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My future job

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As a student of biochemistry it is very common to be asked: "What is biochemistry? What do you do working as a biochemist? What is your field of work?". If I had a penny for every time I heard those questions I would be a millionaire by now. And my answer to these questions is that I don't know yet, but if I had to imagine my dream job, I think it would be something like this: Me working in a lab investigating something that catches my eye or finding a cure for some disease, or something like that.  It is important to emphasize that I would not like to stay in Chile, I want to travel to other countries to work with many people who have my same interests and learn new and innovative things.  As far as the salary is concerned, I know that with this career I will not become a millionaire, but I think that the objective of studying this career is more than that, it is about the experience that you acquire and how you can contribute with it.  About the major I would like to ta...

A piece of my life

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I would like to talk about this subject because the truth is that I really dont considered it as a subject in my life and no one would imagine that I suffer from it. I was 9 years old when this disease came to me, from one moment to another my life changed, it wasnt something so strange since all my life I saw my dad "fighting" against it, but living it in my own flesh was something very different.  I remember seeing a magazine article about a 10-year-old diabetic girl who had an insulin pump and looked pretty happy. I remember being surprised at the happiness she conveyed and for a moment I wished I was her, obviously I had no idea what I was wishing for.  At first I mentioned that this is not a subject for me and the reason is that after 10 years, and many ups and downs, I don't consider myself a "diseased" person, I live well with this condition and even though I obviously take care of myself, I don't limit myself at all about what to eat or the things I ...

Biochemistry

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The question that every person I meet ask me, Why did you choose Biochemistry? well, Where do I start?... If I have to say why did I choose this career I can only think in one thing, chemistry.  All my life I was a pretty artistic person, I really liked to do handicrafts, plastic arts and all that kind of things. That is one of the reasons why I first thinked of study architecture. In this point you may be wondering how did I end up studying my actual career, but just wait, you will found out soon enough. When I start my 11th grade I had to choose which area I wanted to take and I am pretty sure you already know what I choose. In this area my love of chemistry began to blossom. The next year, in my 12th grade I was more pressure than ever to choose what I would do the rest of my life, that is when I found Biochemistry. The thing that catch my attention was that this career consists purely of researching, discover and create new thing, and I thought that maybe it could be a lot more...