As a scientist, I have over 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical and academic settings. My educational background includes a PhD in Cancer Studies, a MSc in Immunology, and a BSc in Molecular Biology. As a researcher in Science, my expert role is to sharpen your critical and research skills by getting you up to speed with the topic and understanding it.
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I'm Toby, currently studying for a PhD in infection and immunity, looking for tutoring opportunities to develop young peoples education. I attend to be relatable to a wide variety of age groups and strive to make lessons engaging and progressive.
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...I earned certificate in teaching in the higher institution and have constantly done teaching and demonstration for undergraduate and masters students at Newcastle University. The desire to see students and young people succeed in their education pursuit and dream motivated my teaching career. As a passionate teacher, I usually love the smiles I see in faces of my students, each time they come to me, presenting their academic problems, and leave with them solved. The...
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...also gained experience from working as a peer mentor where I was able to aid new-coming students unfamiliar with the university campus, guide them, interact with them etc. Moreover, over time I have developed a range of transferrable skills necessary for this role. For example, being able to confidently use Microsoft zoom, Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Sway, Microsoft Excel etc. During my undergraduate degree, I undertook modules which enabled me to present using PowerPoint, to various...
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...also undertook my PhD in Immunology. After completing my PhD i worked as a fellow at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne. After 5 years there I returned to Scotland on a Wellcome Trust Travelling Fellowship. This was based at the University of Edinburgh. Finally, i returned to Glasgow as a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow. I am passionate about biology in general, but most specifically about the immune system and how this...
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...from the University of Benin, Nigeria. Since graduating, I have taught and tutored in universities and colleges in several STEM subjects as well as a freelance and personal tutors in GCSE and A-level biology and chemistry. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about biology (GCSE and A-levels), Microbiology, Molecular biology, bioscience (biotechnology), cell biology and bioinformatics. In my experience helping struggling students understand scientific concepts betters and prepare for...
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...hold an MSc in Genetics of human diseases and a PhD in molecular and cellular biology with focus on cardiovascular biology. I have conducted post doctoral work at the University of Cambridge and currently at the University of Oxford. I am passionate about delivering biological knowledge to students and help them think through science questions. I believe the teaching style should suit each individual student. But work is always needed from all students. I have...
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...and Master of Public Health (MPH). I have trainings on quality improvement, implementation research and health leadership and management in health. I possess skills in disease epidemiological methods such as disease transmission, outbreak investigations data management and disease surveillance. I am excellent communicator and I engage in risk communication, community engagement and health education. I possess considerable knowledge and experience in programme conceptualisation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. My analytical, critical and inferential thinking skills...
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...understanding the subjects. For the last 7 years, I have had a spectrum of experience in tutoring students from various curricula such as the IB (USA and Canada), GCSE (UK), ICSE and CBSE (India), working with age groups from 10 to 18 for various subjects. While I am well exposed to teaching Science, Math, Social Science and English, I find teaching Math and English to primary and secondary students interesting but I love teaching Biology...
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...tutor who would like to help students achieve the best grade they can, as well as foster a genuine enjoyment of their subject. As a younger tutor I have recent and relatable experience studying A-level biology, which helps me understand the struggles students may have, as well as the nuance of current exam technique. This also enables me to pull on aspects of the content that were poorly delivered when I was a student and...
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...and undergraduate Biology and Chemistry. Currently I am studying Medicine at the university of St Andrews. I am strongest in my knowledge of Biology and Chemistry and find these subjects very enjoyable to teach. My philosophy in teaching is ensuring there is true understanding of subject concepts that can then be built upon to understand more complex concepts. This is then paired with practice and repetition of exam questions to ensure excellent grades can be...
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...second-year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba. I have more than 10 years of experience in teaching math and physics in both PERSIAN and ENGLISH languages to high school, college, and university students. My method is based on problem-solving which prepares you for the tests/exams and at the same time gives an intuition about the concepts. Last but not least, we will have a fun time together during the class,...
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We worked on the student's Ecology review packet. We discussed the different bio-geochemical cycles, the biotic factors, and the abiotic factors for each cycle. Then we discussed the energy pyramids and how energy moves through the ecosystems. Because this is something that she has already seen in junior high, she feels very comfortable with the material.
The student had genetics homework on standard dominant/recessive traits. We worked through that, with me reviewing problems or topics as they came up. I worked on demonstrating when and how information can be gained by a phenotype and how to fill in the blanks with additional information from the problem. I covered this a couple different times with him and I think he has a better understanding of it now. We also did a worksheet on inheritance, which he was very quick to pick up on and seems to understand well.
Today the student had to complete a microbiology module. His assignment was to conduct a virtual experiment and observe the zone of inhibition of household cleaning agents and antibiotics using a petri dish and optic discs. The strains he used were staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae, and H. influenzae. He then had to compare the zones of inhibition to see which were more effective on which strains of bacteria, and measure the length of the zones. Overall, he gained a very good understanding of antimicrobial agents and their effects on bacteria. He also learned by watching a video the different classifications of bacteria (gram positive/negative, morphology, etc.)
We covered the structure and function of the ribosome. Specifically, the number and size of RNA and protein subunits found in bacteria and euks. We discussed two experiments which elucidated the size of these subunits and hinted at their function. Strong emphasis on data analysis and hypothesis creation.
It looks like our study tactics are paying dividends for the student. He got a an 87% on his cladogram test! We reviewed the classification slide show we went over 2 weeks ago. He seemed to retain most of the information. I also quizzed him on the questions he made for himself. We reviewed the parts of the cell, and also the macromolecules we went over last week. I recommend he spend more time reviewing his notes for the final, which is coming up in a month and a half. Good job!
In this session, we covered Punnett squares for codominance, incomplete dominance, and sex-linked traits. We started off by doing a brief overview on the difference between codominance and incomplete dominance and how to distinguish the two (i.e. incomplete dominance leads to a blended phenotype and codominance leads to demonstration of multiple phenotypes). We worked on a worksheet that the student was given in class, and then we spend a great deal of time going through practice problems, in which she had to make Punnett squares and then analyze genotypic and phenotypic ratios. I was very happy with her performance.
