Hi, my name is Soline, I am in my 3rd year of a Neuroscience and Spanish course at the University of Manchester. As part of my course, I am currently undertaking a placement year, working in a physiology laboratory. My laboratory is in the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Work experience

Biology Ambassador

I worked with younger students helping them gain confidence in biology modules and prepare them for their exams.

Physiology placement

I worked to collect and quantify data from different experiments.

Museum volunteer

I made informative activities for people visiting the museum and organised documents.

Sports coach

I created lesson plans that were engaging, informative and fun to teach to primary and secondary school children. I planned and ran a large-scale sports event

Tutor

I tutored younger student in Spanish and French.

Skills

Data analysis

During my time at university, particularly my placement year, I have worked with various types of data to analyse them statistically using Graphpad Prism.

Writing

I have written, essays, presentations informative posters and leaflets, research papers and dissertations on various topics

Language

I am fluent in French and proficient in Spanish
I have lots of translation experience, recently I helped to translate some legal documents from Spanish to English. I also have proof-read Spanish research papers for my supervisor

IT

I am proficient in Microsoft software such as: Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Publisher. Working in the laboratory I have learned how to use scientific software such as: MetaNeuron, Lab Chart Reader, BLAST, CLUSTAL X and Graphpad Prism.

Fast learner

I am adaptable and quick to pick up new things, this has been demonstrated in my placement year and my previous laboratory modules where I have had to learn how to use new software and scientific apparatus to carry out experiments.