Issue 4 | Spring 2021

The world and how we live in it has changed a lot in the last year, but despite the challenges of the new reality students at Liverpool have continued to submit high quality articles to us for publication making this issue full from cover to cover with a wide range of engaging, insightful and captivating content. We would like to congratulate our issue 4 authors for possibly your first publication; an excellent achievement that you can be very proud of.

At Insider Imprint we have had a particularly exciting year, launching two new enterprises: our Student Ambassador Scheme and our Insider Insights Podcast. With these new initiatives we aim to give you extra value content and further enriching opportunities with us.

We hope you enjoy reading issue 4, gaining new knowledge and inspiration.

Stay safe and well.

 

Individual Articles for Download

Foreword

Professor Gavin Brown

Insider Imprint News

How to get Involved

NEW! Student Ambassador Scheme

NEW! Insider Insights Podcast

Reflections

Pets and the Pandemic | Hannah Barton-Cooke

Working as an NHS Medical Laboratory Assistant during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Irene Burke

SCIMOS - our solution to Science Inaccessibility | Daisy Cookson and Nicole Szekeres-Tapp

Research

1H NMR lipidomic analysis of synovial fluid in equine osteochondrosis | Eleanor Rowland, James R. Anderson, Emily J. Clarke, Marie M. Phelan, Luis M. Rubio-Martinez, Mandy J. Peffers

Identifying genetic mutations which aid Streptococcus pneumoniae in intra-host transmission from the lung to the blood | Isobel Maclean, Daniel Neill and Angharad Green

Insights

Chelation therapy: an alternative medicine or breakthrough cardiovascular treatment? | Joseph Carr

A summary of avian influenza virus in antarctic penguins | Katie Micklewright

Microbial dysbiosis in Crohn’s disease: causes and solutions | Scott Harris

Guardian of the genome: an insight into the response dynamics of tumour suppressor protein 53 following DNA damage and hyper-proliferative signals | Amy Steele

CRISPR/Cas9 as an in-vivo gene editing technology for human genetic disease | Alice Ibbotson

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders and their prevalence in the north west | Daniel Byrne

Is LAMB3 a therapeutic target for squamous-cell carcinoma? | Ziyu Fang

The COVID crossroads: how a needle in your arm will put a glass in your hand | Riley McMahon

X chromosome inactivation: the great escape - an insight into the effects of ‘escapee’ genes on the sexual dimorphism of the human viral response | Abigail Clark

Diagnosing the biggest parasitic killers: a review of available diagnostic tools for malaria and visceral leishmaniasis | Josephine Shepherd

Careers

Top tips to improve your CV | Tierney Witty

Your careers & employability support: a life sciences focus

Career in toxicology: how I got here and why I love it | Adam Wood

From MSc at Liverpool to PhD in Singapore | Brian Hanotte

Chasing my dream: how I finally got my dream PhD | Jack McElhinney

BiotechYES: Biotechnology young entrepreneur scheme | Kiran Riasat, Stuart Gaines, John Gostage and Daniel Hayman

Wellbeing

Getting back to nature | Megan Harrickie

Wellbeing reminders from one student to another | Rebecca Court

Peer mentoring: provide a helping hand to every student who is about to embark on a new and exciting chapter of their life | Kate Murray

Student support services at Liverpool

Surviving lockdown - tips from our editors and ambassadors

Artwork

The Chambered Nautilus - A “Living Fossil” | Erika Kupyrova

Dead Lamb | Jemima Western

School Competition Winners

In vitro gametogenesis | Zizi Mpetha

Biofuels as renewable energy sources | Harrison Darby