Cambridge

Today, the day started earlier: The coach picked us up at 8 AM at our hotel and drove us all the way to Cambridge. After an informative Walking-Tour through the different colleges, we had lunch at the Cambridge University Dining Hall. We really enjoyed the atmosphere in this beautiful, but rather cold, dining hall. We then spent our afternoon in the Department of Pharmacology, listening to an interesting lecture about the uses of mole-rats. We learned that mole-rats are fascinating to work with due to their resistance to cancer and pain and their special lifestyle. Later on, our practical skill was required in the Cambridge Biochemistry Workshop, where we did a sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), which was new for some of us. In the following free time, some of us went to the Eagle Pub, whereas others strolled through the shops of Cambridge. The Eagle Pub is well-known for being the location where Watson and Crick announced their double-helix DNA-model for the first time. The day ended with a delicious dinner at The Olive Grove and a lazy drive back to the hotel.