Heavily lab focused conducting a range of experiments and working on data analysis These experiments form part of a larger project which I work on and am responsible for Occasional meeting during the week albeit in some departments you are given a tab
My placement is in process chemistry although the types of work within this can vary I spend most of my time in the lab carrying out organic synthesis reactions using a range of equipment from roundbottomed flasks to jacketed vessels depending on the sc
The role involves attending team meetings planning experiments both individually or with the help of your supervisorteam and carrying out those experiments The data is analysed and presented to your supervisorteam in meetings So presentations need
My role has been working in the neuroscience department at AstraZeneca I have undertaken in vitro work to investigate pathway mechanisms for a project in order to identify the effects of modulating this pathway At the beginning I received a lot of guid
Majority of the placement was spent completing work packages that my team was involved with There are some ongoing studies that required sample testing eg by HPLC LCMS NMR etc at set timepoints It would be my responsibility to manage my time a
Writing code to produce analyses of a variety of chemistryrelated subjects Also upskilling colleagues in code and Power BI and other data tools
I analysed transcriptomic data I used existing packages to identify interesting or key genes
At the beginning it was mostly independent reading and notetaking to get myself familiar with the clinical knowledge My supervisors also connected me with other professionals within the company who helped to provide guidance and feedback Daily tasks in
working an 8 hours day but start and leave times are flexible Doing batch reviews and helping with assessingreading environmental monitoring plates and inputting this data onto a computer system
I assisted scientists with their research throughout the company I collaborated with other AstraZeneca teams including a team in Sweden to discuss projects and learn from them However my key role was working on an independent project to establish a p
As an Industrial Placement student I had my own bespoke project for which I spent time in the laboratory and in the office as was necessary If desired I could work from home when I was processing data from experiments
Planning and designing experiments conducting laboratory work analysing UPLCMS and NMR results proposing future experiments to undertake attending meetings with the project teamother scientists
Worked as a process chemist responsible for the development for one stage of a synthetic route to an API A typical day would involve running the reaction and collecting data followed by data analysis This data would then be shared through emails meetin
I worked within Early Chemical Development as a lab based employee contributing to the process understanding and development of early phase projects Phase I of III This involved researching the scientific literature collaborating with resident specia
My role involves variety of tasks such as Data acquisition preparation visualisation and analysis Software Development amp Maintenance Applying key aspects of Computer Science to solve problems in biological contexts DailyWeekly discussions with
Working on various practical problems and lscenarios in the research and development department
My role was as parts of the Internal Audit Services team On a daytoday basis I would assist my manager with the various tasks she gave me notably I did some FCF control testings for the Kuala Lumpur GFS audit I also worked on the risk scoring tool f
Team meetings work in the lab sample preparation analysis etc data processing writing up prepare presentations for meetings
Planning and running lab based process engineering experiments Summer placement student so also learnt about different areas within the business
Due to covid I worked partly from home but still had the opportunity to plan and conduct experiments in the lab I collaborated with other teams to gather the expertise I required for my personal lab project I also carried out more routine work includin
