Find out about the research projects our students have been involved in as part of the Summer Research Placement Scholarship in 2023. Testing the credibility of using self-testing tampons as a means for HPV screening to detect cervical-associated diseases. Nadiah Ikhlas, Year 4 Biomedical Sciences Coding a data analysis pipeline to analyse 2photon calcium images Marianna Hronska, Year 3 Neuroscience Determining if the accuracy of physical characteristics impacts user experience when using 3D printed bone models as a teaching aid Emily Ritchie, Year 4 Biomedical Sciences Exploring the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes Laura María Quesada Ojeda, Year 4, Reproductive Biology Evaluating 3D technology to help determine whether bone fragment morphology metrics could be accurately replicated Sade Butler, Year 4, Medical Sciences Developing kidney organoids by prolonging the lifespan of arteries and veins in embryonic kidneys. Hannah Collier, Year 3, Biomedical Sciences Exploring the vulnerability of myelination of GABAergic interneurons in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease Maialen Martin Abad, Year 4, Neuroscience Comparing the germ cell quantification method used in Edinburgh for the human foetal and prepubertal testis with three alternative quantification methods previously published Emma Kearney, Y4, Reproductive Biology Using bioinformatic analysis to identify the key presynaptic proteins with high SUMO interaction Claudia Singh Gill, Year 4, Neuroscience This article was published on 2024-08-05