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Issue 4 | Spring 2021

The world and how we live in it has changed a lot in the last year, but despite the challenges of the new reality students at Liverpool have continued to submit high quality articles to us for publication making this issue full from cover to cover with a wide range of engaging, insightful and captivating content. We would like to congratulate our issue 4 authors for possibly your first publication; an excellent achievement that you can be very proud of.

At Insider Imprint we have had a particularly exciting year, launching two new enterprises: our Student Ambassador Scheme and our Insider Insights Podcast. With these new initiatives we aim to give you extra value content and further enriching opportunities with us.

We hope you enjoy reading issue 4, gaining new knowledge and inspiration.

Stay safe and well.

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Individual Articles for Download

Foreword

Professor Gavin Brown

Insider Imprint News

How to get Involved

NEW! Student Ambassador Scheme

NEW! Insider Insights Podcast

Reflections

Pets and the Pandemic | Hannah Barton-Cooke

Working as an NHS Medical Laboratory Assistant during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Irene Burke

SCIMOS - our solution to Science Inaccessibility | Daisy Cookson and Nicole Szekeres-Tapp

Research

1H NMR lipidomic analysis of synovial fluid in equine osteochondrosis | Eleanor Rowland, James R. Anderson, Emily J. Clarke, Marie M. Phelan, Luis M. Rubio-Martinez, Mandy J. Peffers

Identifying genetic mutations which aid Streptococcus pneumoniae in intra-host transmission from the lung to the blood | Isobel Maclean, Daniel Neill and Angharad Green

Insights

Chelation therapy: an alternative medicine or breakthrough cardiovascular treatment? | Joseph Carr

A summary of avian influenza virus in antarctic penguins | Katie Micklewright

Microbial dysbiosis in Crohn’s disease: causes and solutions | Scott Harris

Guardian of the genome: an insight into the response dynamics of tumour suppressor protein 53 following DNA damage and hyper-proliferative signals | Amy Steele

CRISPR/Cas9 as an in-vivo gene editing technology for human genetic disease | Alice Ibbotson

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders and their prevalence in the north west | Daniel Byrne

Is LAMB3 a therapeutic target for squamous-cell carcinoma? | Ziyu Fang

The COVID crossroads: how a needle in your arm will put a glass in your hand | Riley McMahon

X chromosome inactivation: the great escape - an insight into the effects of ‘escapee’ genes on the sexual dimorphism of the human viral response | Abigail Clark

Diagnosing the biggest parasitic killers: a review of available diagnostic tools for malaria and visceral leishmaniasis | Josephine Shepherd

Careers

Top tips to improve your CV | Tierney Witty

Your careers & employability support: a life sciences focus

Career in toxicology: how I got here and why I love it | Adam Wood

From MSc at Liverpool to PhD in Singapore | Brian Hanotte

Chasing my dream: how I finally got my dream PhD | Jack McElhinney

BiotechYES: Biotechnology young entrepreneur scheme | Kiran Riasat, Stuart Gaines, John Gostage and Daniel Hayman

Wellbeing

Getting back to nature | Megan Harrickie

Wellbeing reminders from one student to another | Rebecca Court

Peer mentoring: provide a helping hand to every student who is about to embark on a new and exciting chapter of their life | Kate Murray

Student support services at Liverpool

Surviving lockdown - tips from our editors and ambassadors

Artwork

The Chambered Nautilus - A “Living Fossil” | Erika Kupyrova

Dead Lamb | Jemima Western

School Competition Winners

In vitro gametogenesis | Zizi Mpetha

Biofuels as renewable energy sources | Harrison Darby

Issue 3 | Spring 2020

The world and how we live in it has changed a lot over the last few months, but one thing definitely stayed the same: we continued working hard behind the scenes to bring you a fantastic third issue of Insider Imprint.

Publishing articles from students right here at the University of Liverpool, issue 3 is full of content from insightful stories to hard core science. We are excited to have introduced a new section on wellbeing to Insider Imprint. In this issue we have focused on mental health, and we have given you our own wellbeing tips. We hope you like this addition.

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Individual Articles for Download

Foreword

Professor Sónia Rocha

Editorial

The Insider Imprint team

Reflections

Volunteering in Africa: Education, conservation and construction | Megan Kerridge

Operation Madagascar | Louise Buchan

Thailand, the land of smiles | Victoria Drozdz

Research

Investigating the effect of butyrate treatment on resistance to Toxoplasma gondii infection using 3D model cultures | Bethan Timms, Nadine Randle, Catherine Hartley and Stuart Armstrong

Population Genetics of the Eurasian Bat (Myotis brandtii) | Megan Forster, Steve Paterson and Thomas Lilley

Does equine osteoarthritis have an inflammatory component? | Shubhi Gupta, Ieva Dimsaite and Mandy Peffers

