Impressions from EASD 2016

Systems biology: impressions from a newcomer graduate student in 2016.

As a newcomer, the philosophical basis of systems biology seems intuitive and appealing, the underlying philosophy being that the whole of a living system cannot be completely understood by the study of its individual parts. Yet answers to the questions "What is systems biology?" and "What constitutes a systems biology approach in 2016?" are somewhat more elusive. This seems to be due largely t...

Impressions from EuroPCR Course 2017

Report on the 11th EASD

Impressions

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Impressions

Members of the Society and guests. In 1951 when Mr Jackman was President of this Society, I as one of his dressers, was permitted to attend my first 'MedChi' meeting. I was overawed. The 'Med-Chi' was, after all, the premier postgraduate society of the City and far beyond. I remember how fascinated I was to observe the proceedings and to register the elegant eminence of the members. Little did ...