Abertay Science

It was that time of year again for the 3rd year forensic science students this week - bomb disposal day!

Thanks again to 11 EOD&S Regiment Royal Logistics Corps for their on-campus lecture and explosives demonstration at Barry Buddon Training Area involving everything from small explosives to the big ‘Hollywood boom’! 💥

We are very proud of the long standing collaboration we have with 11 EOD&S to provide this unique experience for our students to support their learning about explosives and how bomb disposal and forensics work together.

And just like that another term is over! But what a way to finish for the 2nd year forensic science students!

A week of unique practical experiences with personal insights into major disaster scenes including the Asian Tsunami in 2004 from the special guest speaker.

Congratulations to everyone who has received exam results both today and last week in Scotland! We can't wait to meet you all in September!

If you didn't quite get the grades you were hoping for, don't panic - clearing is open so check out our available courses! https://www.abertay.ac.uk/study-apply/how-to-apply/clearing/

Congratulations to the Forensic Science prize winners! Prizes were awarded to the best posters as chosen by both staff and students.

The Bonnetmaker Craft of Dundee Prize

1st : Charlotte Fletcher
Investigating parameters affecting penetrability of common household knives on gelatine blocks with porcine bone

Runners-Up :

Emma Marie
Discrimination of Scottish heather and generic honey using spectroscopy and chemometric analysis

Hannah Culleton
Investigating latent fingermark development on common substrates following Covid-19 disinfectant fogging

Student Choice Prize - Best Poster

1st : Zoe Lindsay
Spermatozoa persistence and transfer from laundered semen-stained clothing with the addition of anti-bac cleanser

2nd : Katy Dickson
Recovery of latent fingermarks from metal substrates after submersion in salt and fresh water

Well done everyone!

Congratulations to the Biomedical Science prize winners! Prizes were awarded to the best posters as chosen by both staff and students.

The Bonnetmaker Craft of Dundee Prize:

1st : Yavor Chernev
Investigating the impact of protein sequence diversity on 3D structure-function

Runners-Up :

Rolands Liepins
Investigating cellulose production in Pseudomonas

Valene Mitchell
Classifying bowel conditions using patients’ full blood count and linear discriminant analysis

Student Choice - Best Poster

1st : Rolands Liepins

2nd : Rachel McGhee
Examination of social media as a source of accurate information on IVF “add-ons”

Well done everyone!

Congratulations to all our students at the Generation Science Showcase today for the Biomedical and Forensic Science programmes!

There were some fantastic projects on display! You should all be incredibly proud of your achievements over the last 4 years and we look forward to seeing you all again in July for graduation!

Thank you to everyone who joined us - students, family, friends, colleagues and Deacon Alan Matthew from The Bonnetmaker Craft of Dundee who kindly sponsored the prizes.

As for the prize winners themselves…….see our next few posts!

Final preparations for our Generation Science: Biomedical and Forensics Showcase.

Whose names will end up on these certificates I wonder……?!

Stay tuned tomorrow afternoon to find out!

We are so excited to celebrate the work of our 4th year honours students on the Biomedical Science and Forensic Sciences courses!

Everyone is welcome to come along and view posters on their fantastic projects! Prizes for the best posters have been sponsored by The Bonnetmaker Craft of Dundee.

Thursday 26th May at 2.30pm
Rooms 1004,1005 and 1006 on the ground floor of the Old College building.

Biomedical and Forensics Showcase The Abertay Generation Science: Biomedical and Forensics Showcase is back!

Has it really been 6 months since we last posted on here?! 😮

Well, we are back - with a BANG! 💥Check this out!

Yesterday, our 3rd and 4th year forensic science students received their much anticipated guest lecture on bomb disposal from 11 EOD, followed by a trip to Barry Buddon Training Area to observe live detonations and get hands on with the bomb disposal kit including the robot, suits and CBRN respirators.

We are very proud of the long-standing collaboration we have with 11 EOD and the unique expertise they bring to the forensic science course to support student learning on explosives, explosions and how bomb disposal and forensics work together.

📷: Mr. Neil Coupar

The 3rd year forensic science students completed one of their body fluid practical classes this morning which included exploring the two presumptive tests for blood - KM and LMG.

Conclusion: lots of things produce a false positive!

Literally one of our more colourful practicals!

Great to have in-person campus practical classes back this term! Today we let a group of 1st year forensic science students loose in the crime scene house for their first search and recovery scenario after learning the basics over the last fortnight.

Everyone demonstrated great packaging, labelling, swabbing and trace evidence recovery skills - keep up the good work everyone!

See the next groups on Thursday!

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