Student stories in Life Sciences
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Graduation “recognition of my determination” for Palestinian scientist
A Palestinian man who has overcome conflict and a hearing disability is set to pursue his dream career when he graduates from the University of Dundee this week.
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Two Life Sciences students awarded Highly Commended at the 2024 Global Undergraduate Awards
Celest Tay and Oliwia Mruk received Highly Commended Awards in the Life Science category of the Global Undergraduate Awards’ 2024 Programme.
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Failed high school exams to PhD: How student turned his education around
A 22-year-old budding researcher, who failed his final year exams in high school, will begin a PhD after summer
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Black British Scholarship Programme Welcomes First Recipients
The School of Life Sciences (SLS) have recently welcomed the first two recipients of scholarships for Black British students on our Masters by Research (MbR) course.
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Internship opportunity at The Francis Crick Institute provided students Adele and Louise with the skills they need to succeed
Two of our final year undergraduate Life Sciences students have been telling us about an exciting and unforgettable internship they had this year at The Francis Crick Institute.
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Real research experience for SLS Vacation Scholarship students
Summer placement students celebrate their achievements
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Wimberley Award 2023 won by passionate student Maitane
A student who has continuously worked toward improving equality and diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects has received the most prestigious award given to University of Dundee students
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Gatsby Undergraduate Studentship for Jennie Yang
Third year undergraduate Biological Sciences student Jennie Yang has been awarded a prestigious Gatsby Undergraduate Studentship.
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Graduate awarded 'Top Project Award' by Royal Society of Biology
Julia has just been awarded with a 'Top Project Award from an Accredited Degree Programme' by the Royal Society of Biology, attending an awards ceremony in London this month.
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Successes at Honours Project Symposium 2022
Our annual Honours Project Symposium returned as an in-person event for the first time in three years last month.
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School of Life Sciences success in Global Undergraduate Awards 2022
Two Life Sciences students have been recognised in this year’s Global Undergraduate Awards (UA). Nicole Coutinho Garrido was named as Regional Winner (Europe) while Dana Cheung was Highly Commended.
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Annual summer school ends on a high
Our annual summer school ended on a high note last week with an excellent poster session and awards presentation.
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Sisters’ success a cause for double graduation celebration
Two sisters will make the University of Dundee’s Graduation celebrations a family affair this week.
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Mixing science with business – Pawat's masters experience in Dundee
Pawat Piyakitcharoen was one of the first students to study one of the new Life Sciences taught postgraduate courses. He explains how mixing science with business provided him with valuable knowledge and skills.
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Momentous move pays dividends for graduand Aanchal
Aanchal Udaynath Pareri’s decision to give up her job and move 5,000 miles to study would have been life-changing at any time, but doing so at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic made the switch even more momentous.
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First foray into research no pain for Adele
A Dundee undergraduate student’s research career has got off to a flying start with the publication of a book she co-authored.