What aspects of your travel project did you find most challenging? I encountered several problems throughout establishing my ‘system’ because it is a novel approach therefore very little was previously published on this project. This made the project more interesting knowing it is brand new however it does also mean that any problem I encounter requires a new solution to be devised by my own knowledge. Although sometimes I have indeed found new solutions to progress, this was not always the case. The problem of ‘yeast mating’ and ‘yeast protein expression’ has not been resolved and the lab will put effort in the future to try to bypass these difficulties, however given my own time constraint I was unable to overcome these challenges myself.
personal development towards becoming an eventual high quality scientist. ~~~ I would like to take the chance here to thank Professor Evan and his laboratory for having me during summer and St John’s College for providing the support I needed through this project. I really appreciated everyone involved for their support both scientifically and financially.
How has this project assisted your studies and personal development? Many of the techniques used in my project I have studied in my lectures as an undergraduate. However it was completely different to actually perform these experiments hands-on because it made me realise the challenges first hand and realise the drawbacks of each system, therefore now I have a better understanding of how to analyse data I observe in future. Not only this, I feel I now have much better timeorganisation skills and have become a better scientist by being able to think of solutions to problems myself as well as enhancing my overall understanding of cell and especially cancer biology. This experience therefore has been invaluable in my opinion for my 151