Congratulations to Nikki Glover, our Deputy Educational Support Services Manager, who was commended for her acts of kindness in the recent Kindness on Campus Awards.
Find out more about the awards

In 2021 the Society for Applied Microbiology presented Dr Freya Harrison with the WH Pierce Prize, which they award annually to an academic at an early stage in their career who has already made a significant contribution to microbiology.
Watch Freya's award lecture (19 January 2022)

Professor Johannes Boltze and Professor Phil Young both received commendation at the inaugural Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards. These awards recognise the outstanding contribution to the enhancement of equality, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to building more inclusive environments and experiences through everyday behaviours at the University of Warwick.
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5 questions with Johannes Boltze - find out about the work and story behind his award.

Dr Freya Harrison talks to BBC Radio 4's Sideways about her research into medieval medical remedies - and how an eye remedy may prove beneficial in the 21st century.
Listen to the interview (24 November 2021)

Our ‘Get to Know Us’ web pages feature a series of Q&A with members of SLS. In November we featured a colleague who started their career in the lab and has moved to support others in their research:

Kate Rathbone, Research Strategy Development Officer.

Dr Emily Hill has been named as one of four new Race Against Dementia Fellows, with the opportunity to receive support from not only leading scientists studying dementia, but also experts in innovation and problem solving from the world of Formula 1.
Emily appeared on Good Morning Britain on 21 September alongside Sir Jackie Stewart to announce the fellowships. Watch the interview
Press release (23 September 2021)

Congratulations to Dr Joe Hilton who has won the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine Postdoctoral Research Prize 2021 for his publication 'Estimation of country-level basic reproductive ratios for novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) using synthetic contact matrices' (PLos computational biology 16 (7), e1008032).
Read the paper

The Warwick Institute of Engagement (WIE) is delighted to announce the appointment of 38 Foundation Fellows, 27 Honorary Fellows and 32 Associate Fellows.

Undergraduate Jerry Yu explains how he got involved:
'Hi, my name is Jerry Yu, I’m currently a second year Biochemistry student and I’m also a fellow of WIE. Engagement is all about sharing your passion with others. As a life sciences student, my passion lies in bioscience. However, I first discovered my eagerness for sharing as an Outreach Officer for Warwick BioSoc.The goal of this position was to spread enthusiasm towards life sciences around the local community and that is what I did I organised talks and even designed and taught life sciences lessons to primary school children. As a result of my work, I was recommended by a professor to apply to be a WIE fellow. I applied and here I am now. Engagement is important as it inspires and allows others to make informed decisions about what they enjoy. As a WIE fellow, I will be working to improve how engagement is done in the university and create more engagement opportunities which are welcoming and interesting especially in the current pandemic. More importantly, I would like to inspire you to share your passions with others. Afterall, what is life without a little bit of spice.'

Eight other members of SLS have also secured fellowships:
Honorary Fellows - Kevin Moffat, Rebecca Freeman
Foundation Fellows - Cansu Kuey, Ian Hands-Portman, Rachael Kirwan
Associate Fellows - Ellie Jameson, Eric Holub and Freya Harrison

Future Leader to Watch is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of Reviews published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Dr Fabrizio Alberti is first author on ‘Recent developments of tools for genome and metabolome studies in basidiomycete fungi and their application to natural product research’, published in BiO.
Read the interview