I’m Ardon, a former IB student and current MB-PhD student at Cambridge.

This blog’s primary purpose is to share my notes with anyone who needs them. I took IB Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics at higher level (way back in 2016!), so the notes here are mainly from these subjects (with a bit of English stuff too, I suppose).

I’ve also put up some advice and resources for the 1A and 1B medical course (first and second year) as well as part II pharmacology (the subject I intercalated in for my third year).

Looking forward, I’m going to be starting my PhD in cancer immunology in September. Hopefully I’ll start posting more about my research in the years to come!

Beyond that, this blog is also a platform for me to share some of the latest ideas and concepts I’ve been pursuing.

I also write book reviews, which you can access here.

Timeline

September 2022 -> July 2023 – First year of clinical medicine, finished up with a distinction in my finals. Time to take a bit of a break from clinical and spend some time on research!

September 2021 -> June 2022- Finished up my third year of medical school, graduating at the top of my class with a B.A in pharmacology and triple first class honours!

July 2021 -> September 2021 – worked in the Laboratory of Precision Oncology in the Genome Institute of Singapore, researching pancreatic cancer.

July 2021 – Finally through the hardest part of pre-clinical medicine, with second year exams done and dusted.

October 2020 – Once more unto the breach, with second year medicine kicking off.

September 2020 – Finished my first year medical exams, which were pushed because of COVID.

October 2019 ->  June 2020 – First year at Cambridge, what a time!

July 2017 -> July 2019 – National Service in the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

January 2017 -> May 2017 – Did various hospital internships to get a bit more exposure to different specialities.

November 2016 – Finished the IB programme.

© Ardon Moiz Pillay 2021