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Asked by vampiregal to Louise, Michaela, Sian, Steve, Yvette on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: About.
Question: What courses did you study at uni?
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Michaela Livingstone answered on 17 Jun 2010:
I did a bachelor of science degree in Genetics at university. I didn’t specialise until my third year though, so in my first and second year I did courses on molecular genetics, evolution, structural biology, biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, immunology, modelling diseases, bio-energetics, loads!
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Steven Kiddle answered on 17 Jun 2010:
Maths (with a lot of calculus) – with some courses in computer science, special relativity (physics) and mathematical biology
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Louise Johnson answered on 17 Jun 2010:
I went to Edinburgh and did Biological Sciences with Honours in Genetics. Scottish degrees are 4 years rather than 3.
In the first year all the biologists did pretty much the same course whether they were more interested in genes or in gibbons: cell biology, animal biology, plant biology and biochemistry. I had some space in my timetable for an astrophysics course as well. In second year we did statistics, evolution, and lots of genetics. I also did palaeontology, which I found really difficult because I’d never done any geology.
By third year we were really starting to specialise so most of the courses were genetics, and you spent about half the final year on a research project – everyone’s project was different. Mine was on “hybrid zones”, which is where two species meet, mate and have offspring that don’t work very well because of having mismatched genes.
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Yvette Wilson answered on 17 Jun 2010:
I did an Ecology BSc – there were lots of subjects to choose from. From what I can remember I took modules on fresh water ecology, general environmental science, plant ecology, population ecology, behavioural ecology and ornithology, biodiverisity and conservation and molecular evolution. I can’t remember the rest
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