1. Benjamin Walker
83 Albany Road, Balby, Doncaster, DN40QN
Email: BWalker6791@gmail.com Mobile: 07764 730283
Personal Statement
I am a student at Sheffield Hallam University studying Biomedical Science. I have an interest in
doing a MSci as an additional research-based year after my final year. This is due to my year in
a placement at the University of Sheffield as a Lab technician which has made me interested in
continuing though the research route of science and has giving me a better understanding of
what it is like to be in a research-related career. I also am interested in doing research on
helping make a better understanding of different disease so they can be controlled or treated
better such as using zebrafish as a model for tuberculosis to understand it pathogenesis and the
mechanism the body uses against it.
Education & Qualifications
BSc Biomedical Science, Sheffield Hallam University, 2019-present.
Modules include Year 1: Bioanalytical Methods, Cellular Biology And Biochemistry With
Microbiology, Humans: Genes, Anatomy And Physiology, Introduction To Biomedical Science
and Professional And Scientific Practice 1: Labs & Skills.
Year 2: Pathological basis of disease, Biomedical investigation, Immunology and microbiology,
Professional and Scientific Practice 2 and Genes to proteins.
Year 3: Blood science, Cellular pathology and infection, neurobiology, Research project and
Professional and Scientific Practice 3.
Hall Cross Academy 6th Form, Doncaster, Sept 2017-Jul 2019
A Level: Product Design (D)
B-Tech: Applied Science (D*, D)
Balby Carr Community Academy, Doncaster, Sept 2011-2017
GCSE: Maths (6), English Language (6), English literature (2), Art (C), Geography (C), Graphics
(B) ICT (C), Science (C), EDCL (Distinction)
Skills And Qualities
Laboratory and Research Skills
● I have the knowledge and the experiences within a lab with health and safety protocols
and how to apply them into a risk assessment.
● I am also able to plan and design my own experiments while troubleshooting any
problems that may come up to get reliable results.
● I am experienced in pipetting, biuret, measuring and weighing, thin layer
chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, Flame emission
spectroscopy, microscopes, Ph meters, data analysis, titration, and solution preparation.
● Uses of animal models such as zebrafish and how to handle them within a laboratory
setting and to keep given guidelines and laws.
● Keeping up a bacterial culture for multiple months for research purposes.
● Time Management
● Throughout my time in university and 6th form I organised and planned the workload I
was given through coursework and revision so that I could get good results on my
coursework and exams. I managed to do this by using a 2 week schedule where one
2. week I would work on one area of a subject and then the next I would work on the other
such as one week on science and one week on project design
● During my work placement year in my 3rd
year of university I was given no given time to
come in and do the job I was meant to do just times that when thing could and couldn’t
be done such as fish breeding and I put my time efficiently around them different times.
IT Skills
● I am experienced at using software such as Microsoft Offices and Google Drive,
Firework, Dreamwork and Arduino.
Teamwork/ Leadership
● During my first year at university, we did a project called the KIT Assignment where I
was the CEO of a group of people making a KIT for the diagnosis of bladder cancer and
I had to make sure that the other people in the group were doing their job such as if the
finance manager had the right knowledge from the lab manager so they were working
the price of the right equipment.
● During my work placement year in my 3rd
year of university I had to work and help
different master and PHD students with there research side of their course such as
making sure they have enough stock or to help them with aquarium duties if they
couldn’t be in that day or if they didn’t have the right agender checks at the time.
Work Experience
Biomedical Scientist, Sheffield University, Sheffield, Jun 2018
● Learning the uses of animals within sciences to make medicine and find what is wrong
with humans such as Zebrafish and Fruit flies
● The diagnosis of a patient through the uses of gels
● Commuting from my hometown to a new area I haven't been before
● Working within a professional lab
● Star skills
● Working with people whom I didn’t know to solve problems and diagnosis a patient.
Computer Technician, DLSR Ltd, Doncaster, Jun 2016
● Work with other people to work out problems and fix them
● Working within a shop talking to customers and finding what they need
● Making computers from scratch and making sure they are working effectively.
Lab technician, Sheffield University, Sheffield, August 2021 - August 2022
● Work for a whole year within the same job
● Work within a category 2 laboratory
● Work with academics such as master and PHD students
● Learn what a research-related career includes.
Interests and Hobbies
● I occasionally go to the gym to do something when I have nothing to do and to release
stress
● I used to play Sunday league football where I got players player of the year 3 years in a
row and made lifelong friends
● I used to do triathlon and long-distance running to stay fit and healthy
● I do some Arduino coding in my spare time for fun and to learn some useful skills for the
future.