Current Research

Investigating genetic adaptations in pneumococcal bacteria which allow the bacterium to cause pneumonia and other invasive diseases | Isobel Maclean

Understanding the mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases involving amyloid protein aggregation | Emma Melia

Potential new source of antimicrobials | Keir Nicholas-Haizelden

Yes we CAM: The crassulacean acid metabolism | Tracey Houghton

Insights

The Mechanism and Management of Carbamazepine- Induced Hepatotoxicity | Lucy Driver

Anti-Angiogenic Therapy: A commentary on a promising cancer treatment | Joseph Carr

CRISPR vs Prime Editing: is it the end of an era for CRISPR-mediated genetic manipulation? | Amber Mortimer

Restless leg syndrome: the most common condition you have never heard of | Jaskirat Kaur

Careers

Career support at Liverpool

How to become a Career Coach | Helen Elsworth

From Masters to PhD student within the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease | Phaedra Winstanley-Zarach

What to expect at the start of a PhD | April Hayes

Engineering my way into Life Sciences | Joseph Barnes

Royal Society of Biology’s Annual Career Day | Megan Hodge

Biosciences Careers Day - My Experience | Grace Boyling

Wellbeing

From struggling student to first-class scholar: Simple steps for improving mental health at University | Jill Vevers

Study tips from your editors | Insider Imprint

Tai Chi: ancient art, modern application | Mark Pountney

The Counselling Service | University of Liverpool

Shout: for support in a crisis

Artwork

The Deep | Paige Chapman

Purple-striped jellyfish | Erika Kupyrova

In a while, crocodile! | Megan Parker

Syrian Bear | Jemima Western

School Competition Winners

Making the link between inactivity and heart disease | Emily Crighton

Stem cells in Veterinary Medicine | Lydia Lock

Issue 2 | Spring 2019

One year on from our inaugural issue of Insider Imprint, we are proud to present issue 2! Even more jam-packed than issue 1, we are so happy with the variety of submissions and diversity of students getting involved. Find out about what some of your peers have been up to, from study abroad to raising giant moths in their bedroom! Read the current research students are working on and about topics your peers find interesting.

Please browse our contents here, either as a full pdf download or individual articles.

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Individual Articles for Download

Foreword

Professor Dame Janet Beer

Editorial

The Insider Imprint team

Reflections

Adjusting to life at Masters level | April Hayes

The world’s largest moth in a Liverpool flat | Natalie Dugdale

My PhD experience | Alistair Jones

From PhD to Masters to trainee Patent Attorney! | Megan Booth

Studying and volunteering abroad in Australia | Megan Johnson

Study abroad: Year in China | Adewuni Sorungbe

Research Articles

The correlation between retinal haemorrhage and the clinical outcome of children with malarial retinopathy | Melissa Leak

Waste frying oil: The perfect growth requirements for the production of biodegradable plastic by the bacterium Cupriavidus necator | Emily McGinn, Hermione Webster, Jagjit Binning

Investigating the interaction between gemcitabine and capecitabine by analysis of synergy or antagonism of gemcitabine with capecitabine metabolites | Rebecca Cleator

Investigating the influence of temperature and glucose concentration on ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Liam Barningham, Amelia Collette, Nitasha Manzoor, Matthew Owen

Nucleolar number but not characteristics are altered in chondrocyte ageing | Sophie Sutton, Ellice Wakelin and Mandy Peffers

Current Research

Development of a high-throughput mass spectrometry-based method for the detection and localisation of protein tyrosine sulfation, in proteins extracted from human cell lysate | Anna Birrell

Glutathione transferase responses to ivermectin in Haemonchus contortus | Shannan Summers

Do some bird species receive more aggression than others in a multi-species enclosure? | Kate Smith

The effect of nitisinone on mosquito survival | Lucy Wust

Insights

The benefits of probiotics are outweighed by faeces | Jessica Buddle

CRISPR: The new genetic modification machine | Luisa Silva

Commerce, imperialism, biology and tea: how the East India Company helped discover new species (and brought tea to India) | Jonathan Roberts

Tumour heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer | Francesca Jones

Meerkat behaviour in the wild versus captivity | David Chalmers

How effective is eye screening for diabetic retinopathy? | Emma Khoury

Artwork

Butterflies in Summer | Aleksa Vidic

Employability

Considering Marketing? | Jordan Parke

Considering Student Engagement? | Sally Bracegirdle

Considering being a Zoo Ranger? | Emily Lake

Considering Technology Development? | Dr Rocky Cranenburgh

Considering Diagnostics? | Dr Stuart Liddle

Issue 1 | Spring 2018

We are excited to welcome you to our inaugural issue of Insider Imprint, a Life Sciences journal for students at the University of Liverpool. Please browse our contents here, either as a full pdf download or individual articles.

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