Hello everyone! My name is Kaiky Corturato Piva, I am a Biology Undergraduet Student by Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) in Brazil.
Currently, I am a scientific initiation scholarship holder researching in the area molecular of the hemoglobinopathies on a laboratory called Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular (LGBM).
This is me on a trip I took in August/2023 to Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil to participate in a Pharmacology Winter Course at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).
I chose Biology because of my immense love for science since I was little, combined with my dream of being a teacher! I have always been very curious and interested in topics related to nature, animals, plants, the human body and all knowledge included in Biological Sciences... knowing about the different forms of life and their aspects fascinates me!
Among the different areas of biology, Neuroscience and Biochemistry are certainly my favorites and which I intend to specialize in in the future.
My desire to become a PhD in these areas were my main reasons for choosing Biological Sciences as my basic knowledge. I strongly believe that this course will enable me to become excellent and extraordinary!
To paraphrase my favorite scientist, Professor and PhD Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a great neuroscientist who is also a biologist and trailblazer in her own right, "Biology is the only area of science that provides the evolutionary potential of all understanding in neuroscience"
Academic life can certainly become a very beautiful passage in a person's life, a lifestyle that I am deeply passionate about and intend to follow.
In december 2024 I hope to complete my undergraduate degree and go on to postgraduate studies, and of course, in neurobiochemistry to become an excellent teacher and researcher in this beautiful area.
This way, in 10 years I hope to have completed my PhD and be a new academic professor, no longer just a student. Moved by joy and a sense of belonging, I hope to be able to practice my profession where I graduated and, with all certainty and hope, have a stable financial life for myself and my family.
That's why it's today, folks! See you soon...