Dear Reader,
Editor In Chief
Alice M Koltchev
Managing Editors Alicja KrawczunRygmaczewska Robert Taylor Exec Assistant
Karolina Fratzcak
Photography
Kit Komarov
Illustration
Annie Adams
Authors
Charley Boyles Jada Coker Georgia Cook Ramana McConnon Isabella Munford Francesca Puletti Richard Rodrigo
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When I got to King’s in 2016, I was looking forward to joining a newspaper or magazine. Instead, I found myself a member of a handful of other fabulous societies without any time to join yet another. I had forgotten my desire to write until I had a series of articles sent to me in our family group chat detailing fascinating research that had been done at our university. What struck me wasn’t that KCL is a top research university - I already knew that - but rather that there wasn’t a media platform for students to easily learn about these things. I shared some of these thoughts with some friends and professors within King’s neuroscience department. Knowing my experience working as editor-in-chief at my school’s news magazine, they encouraged me to try and make this happen. And so, The Nucleus Magazine was born. A nucleus is many things - in physics, it is the center of an atom - in space, it is the head of a comet - in the body, it is the cell’s essential epicenter of information. Universally, a nucleus is a significant and central basis for the growth of everything around it. This magazine maintains this definition by becoming a center for science at our university. The Nucleus is a student-run method of updating our peers on the research happening here while delving into the stories of the professionals behind them. I want The Nucleus to be a source anyone in our community can go to for scientific news, articles, interviews, and more. This issue you’re holding wouldn’t be possible without the many dedicated hours the team has put in, all while juggling dozens of other responsibilities. I am boundlessly thankful to them and proud of what we have done — I hope you enjoy our magazine!
Sincerely, Alice Monica Koltchev Editor in Chief
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