I am soon to be starting my final year as a Biochemistry undergraduate, but last September I had just started my placement at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Day-to-Day Working in the ‘Protein and Cellular Sciences’ department involved a wide variety of disciplines, including: molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and analytical techniques from western blots to mass spectrometry. With […]
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How I spent my placement year I was based at the GSK UK Research and development HQ in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, working in a department called Screening profiling and mechanistic biology (SPMB). During my time at GSK I worked to implement DoE (design of experiment) into standard assay development procedure. DoE is greatly helped by […]
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What was my placement? For my third year as a Biomedical Sciences student, I completed an industrial placement within the Immuno-inflammation Epigenetics Discovery Performance Unit (DPU) at GSK. My year-long project investigated the biological effects of novel compounds, targeting epigenetic regulators, on T helper cell differentiation. This was to establish the therapeutic potential of these […]
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We asked Business Management (Entrepreneurship) student, Marine Tooh, about her placement year. What did you do in your day-to-day work? I was part of the Talent Learning area within the HR department. There were various projects being assigned that spread across the entire year, based on ‘stretch’ projects and your capacity. Bearing in mind the daily workload […]
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Rosie graduated last year and reflects on her journey from graduating to attaining her current role at Visit Britain. My first steps after graduating After graduating from university, I was at a loss of what to do next, I decided to take a break to have a rest and to figure out my next steps. […]
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Guest blog post written by Jennifer Tait. Jennifer went to Lancaster University and now works as a Marketing Coordinator for Bridgewater Graduates, one of the UK’s leading graduate recruitment agencies. “I’ll just watch one episode of Game of Thrones first.” Five hours later: you still have no idea who anyone is or what in Stark’s […]
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