Celebrating success
Double success at Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition
The 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.
This year, both winners came from SLS:
- Congratulations to the winner - Rohini Ajaykumar on 'Studying bacterial resistance for antimicrobial drug development'.
- And the runner up and popular choice winner - Scott Dwyer on 'Controlling honey bee parasites : will the mites meet their match?'.
Students have answers to the questions about September
Beth Hill, a third year Biomedical Science student, has written a blog highlighting how the pandemic has had an impact on higher education.
Read her Wonkhe blog (28 May 2020).
Project funding success
The Lord Rootes Memorial Fund is intended to encourage creativity, innovation and impact through support of projects by Warwick students. Hear from Toyin Dairo (Graduate of Biomedical Science, 2019) about her innovative project:
'In September 2019, I took part in an independent project funded by the University of Warwick’s Lord Rootes Memorial Fund. The project was titled 'Tackling the stigma of special needs in the third world' and involved talking to a number of professionals (in both the UK and Kenya) about the quality of care for people with special needs in their own countries.
I travelled to the capital of Kenya (Nairobi) and volunteered within a school for pupils with special needs over a two week time period, in order to formulate an idea of how the pupils were being catered for. Whilst also being in Kenya, I was able to explore the city, go on a four day safari and experience the local culture. The experience was amazing and I would encourage everyone to get involved in some form of humanitarian work. My project report has now been published on the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund’s page and will hopefully provide an insight into the development of care for people with special needs in both first and third world countries.'
Toyin won a £300 prize for the quality of her work.
Post-Doctoral Research Prizes 2020
- Dr Collette Guy has been awarded the Faculty Post-Doctoral Research Prize for Life Sciences for her paper on 'Targeting extracellular glycans: tuning multimeric boronic acids for pathogen-selective killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis'. Collette is based in Dr Liz Fullam's group but also works with the Gibson group in Chemistry.
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Dr Ed Hill has been chosen as one of the winners from Mathematics of the Faculty Post-Doctoral Research Prize for his paper 'Seasonal influenza: Modelling approaches to capture immunity propagation'. Ed works with Dr Mike Tildesley and Professor Matt Keeling on modelling the spread of disease, as well as collaborating with other members of the Life Sciences, Mathematics and Medical School departments.
Warwick is slicing up science for International Women’s Day
Fancy learning about space science, making protein jelly, and lighting up a few LED circuits – all before you enjoy tea and cake?
An event at the University of Warwick this weekend (Sunday 8 March) will allow visitors to do just that.
Woman Who Achieves
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.
Find out more about the awards
Winter Graduation OSCA
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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Brewster Scholarship
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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New Dean of Students
Dr Rebecca Freeman has been appointed as the new Dean of Students from September 2019. The purpose of the role is to operate at institutional level to support the enhancement of the student experience through new and improved engagement strategies, and to ensure that the academic pastoral needs of students are considered in University-wide strategic developments and delivery.
Masters Student of the Year
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.