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Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry hold inaugural joint Research Celebration

Posted by on 4 December 2017 | Comments

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Department of Biochemistry held a combined research celebration last Friday to showcase the quality of research in their shared areas and demonstrate the outcomes of collaboration.

The full-day event featured principle investigator presentations, 3-minute talks and two poster sessions from staff and student students of both departments.

The winners of the poster categories and prize sponsors were as follows:

Bioengineering and Translational Research

Shaun Ferguson - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Nichaela Harbison-Price - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (runner up)

Genesearch Bioinformatics and Microbiome

Chun Shen - Department of Biochemistry
Leah Smith - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (runner up)

Medi'Ray Immunology and Cancer Biology

Tom Brew - Department of Biochemistry
Thomas Williams - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (runner up)

Total Lab Systems Infectious Diseases and Prokaryote Biology

Jess Thompson - Department of Biochemistry
Zoe Williams - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (runner up)

ThermoFisher Molecular Biology

Aroa Rey Campa - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Josiah Doorman - Department of Biochemistry (runner up)

pH Scientific Protein Structure and Function

Nadishka Jayawardena - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Jack Curry - Department of Biochemistry (runner up)

Bio-Strategy Virus-Host Interactions

Mazhar Hussain - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lucia Malone - Department of Microbiology and Immunology (runner up)

pH Scientific 3 minute Oral Presentations (people's choice)

Padmini Parthasarathy - Department of Biochemistry
Gabriel Rawliffe - Department of Biochemistry (runner up)
Attika Rehman - Department of Biochemistry (third place)

Htin talk web

Student poster judging Matloob and Sally web

Aroa Rey Campa molecular biology prize web

Certificates web