Max Wilkinson, a Biochemistry honours student who has worked in collaboration with Peter Fineran's lab this year, has been awarded a prestigious scholarship by the Rutherford Foundation Trust.
Max will relocate to Cambridge University next year to undertake a PhD in structural biology.
Three University of Otago staff members were also awarded scholarships in the 2014 Rutherford Foundation Trust awards. They are among seven people nationally to receive the scholarships, which provide early career support for New Zealand’s brightest and most promising researchers.
Read the press release on the University of Otago website
