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The success of Volume 1 of Bioscience Horizons has had two very positive consequences: first, Oxford University Press has kindly agreed to support a further volume; we publish the first of two issues here. Secondly, the journal was awarded a highly commended certificate for publishing innovation by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers in September 2008. This award was truly pleasing since it shows broader recognition of the many opportunities this journal offers (see Editorials for volume 1).
Support for the journal continues to be very positive, as reflected by the high standard of nominations received again this year. It also continues to elicit positive feedback: this comment from a senior academic applauds the journal in a number of ways:
‘Bioscience Horizons is a much better introduction to the real world of authorship than tutorial exercises. Furthermore, people need to be made aware that real research can be done, and is done, in final-year projects. Authorship is recognition, a reward due to those to whom it really belongs. This scheme sends nothing but positive signals in all directions’.Similarly, responses from student authors suggest that they learn a considerable amount from the paper writing and publishing process that helps them in their next career steps.
We are currently seeking funding to secure Bioscience Horizons' future and hope to say more about this in the next issue. In the meantime, the BBSRC have kindly supported an evaluation of the journal's impact on postgraduate training, which is ongoing. We also want to work with learned societies and their educational programmes wherever we can and are grateful to those who have responded positively to us.
This journal will only be a sustained success if it is supported by, and successfully engages, the HE Bioscience community. To this end, your feedback is always welcome: contact us at biohorizons{at}leeds.ac.uk. We hope you find the contents of this issue of interest in relation to both on-going research, and as an inspiration for final year project work, and also thank those students and their supervisors for the valuable contribution they have made to this issue.
Bioscience Horizons Editorial Board
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Jamie-Lee Berry
Jamie Berry did her first degree in Biochemistry and has a particular interest in Structural Biology. She is currently studying for a PhD on the mechanism of secretion in bacteria at the University of Manchester.
Rachel Blewitt
Rachel Blewitt achieved a first-class honours degree in genetics at the University of York. She has particular interests in developmental genetics and the use of Xenopus laevis as a model organism. She will be undertaking a DPhil at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, looking specifically at the development of haematopoietic stem cells and the dorsal aorta in Xenopus laevis. Rachel hopes to continue researching developmental genetics throughout her career in science, aspiring to run her own laboratory in the future.
Amelia Coleing
Amelia Coleing has recently graduated from Chester University where she studied Animal Behaviour and Welfare. Amelia has a keen interest in animal behaviour, particularly the use of its study to improve methods of conservation of the many disappearing species of the planet. She has been accepted onto an MSc at Exeter University to study Conservation and Biodiversity, where she hopes to integrate this interest with practical conservation work.
Robyn E Drinkwater
Robyn Drinkwater studied Botany at the University of Reading. She is particularly interested in taxonomy, as well as the use of computers and other technologies within this area. Robyn is currently aiming to do a PhD, hopefully focusing on taxonomy, and would like to continue working in this area in the future.
Naomi Dunning
Naomi Dunning is enjoys studying all aspects of human health and disease. She is particularly interested in immunology and infectious diseases, specifically the interaction between pathogens and their hosts. Naomi's final year project gave her the opportunity to research the protozoan pathogen Leishmania and its interaction with the immune system in great depth. In October she will begin PhD in cancer immunology. She hopes to contribute towards this field and then to return to Leishmania research.
Mark A. Haley
Mark Haley completed an Environmental Biology BSc (Hons) degree in 2008, having previously spent over twenty years working with computer software. He is particularly interested in freshwater ecosystems and plant communities, and would like to undertake further study or research.
Daniel Ireland
Daniel Ireland recently received a first-class bachelor's degree in Human Biology (honours) from Sheffield Hallam University. His primary interest in biology is physiology, but he also enjoyed studying anatomy, cell biology and genetics. Daniel is interested by the analytical processes involved in examining patients, and has had the chance to experience these processes during practical assignments within the course. He is currently taking a year away from study in order to gain experience in a clinical environment. He hopes that this will give me the experience required to undertake a master's degree course in Physiotherapy (pre-registration).
Matthew Lamont
Matthew Lamont has recently graduated from Leeds with a degree in BSc Neuroscience International. The course allowed him to develop his laboratory skills to a high level of proficiency whilst covering many topics of study, including brain anatomy, physiology and cognitive neuroscience. Matthew decided to focus his dissertation on the cerebellum and, in particular, the relatively uncharacterised deep cerebellar nuclei, with the hope of finding novel and potentially useful data. He is particularly interested in the brain's involvement with movement, memory and cognition. He hopes eventually to obtain a job in business where he can use his degree to good advantage, helping further expand the ever-growing impact the field of neuroscience is having on every-day life.
Victoria Sebbage
Victoria Sebbage began her studies in Biochemistry at the University of Leeds in 2004, and spent four years studying, including a year's study at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. She has developed specific interests in medical molecular biochemistry, particularly the study of apoptosis, epigenetics and the molecular mechanisms of drugs in a medical context. Her future aspirations are to study for a PhD in the field of medical biochemistry.
Richard Wheeler
Richard Wheeler graduated with a First Class MSci (Hons) degree in Microbiology in 2008 and was awarded the Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for best undergraduate performance in the Biomedical Sciences. Richard spent a Masters placement year at the Cefas Weymouth laboratory investigating emerging strains of Yersinia ruckeri responsible for disease outbreaks affecting farmed salmonid species. He is currently beginning a PhD within the Molecular Microbiology Group at Sheffield University. During his undergraduate degree Richard developed a keen interest in bacterial surface structures and their roles in host interactions, and hopes to continue his research in this field.
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