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Today started off with our visits to Research & Scientific Establishments in London! Following yet another hearty breakfast, I joined the group heading off to the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. While I don’t particularly consider myself a plant guy, I really enjoyed the whole experience! With about 30 of us, we took the tube to … Read more
This morning, after a much-needed night of rest, we all headed to our breakfast across the campus. We are staying at the South Kensington Campus of Imperial College, and we were given empty dorm rooms for the duration of our stay. Breakfast and dinner is done in shifts since there are so so many of … Read more
The train from Gatwick to Victoria Station was rather enjoyable, as I was allowed to see the rolling countryside, and capture my first glimpse of the classic brick buildings found in London! Feels surreal to finally be here! I also happened to meet up with a fine gentleman who was visiting from Norway while on … Read more
Today was a rather enjoyable day, after a decent night’s rest I packed up the final items for the trip and took the skytrain into Vancouver with some of my family. It was nice to spend part of the day walking around Vancouver before beginning my overnight flight to London. My flight departed at 5:05PM … Read more
Hello Everyone! Welcome to the LIYSF 2015 Blog! I’ll start off with a brief introduction. My name is Kevin, I’m 21 years old and just completed my third year of Chemistry at the University of the Fraser Valley this past winter. I am also extremely excited to be heading into my first year of the … Read more
Applications now open for the London International Youth Science Forum UFV will send one Science student to London, UK summer 2015 (all expenses paid) to attend LIYSF’15 from July 22 to August 5, 2015 liysf.org.uk/liysf-2015 We are looking for a student enrolled in a science program at UFV, who is not only academically outstanding, but … Read more
[two groans and one sigh]. The last night of little sleep was the worst! Besides, it’s not like I have the incentive to get up because of an exciting tour or lecture. There’s no faces to look forward to at the breakfast hall this morning let alone breakfast at all. Of course, the threat of … Read more
DAY 13 There is an unspoken awareness that today is our last day together. A Russian breakfast: Next was our participant’s forum where an informal debate is held amongst a selected student panel and the LIYSF body: The three questions discussed were: “Is it ethical to use embryonic when we can now use adult stem … Read more
Today was kind of quiet for everyone who didn’t go the optional visit of Buckingham palace. However, the specialist lecture I had this morning was one of the best at LIYSF. Roma Grewal was a head engineer on the design of the Shard: Western Europe’s tallest building: http://www.theviewfromtheshard.com/en/ The unusual 306m structure is composed of 11,000 … Read more
So as usual, the aftermath of late socializing blended with strong mochaccino and a tight schedule set the stage for our early trip to Hampton Court Palace. In hindsight, I was not prepared for the magnificence of the tour before us. Arthur from Brazil is a bright physics enthusiast and we started talking about energy … Read more