Hey everyone,
my name is Nina, I am originally from Düsseldorf/Germany and I am currently enrolled in the Cognitive Sciences track. As for my background, it is quite different from this master program. I did my BA in computer science at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf. Besides computer science I have always been interested in psychology and biology which, when choosing a bachelor program, did not seem to be easy to combine. Since I had to choose a minor field of study for my bachelor program, I went for biology and specialized in Bioinformatics.
My bachelor thesis „Benchmarking of Methods for the Identification of Orthologs“ was embedded in a dissertation about a newly developed algorithm for the comparison and clustering of prokaryotic gene and protein data. In my thesis I compared several algorithms (using a predefined gold standard method) by aligning and comparing the gene and protein data of different Escherichia coli strains and that way learn about the evolution of E. coli.
During my bachelor program I worked as a research assistant for a psychology professor. We did several studies in the field of psycho-acoustics as (e.g.) the influence of noise distraction on working behavior and concentration in order to find out what sound or noise parameters yielded in this distraction. I was able to help develop and conduct some very interesting experiments and analyze the resulting data.
Besides the neurobiology class in my bachelor program, it was especially this job that fueled the idea of going for a different master program and to learn more about the brain and/or mind. Since I am quite new in this field, I do not have any definite future plans yet. I am looking forward to get a better insight into different research fields during the internships where I will hopefully also gain some insight in the (cognitive) neuroscience field. So, I am looking forward to the next weeks and months...
Best, Nina
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