The Biomedical Sciences student Vallvé Xavi was one of five students winners of the baccalaureate special award last year that have recently done internships in several laboratories at VHIR. Vallvé Xavi has enjoyed a week stay at the ALS laboratory, led by Dr. José Gámez. -This year you have started the Degree in Biomedical Sciences. Why did you opt for this speciality?I chose the degree of Biomedical Sciences because I really like the field of scientific research and this speciality is very good to train you in this sector. Moreover, I have had personal experience with diseases that currently do not have a definitive treatment, such as various cancers that exist or neurodegenerative disorders, and this also motivated me to study this degree. Who knows if in the future I will be able to find a solution and prevent more people from suffering these diseases, that would make me very happy.-What would you highlight from what you've seen so far in college?What stands out is the change you notice in the first year compare to highschool. In high school, you have everything very scheduled and they follow your progress closely. However, in college, everything is free, you have to organize as best suits you and you are on your own. You spent many afternoons in the library, among friends we help eachother. Nevertheless, it is a unique experience which in my case has only just begun.-What was your job during your internship at the ALS laboratory?Since it was just my first year of Biomedical Sciences, I'm still a little inexperienced to do certain tasks, so I was watching as they did everything: it has helped me to understand everything better. During this week I learned what steps must be followed to obtain results that serve to clarify the causes of a disease, what is the operation of laboratory equipment, such as PCR, what are the appropriate procedures in each case...-What do you take away from your stay in a lab?What I learned: that in order to get the best results it requires many hours of work and often the results are not conclusive, but when they are, it will be a pleasure. I also understood much better theory that I had already studied in the first year of Biomedical Sciences. And finally, the most important is that I could see how a research laboratory works, and for that I am very grateful to VHIR.-Is there anything that has surprised you of the activity in the laboratory?What has surprised me the most is the precision of the laboratory when doing analyses and the speed of the whole previous process to put a PCR reagent, a centrifugal machine or do electrophoresis. I also learned that time is very important in this type of laboratory and accuracy is key to leaving good results.-Do you see yourself in a laboratory in the future? Do you have vocation as a researcher?I see myself in the future researching, in a laboratory. I think that if I took this degree, which I like, most likely, and so I hope, is to be able to end up working in the field of research, preferably in the field of cancer. I hope that in a few years, when the degree is finished, I may access a lab and start this path of research.