{"id":109,"date":"2016-09-29T00:46:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T23:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=109"},"modified":"2016-09-29T00:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T23:46:27","slug":"biological-sciences-student-secures-a-vacation-studentship-from-the-wellcome-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/09\/29\/biological-sciences-student-secures-a-vacation-studentship-from-the-wellcome-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Sciences student secures a vacation studentship from the Wellcome Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southampton, 21 September 2016<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The project has been a realistic insight into the research profession and overall has been extremely interesting<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Helena Rawsthorne, \u00a0a Biomedical Sciences student,\u00a0 just starting her third\u00a0year, \u00a0was one of our undergraduate students who successfully applied for prestigious Wellcome trust summer studentship to work\u00a0\u00a0in a research laboratory. During this 8 week placement, Helena\u00a0studied the role of microglia in an experimental model of Alzheimer\u2019s disease and investigated if the function of these innate immune cells of the brain\u00a0is altered following a bacterial systemic infection.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I applied for the vacation scholarship because I wanted see first-hand what it\u2019s like to be a genuine research scientist\u2019\u2019, says Helena. \u2018\u2019It was exciting to be part of the team and carry out research. I was not simply an extra set of hands in the lab, the team trained me to do my own research for this project. I was taught how to cut tissue on a cryostat, carrying out immunohistochemistry, take pictures of my results on a fluorescent and confocal microscope, quantify my data and present it professionally as a figure. The project has been a realistic insight into <\/span><\/span>the research profession and therefore overall has been extremely interesting\u2019\u2019.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Jessica Teeling<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and co supervisor Alex Collcutt<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>were impressed with her work. \u2018\u2019Helena is a fantastic team player, she quickly picked up complex laboratory skills and developed her own research project, starting with a tissue block, all the way to presenting her results at our annual SoNG research conference: a real achievement\u2019\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Helena preparing samples in the CNS inflammation laboratory- Alex Collcutt in the back ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Helena also took part in presenting our research to the general public at the New Forest show<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, a popular summer event. The \u2018snot lab\u2019 was very popular<\/a><\/span><\/strong> this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Helena at the New Forest Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Would you like to apply for a Wellcome Trust Vacation studentship? Find our more here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> or contact David Tumbarello – D.Tumbarello@soton.ac.uk-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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