Any ideas for biochemistry supercurriculars?

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Hello

I'm a Year 12 student and have recently switched from wanting to do medicine to biochemistry. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supercurriculars. This includes any books or podcasts you know of, just anything really that could be helpful.
I appreciate any and all advice <3

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kitty15

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by cellsRus

Hello

I'm a Year 12 student and have recently switched from wanting to do medicine to biochemistry. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supercurriculars. This includes any books or podcasts you know of, just anything really that could be helpful.
I appreciate any and all advice <3

Hi, I would recommend the following books:
. A Very Short Introduction to Biochemistry/Chemistry (from the very short introduction book series)
. The Manga Guide to Biochemistry (sounds silly but it’s good)
. The Body book by Bill Bryson as it has some biochem in it too
. The Selfish Gene book should have some biochem/genetics

I would also recommend any of Andrew Syzdlo’s chemistry lectures on the Royal Institution (they are not necessarily biochem, but are still good)

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McGinger

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Suggestions from Oxford - good for all Unis - Recommended Reading List | Biochemistry
Useful stuff - Understanding Biochemistry | Essays in Biochemistry | Portland Press
Look at courses on OU OpenLearn - Free short courses from the Open University | OpenLearn - Open University

Taster lectures / webinars
University of East Anglia Event | Webinar: Biology taster (Genetics)
University of East Anglia Event | Free online course: Biochemistry: the Molecules of Life (MOOC)
UniTasterDays Ltd Event | A guide to studying Natural Sciences at university (On Demand Recording)
UniTasterDays Ltd Event | A guide to studying Biochemistry at university (On Demand Recording)

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UEA Rep Fatma

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by cellsRus

Hello

I'm a Year 12 student and have recently switched from wanting to do medicine to biochemistry. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supercurriculars. This includes any books or podcasts you know of, just anything really that could be helpful.
I appreciate any and all advice <3

Hello! @cellsRus 🙂
Firstly, it's great you're thinking of super curriculars so early on!
I know you have been given book and lecture recommendations but another thing you can do, to narrow down, is pick your favourite topic in chemistry/biology and research it.
For example, when I applied (I do Natural Sciences but I take a lot of biochemistry modules) I talked about the CRISPR technique. I had researched this by looking at YouTube videos, listening to podcasts, reading books about CRISPR and even news articles. It can be quite impressive if you talk about things that are currently happening in Biochemistry, but it's not a requirement!

I hope this helps! 🙂
Fatma.

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Lancaster Student Ambassador

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by cellsRus

Hello

I'm a Year 12 student and have recently switched from wanting to do medicine to biochemistry. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supercurriculars. This includes any books or podcasts you know of, just anything really that could be helpful.
I appreciate any and all advice <3

Hi @cellsRus

When I was applying for biochemistry, I looked at some free MOOCs on FutureLearn in areas I was interested in!

Good luck with applications,
Rebecca (Lancaster Student Ambassador)

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anisiacole

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by cellsRus

Hello

I'm a Year 12 student and have recently switched from wanting to do medicine to biochemistry. I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supercurriculars. This includes any books or podcasts you know of, just anything really that could be helpful.
I appreciate any and all advice <3

i found biochemical society webinars helpful, any book by nick lane is very good, i also did the imperial life sciences scholars programme in the summer which was good

Any ideas for biochemistry supercurriculars?

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