{"id":1809,"date":"2017-02-10T20:05:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2017-02-10T20:05:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:05:58","slug":"throwbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2017\/02\/10\/throwbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwbacks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Nostalgia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Am I the only one here who feels that time has gone by so fast and wishes the clocks would rewind, just so I could smell the roses?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Anyway, it is official. Five months into the MSci Immunology course, and I am literally a week away from completing the first half of the degree. It most definitely feels surreal at times like these, where I attempt to pen my thoughts and reflections in a hopefully coherent and logical manner especially so, where much has occurred.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In short, this post was evoked by my sentimental self where I was perusing some images taken during the course and I thought: hang on one second, why not document this through some images here!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">So Ladies and gentlemen, here it is&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2017\/02\/Sophie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Image 1: Dr Sophie Rutschmann (Course Director of the MSci Immunology course) teaching the basics of flow cytometry (Look it up!) to some of the peers during the Mini-Research Project where pairs have to work together in designing a novel experimental setup in answering their scientific question of interest! Seriously, what better way to learn about science than this experimental approach! Thumbs up to this teaching pedagogy!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2017\/02\/BSI_Classmates-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Image 2: With some of the classmates at the British Society of Immunology (BSI) Congress held at Liverpool from the 6th to 9th of December 2016! It was most definitely a memorable experience to hear about current research trends in Immunology by distinguished academics from all around the world through interactive sessions and keynote lectures!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1810 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/files\/2017\/02\/Liverpool-Eye-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Image 3: The beauty of the Liverpool Big Wheel! Located just right outside the ECHO Arena where the BSI Congress was held!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In summary,\u00a0the course has been amazing so far and am most confident that it would be as awesome or perhaps more in the coming months!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nostalgia.\u00a0 Am I the only one here who feels that time has gone by so fast and wishes the clocks would rewind, just so I could smell the roses? Anyway, it is official. Five months into the MSci Immunology course, and I am literally a week away from completing the first half of the degree. 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