{"id":133,"date":"2022-07-18T18:21:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/alumni-brains\/?p=133"},"modified":"2022-07-18T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:06:13","slug":"cynthia-lam-my-master-experience-at-imperial-has-been-a-kind-of-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/alumni-brains\/2022\/07\/18\/cynthia-lam-my-master-experience-at-imperial-has-been-a-kind-of-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynthia Lam: \u2018My Master experience at Imperial has been a kind of magic’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is your name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cynthia Lam<\/p>\n

Where are you from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hong Kong<\/p>\n

To which class do you belong?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc Translational Neuroscience, Class of 2020<\/p>\n

Where and what did you study before joining Imperial College London?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I completed my BSc in Biochemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n

How did you find your\u00a0Master\u00a0experience at the College?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Master experience at Imperial has been a kind of magic. A mix of rewarding experiences, inspiring new technology, intellectual discussions, respectful and genuine people, stressful deadlines, fear of coding (at the beginning), and also life-long friendships. I have learnt so much from everyone I met in the course, and I am very grateful to be part of this cohort. We were also taught the most up-to-date neuroscience topics and knowledge and useful, practical skills like neuroimaging techniques and analyses. Apart from the academics, Imperial has also given me a lot of support and opportunities: I was able to find a balance between academics and having fun, which made the whole experience less stressful!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Which research project did you work on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My research project was on the \u201cEffect of psilocybin therapy for depression on low-frequency brain oscillations produced by music listening\u201d, supervised by Dr Matthew Wall at Invicro<\/p>\n

Where are you now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am now in Cambridge, UK<\/p>\n

What are you working on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am now doing an MPhil at the University of Cambridge and looking for PhD opportunities. I have also started my own company in the therapeutic drug monitoring field<\/p>\n

What is the most important lesson you learnt as a\u00a0Master\u00a0student?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been challenging this year due to the pandemic, and therefore I have learnt to be flexible and adaptive<\/p>\n

How did the Master programme help you get to where you are now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This program has definitely made me grow as a scientific communicator and have widened my perspectives of what research is like. I also really enjoyed my research project; hence I hope to pursue a career in academia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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