Interesting Biomedical sciences related topics to self study
TLDR: I want to self study some common concepts that are studied in biomedical sciences wanted to get ideas from people on some interesting topics that they’ve covered, whether it be through their research or coursework or even just for fun. If you have ideas and can share a good review article on the concept that would be super helpful:)
Hi! I’m a rising senior double major in psychology and neuroscience and I am interested in pursuing a PhD in neuroscience. I’m currently working in a lab for the summer through the Baylor SMART program and while this is super fun and exciting, I also find that I sometimes struggle to keep up with presentations during lab meetings because I only have a basic understanding of the topics that are discussed. I also had the same issue when I took a proseminar on neural development last semester and while I did well in the class, I had to record lectures and go back to them a lot during my study sessions. I know this is a common study technique for a lot of people and my intention isn’t to discredit anyone that does that, it just isn’t my preferred way to study. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about how I can build up my knowledge of some of the deep ended topics that span all across different fields of biomedical sciences research and came to the conclusion that I want to pick a topic to research and add to my neuroscience “journal” (journal as in my writings, not the research publishers). I’m still working out specific details for how I’ll do it but rn I’m thinking I’ll start with a new topic every other week and see how that fits with my schedule and adjust accordingly.
Im here because I wanted to get ideas from people on some topics that they’ve covered, whether it be through their research or coursework or even just for fun. I’m looking for topics that are relevant to building my understanding subcellular, cellular and systemic functions so things like genetics, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, research methods and techniques, and any other topics I may have missed. To give you more of clear pictures of what exactly I’m thinking, I’m going to start off with learning about senescence because that was recently brought up in a lab meeting and I thought it was really interesting. After that I’m going to look into cell division. Or maybe I should switch the order now that I think about it, I think understanding cell division before senescence makes more sense but I digress. Also if you do suggest a topic and you know of a good review article on that topic, I would appreciate it if you shared the link to the article. Thank yaaaa!