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Finally, today is the day! Scoffing down breakfast I ran across town because today is the day! I waited anxiously because todays the day! Today is the day I visit Stonehenge! Unfortunately, Stonehenge is a bit of a drive from Kensington. Thus I tried my best to distract myself on the drive by reading here, … Read more
Thankfully, today was a calmer day. Opening with Professor Dame Molly Stevens’ principal lecture on her work developing biomatter for various medical applications. From the plethora of examples, some of my favourites included growing bones for transplant surgeries and a vaccine that provided both the initial dose and its booster after a pre-set time delay. … Read more
Waking up bright and early again, unfortunately, I was able to grab some wall adapters and finally felt like I was starting to settle in. With my phone charged and my body somewhat rested I was ready for our trip to London’s National Physical Laboratory, or NPL for short. Throughout all 300+ laboratories located at … Read more
Hello everyone, welcome to UFV’s 2024 LIYSF blog series written by yours truly, Connor Goodvin! Though I arrived in London yesterday, the opening ceremony events started today at 11:00 BST or 3 am in BC. This opening ceremony, in which I had the honour to bear Canada’s flag, was in no way the beginning of … Read more
Congratulations to Connor Goodvin and Hardil Singh for successfully making it to the final round! Our finalists will now present a research topic of their choice to our Selection Panel. Come out and support our LIYSF Candidates! WHEN: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 TIME: 4:30-5:30 PM (Q&A to follow each presentation) WHERE: A421 Abbotsford Campus The successful … Read more
ABOUT LIYSF The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) is a two-week residential student event held at Imperial College London & The Royal Geographical Society, with lecture demonstrations from leading scientists, visits to world-class laboratories and universities combined with cultural interaction, with 500 students aged 16-21 years old from 70 countries. Students can apply directly to LIYSF … Read more
Manjot and Catherine here! Today is our last day at LIYSF! Wow these two weeks just flew by! We started off the day with breakfast and then our final keynote lecture with Professor Lee Cronin on Chemputation. Dr. Cronin is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Dr. Cronin talked about his recent … Read more
Hello everyone! It’s Catherine here to recap LIYSF day 12! It is so crazy that LIYSF is already almost over! Today was a bit of a slower day. We started off with having breakfast and going to our first specialist lectures of the day. Unfortunately, we didn’t get photos of our lectures today. My lecture … Read more
Day 11 at LIYSF! Today was an optional visit to the University of Cambridge. I woke up early, had breakfast and headed out on a two hour drive to the university. Catherine stayed at Imperial and got some rest in. At Cambridge we got a tour of the university. We got to see Trinity College, … Read more
Welcome to Day 10 of LIYSF! Today we started off the morning with a lecture from Professor Sir Steven Cowley, a theoretical physicist, an international authority on fusion energy and a Princeton Professor of Astrophysical Sciences. Dr. Cowley discussed the science and prospects to accelerate fusion development and design and build the first fusion pilot plants. … Read more