Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules, from a region where the water molecules are in higher concentration, such as in the soil. To a region where they are in lower concentration, such as the root hair cell; through a partially permeable membrane (allows water and other small molecules to pass

Hi everyone! I’m Beena, a first-year PhD student at the MRC Prion Unit at UCL. Whilst my research focuses on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is also heavily influenced by prion diseases. I’m sure most of you reading this have probably heard of the BSE cattle outbreak that occurred between 1986 and 2000

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Hello, my name is Laura Suankulova, I am a medical student and on the final year of my studies. This issue drove my attention as it has been a topic of many debates in the scientific field. The research on psychological effects of illicit drugs has been banned for many decades. However, with new

Hi everyone my name is Daniela Da Silva, I am in my second year as a BSc student in Psychology, I am starting my research project to conclude my studies in 2021. Yoga has been transformative in my life, therefore I must be careful not to bring my own bias to the research, does anybody here have expe

Hi everyone! I thought I’d use this platform to get some tips on what food and nutrition is important to keep ourselves healthy and our immune system strong against COVID-19

Hello everyone! I am Stefan. My current research relies on reproduction and more specifically male infertility. As most of you science enthusiasts know mammalian reproduction is somewhat unique and many things are not clear enough. Even though I am a geneticist by background, recently I am focused m

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Hey everyone, My name is Panagiotis Tsimpos and I am a Greek researcher doing my PhD on Developmental Genetics in the ULB neuroscience department. Other than biology, one of my greatest passions are video games and all the hours of interactive entertainment they can provide to both young children

Today, we are posting on behalf of a charming young scientist Eva and the author of the science blog on Instagram @sciencenstyle. She shared her bachelors thesis results with us: "My lab studies the assembly of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. They found that the these complexes are not assembled in a co

As part of the CoviFam Team at the University of Vienna, I helped conduct a pilot study, investigating changes in diet due to the coronavirus pandemic. The data was collected through a questionnaire and included 118 families. The results showed, that families tend to cook more during the lock-down

Hello everyone, my name is Maya Dannawi. I am a first-year Ph.D. student at ULB. Currently, my project centers on understanding the mechanisms by which Prdm12 (an epigenetic regulator gene recently shown to be involved in a rare disease that leads to a complete loss of pain perception, congenital i

Hi everyone - I am Daniel. I am a PhD student at the University of East Anglia in the UK. My area of research is reproduction and male fertility. I aim to identify the genetic mechanisms that ensure successful fertilisation and the greatest offspring fitness. I conduct my experiments both in zebrafi

Since I was a little girl I've been interested in how the brain works. After being in a lot of doubt in decinding between Psychology and Biochemistry I ended up doing my BSc in Biochemistry. During my four long years of studying molecules and reactions we spent a little bit more than 2 hours focusin