I’m Cat O’Rourke, a 4th Year student doing MChem Chemistry with external placement. My research focus is computational chemistry – using coding and maths to solve chemical problems. My 6-month placement was at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New
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What I’ve Learned from Studying Abroad in Christchurch, NZ
3 months in the Big Apple
I am currently undertaking a 6-month chemistry research project in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) at New York University (NYU). Arriving in NY During the first two weeks, I was staying in an extremely small Airbnb room, where the bed essentially
Read more3 Months in Sydney
I’m a 4th year chemistry student on a 6 months placement at the University of Sydney. It has been 3 months into my placement and I thought it’s the perfect time to write about my experience so far. Before my
Read moreFirst Impressions of Sydney
I am a 4th year Chemistry student completing my 6-month placement at the University of Sydney. I have always wanted to visit Australia and a placement during my degree gave me the perfect opportunity to do this. I arrived at
Read moremiRNA: “Let’s shoot the messenger!” (II)
A second layperson’s introduction to the research done by the Mahal laboratory. Before I go into details, let me just explain something known as The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology in simple terms. For the sake of argument, consider yourself,
Read moreTake me out to the ball game (Peter does sports?!)
Baseball is as American as stars and stripes and an unhealthy dislike for the monarchy. There is hardly a person on the continent, at least in its north eastern parts, who do not support, watch or have played this quintessentially
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