London
Kirsty Wells completed a BSc in Molecular Biology at Birkbeck College, University of London, in 2007. Although her degree fostered a broad interest in many aspects of experimental biology, Kirsty is particularly interested in cell signalling. This interest led her to pursue a research project examining aspects of the immune responses of locust salivary glands and the signalling pathways involved in these responses. In autumn 2007 she took up a PhD studentship at King's College London, where she is continuing to study salivary glands, this time in a developmental context, by investigating the development of salivary glands in the mouse.
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