A few weeks ago, Kyprianos published his second paper, titled New Insights on the Burst Release Kinetics of Spray-Dried PLGA Microspheres, in Molecular Pharmaceutics. This publication is the result of a collaboration between his research group at Aston University, the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) and the industrial partner of his project, aVaxziPen. The paper can be read via open access on ACS PublicationsLink opens in a new window.

In early October, Paulina travelled to Chicago, USA, to attend Neuroscience 2024, the world’s largest neuroscience conference. In addition to presenting her poster during her theme session titled “Ischaemia – Molecular and cellular mechanisms”, she also presented during the Early Career Poster Session, which featured a range of awardees of various travel awards.

Paulina received a Trainee Professional Development Award from Society for Neuroscience, as well as the Travel Award from the Guarantors of Brain.

Tosin was the second author on a recent paper titled “Efflux Pump Mediate Changes to Fundamental Bacterial Physiology via Membrane Potential”, which was published in mBio. This paper was based on some of the results from his away mini-project in Professor Jessica Blair’s lab at the University of Birmingham’.

Tosin's other recent achievements include winning the poster prize in the 2024 Applied Microbiology International ECS virtual poster competition, winning best pitch at the 2024 PGR Innovation Challenge, and presenting his PhD research at the first Warwick Antimicrobial Interdisciplinary Centre (WAMIR) ECR Symposium.

Lee recently wrote an article for Biological Sciences Review about the mechanisms behind autumn senescence. This magazine is aimed at A-level Biology students looking to expand their knowledge beyond the curriculum in an accessible format. You can see the front page and article intro on the Hodder Education websiteLink opens in a new window.

Warwick student Liam Cremona has been elected to the Microbiology Society’s Members Panel. This panel serves as the Society’s EDI committee and gives members from underrepresented or historically marginalised groups a more direct way to engage with the Society's governance and activities.

Birmingham student Jas Sound has been awarded an Oral Presentation Prize at the annual British Mass Spectrometry Society Biomacromolecular Structure Special Interest Group meeting

Warwick student Chidiebere Uchechukwu has published an article in the Journal of General Virology, titled: "Desmoglein-2 and COVID-19 complications: insights into its role as a biomarker, pathogenesis and clinical implications".

New Birmingham student Arpan Nayak has publishing an article in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews with their PhD Supervisor, titled: "Is predictive coding falsifiable?".

Birmingham student Asier Rodriguez-Muguruza for publishing an article in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, titled: "Antibiotic entrapment in antibacterial micelles as a novel strategy for the delivery of challenging antibiotics from silica nanoparticles".

Warwick student Phoebe do Carmo Silva has won first prize for the poster she presented at the annual meeting of the National PhD Training Programme in Antimicrobial Resistance. The title is Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae grows as a biofilm in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum media.

Aston Student, Calum Upton, has published an article in The Biochemist. The article is titled as The value of the 'Science and Economic Development' Parliamentary Links Day 2023.

Birmingham Student, Asier Rodriguez Muguruza, has published an article in the RSC journal, Nanoscale Advances. The article is titled as Chelating silica nanoparticles for efficient antibiotic delivery and particle imaging in Gram-negative bacteria.

Aston Student, Kyprianos Michaelides, has published a paper in the journal, Taylor & Francis online. The paper is titled as Single administration vaccines: delivery challenges, in vivo performances, and translational considerations.