• Developing controlled-release drug depots for ocular delivery.• First-hand experience working in a biotechnology start-up; practical and theoretical experience, with exposure to all aspects of the business from logistical and technical to involvement in meetings with the senior team• Work using peptides to create hydrogels to test for prolonged release of a drug• I learnt many skills throughout my time in the laboratory including building assays and carrying out ELISAs, designing, planning, and carrying out experiments and analysing results. I learnt new techniques quickly and could run experiments efficiently

• Working for a call centre, informing people about their contact with Covid-19• Ability to learn quickly on the job and communicate with a wide range of people under difficult circumstances