The interfacultary symposium of March 29th was organised with a very intriguing topic to everyone who is at least a little bit interested in medicinal research: “Regenerative medicine”. But firstly, even though we have all heard about regenerative medicine and the promises that it makes either from our professors, the news, maybe a friend; do…

The SHA symposium on the 9th of February started at 18:15 with drinks and walk-in. After a short introduction the speakers were announced; first on was dr. Dries van Oosten, who gave a lecture on nanophotonics and the nature of light. He spoke about how light is constructed as both waves and particles. While the…

An interdisciplinary approach strives to broaden perspectives, to find new insights and to solve problems of a certain subject through the collaboration between different disciplines. It’s based upon the theory of synergy; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. In this project students with different disciplines are thrown together to approach the…

On 14th and 16th of December, a series of Masterclasses on Academic English writing was organized by one of the committees of the Science Honours Academy. Many people are confident in using their English in everyday situations, however the kind of English they need for study is different. Academic English is the type of language…

On 25th of November, the trip to Artis Royal Zoo took place. The day started off by attending a lecture by dr. E.A. de Jong. He spoke about how the name of the zoo has been derived from the latin ‘Natura Artis Magistra’ or the relation between nature, art and science and how this has…

Below is the photo report of the poster symposium on 22th of February 2016. Made by Louise Franssen The behaviour of the AMOC and its future implications An interesting project about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which is a major current in the Atlantic Ocean. Changes in this current could have a substantial impact on our…

Our visit to Heidelberg has definitely sharpened our minds. What we have learned, and how the experience differed from our expectations, we will outline below. First and foremost, it was very exciting to see how often interdisciplinary research is taking place in science. Especially DKFZ hosts researchers from many different backgrounds. We did not really…

For the last institute visit, we went to the top of the hills surrounding Heidelberg, to visit the newly opened Advanced Training Centre of the European Molecular Biology (EMBL) with its impressive DNA strands as staircases. The building looked very interesting. What would we learn from this visit? In contrast to many of the other…

On Friday we visited the Faculty of Physics of Heidelberg University (Physikalisches Institut). The Faculty of Physics is one of the largest in Germany, with the highest number of graduating PhD students per year. The faculty is very research-minded, and covers inter-disciplinary border areas as well as core fundamental topics, which push the boundaries of…

Cancer is a horrible disease that affects many people. One of the research institutes that try to tackle it is the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), founded in 1964. This enormous institute has many departments, ranging from tumour biology to cancer imaging and radio oncology, which contribute to a better diagnosis and therapy of cancer….