Congratulations to Jasmin Kaur, a third year biochemistry student who has been nominated for a Woman Who Achieves Award. The Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of women in business and rising stars in education or training. Jasmin's nomination recognises her work in widening participation through UniAssist. The 5th Woman Who Achieves Awards lunch 2020 will be held on Friday 1 May 2020.
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The SLS winter graduation ceremony was held on Thursday 23 January in the Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre. Anna York was very active during her time at Warwick, both during her undergraduate studies and throughout her PhD in Biological Sciences, and was awarded the Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA) for her achievements.
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Jess Watts is the 2019 recipient of the Brewster Scholarship, which is awarded to an SLS PhD student in their second year of research whose work relates to crop improvement. The scholarship is funded by a generous donation in memory of Dr Jim Brewster, a former member of Wellesbourne staff.
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Congratulations to Marcelina Podesek (MSc Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management) on being shortlisted for the FindAMasters Masters Student of the Year award. This rewards exceptional people whose dedication, determination, and passion for their work is outstanding.

Dina Bahrami is studying for an MSc in Medical Biotechnology and Business Management. Her goal is to become an entrepreneur in the ‘nutricosmetics’ industry.

Dina was recently supported by Warwick Enterprise to attended TrepCamp in London. This three-week simulator program focusses on preparing aspiring entrepreneurs to identify and acquire the right skills they need to become a high impact entrepreneur. Congratulations to Dina and her team (Nat.B) for receiving a Golden Ticket to participate in the Global Demo Day 2019 in Los Angeles with their nutricosmetic product for the beauty and wellness industry. Here, teams will pitch their ideas to international experts and investors with the opportunity to turn their entrepreneurial project into reality.

On 19 June, Katy Faulkner won the 'Most likely to win a Nobel Prize' award at the University of Warwick Research Harambee for her poster presentation on 'Resilience of forest soil and root-associated microbial communities to extreme weather events'. Harambee is Swahili meaning working together and helping each other. Featuring a wide variety of activities, the Research Harambee brought undergraduates and postgraduates together to celebrate the research culture at Warwick. Katy is a NERC CENTA PhD student in the Bending lab. Find out more about the Research Harambee.

On 19 June, Amy Newman won both Runner Up and Popular Choice at the University of Warwick Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills by challenging students to effectively explain their research in engaging, accessible language to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. Amy is a NERC CENTA PhD student with Professor Gary Bending, investigating the presence and influence of circadian rhythms on plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere. Find out more about 3MT.

Congratulations to undergraduate Beth Hill who has been awarded the SU 'SSLC Secretary of the Year' Representation Award 2019 for her excellent work on the Life Sciences undergraduate Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC). The award recognises Beth's work in facilitating the SSLC’s student voice.

"I have thoroughly enjoyed my year as Secretary and for being able to work with other student reps and staff on the committee. It's a really great forum for raising ideas and suggestions to enhance the experience for everyone in Life Sciences. I'd always recommend getting involved and having your say!"

On Thursday 13 June 2019, the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Medical School Athena SWAN committees will jointly be hosting an event on 'Raising Awareness on Bullying and Harassment'.

This FREE event will take place at the Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick.

Please register for this event

If you have any queries, please contact asevent2019@warwick.ac.uk

Congratulations to undergraduate biochemist Katie Savva who came second in the Airbus Student Presentation Competition, at the National Student Space Conference 2019, with her presentation on how our microbiome changes in space. Katie was invited to give a presentation to a panel of industry experts and an audience of students from across the country. She was judged on the technical merit of her topic, potential for development, and quality of presentation.