Universal Medicine

Founders: Gagandeep Sachdeva:  I was born in India and moved to Northampton at a young age. I am studying Medicine at the University of Birmingham. Outside of my studies, I enjoy badminton and table tennis and have competed in regional as well as national tournaments. We decided to create this blog to further explore what interested us in science and this platform was the perfect way to share our passion. Crucially, it also provided the opportunity to inspire others into academia and raise awareness of current avenues of scientific research. Satbachan Bassan:  Hi my name is Sab and I’m from Northampton. I am a Chemical Engineering student at Aston University. I currently represent the university with their football and train as well as play up to 3 times a week. Football and sports have always been close to my education. I got into writing the blog as I was very intrigued by new and old articles based around science and wanted to write pieces on some of my favou...

Natasha Lynch Evidence that led to the discovery of the Circadian Rhythm and the endogenous pacemaker. The first evidence of an internal body clock came not from our species but from a particular plant. In 1729 two scientists discovered that plants generate their own internal time. They focused on the plant Mimosa Pudica, this was because at night the leaves would collapse down almost as though they had wilted, but the next day the leaves would open again like an umbrella. This behaviour would repeat every morning and every night. Originally it was believed that this behaviour was due to the rising and setting of the sun. A researcher named Mairan completed a study where he placed a Mimosa Pudica in a sealed box for 24 Hours, taking away the natural cycle of light and dark of the earth. It was found, despite no longer having the influence of light and dark, the plant still behaved the same, the leaves would expand during the day and retract during the night even without the natural si...