bmsawesternFeb 12, 20192 minValentine’s Gifts for the Science Student in Your LifeContributor Claire Millard Cupid is roaming the skies and love is in the air! Valentine’s day is coming up, but that doesn’t mean your wa...
bmsawesternFeb 7, 20193 minTransparency: How can research progress if half the research never gets published? Contributors France (Yifeng) Song & Dorsa Mavedatnia Collective scientific research drives advances in knowledge. Over the past century, ...
bmsawesternFeb 5, 20192 minWhat We're ReadingHello BMSA blog readers! The team is back with some of our favourite reads from this week. We’ve read about some groundbreaking discoveri...
bmsawesternJan 30, 20193 minMoving away from medContributor Vivian Cheng When I was in my second year in Western medical sciences, I registered to write my MCAT. Most people in the prog...
bmsawesternJan 24, 20192 minIf regions of your brain had tinder profilesContributor Vivian Cheng Amygdala 24. Location: deep and medially within temporal lobe Amygdala is a sweet guy who will consider your fee...
bmsawesternJan 22, 20194 minA Crash Course on One HealthContributor Navia Novosel “So,what is ‘One Health’ anyway”? As a student in one of the smallest BMSc modules, this question is quite comm...
bmsawesternJan 17, 20198 minSo you want to be a doctor: Applying to Medical School Contributor Michelle Li So you want to be a doctor? While most first-year students don’t know exactly what they want to do in the future,...
bmsawesternJan 15, 20194 minWhat we're readingContributors: The Communications Team Happy New Year BMSA people! We are happy to be back and writing for you guys! To kick off the new s...
bmsawesternDec 5, 20184 minUsing fecal microbiota transplantation to treat multiple sclerosisContributor Ramtin Hakimjavadi There is no denying that London, Ontario is and has long been a hub for groundbreaking multiple sclerosis ...
bmsawesternNov 28, 20185 minSeven tips for writing about and publishing your research efficientlyContributor: Simi Juriasingani I’ll never forget the feeling of excitement that rushed through me when I opened the PDF version of my pap...
bmsawesternNov 22, 20188 minArtificial Intelligence in Medicine Contributor Vivian Cheng Science fiction novels have thoroughly explored worlds that coexist or wage war with artificial intelligence (AI...
bmsawesternNov 20, 20185 minNavigating the Excitement Surrounding Mirror NeuronsContributor Ramtin Hakimjavadi Every now and then, as we scroll through social media or browse the web, we are confronted with a new scie...
bmsawesternNov 15, 20182 minSo What’s The Deal With Male Contraception?Contributor Vivian Cheng Everyday your alarm rings at the same time, with a message along the lines of: “Don’t contribute to the seven pl...
bmsawesternNov 13, 20184 minWHY are YOU pursuing research?Contributor: Simi Juriasingani At some point, almost every Medical Sciences student has Googled the phrase “How to get into medical schoo...
bmsawesternNov 8, 20183 minWhat We're ReadingContributors: The Communications Team We’re back! This week we’ve picked funny, disturbing and thought-provoking pieces to be your conver...
bmsawesternNov 6, 20182 minSenioritis is powerfulContributor Vivian Cheng Every year, thousands of senior students across the Western hemisphere succumb to an illness known as “senioriti...
bmsawesternNov 1, 20186 minDTC genetic testing today Contributor Ramtin Hakimjavdi One thing you simply cannot escape as a science student in 2018 — in your lectures or even in your conversa...
bmsawesternOct 31, 20183 minThe Basics of Blockchain Contributor Dani Kilani If you arrive early to class, you may see your classmates pulling out pricing charts, looking at their bitcoin. Y...
bmsawesternOct 29, 20182 minBlog Submission GuidelinesFirst of all, anyone can write! No experience necessary Writing can be incredibly intimidating, especially for students who didn’t come t...
bmsawesternOct 26, 20185 minDe-stressing to SucceedContributor Vicky Chang The air is crisp, the leaves are red and the pumpkin spiced lattes are back — it’s that time of year: Fall! But a...