Pictured: Rachel Hodgson with her winning poster
Now in its sixth year, the annual BMRC/MERI Winter Poster Event was held on the 15th December.
Covering the breadth of MERI and the BMRC, over 70 posters displayed the work of doctoral researchers as well as MSci/MChem students. In addition to prizes for PhD and MSci/MChem students, this year included a public vote prize. The winners are as follows:
PhD students
1st Prize – Rachel Hodgson (BMRC) Characterisation of EIG2B bodies in cells linked to Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter pathology
2nd Prize – Yaqub Rahaq (MERI) Novel composite photactive layers for light harvesting in hybrid organic-inorganic solar cell
3rd Prize – Alireza Dastan (MERI) An insight into fibre formation mechanisms through computer simulation
Public Vote
Hadi Al-Sagur (MERI) Development of biosensors using different lanthanide phthalocyanine complexes
MSci/MChem
Ashley Gains (BMRC) Use and development of fluorescent proteins as a tool to study obligate anaerobes
Congratulations to all prize winners and well done to all the participants and the organisers.