{"id":2433,"date":"2015-03-17T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2015-07-22T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T08:41:08","slug":"young-scientist-day-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2015\/03\/17\/young-scientist-day-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Scientist Day 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Young Scientist Day 2015 took place on Wednesday 4\u00a0<\/span>March in the Wolfson Education Centre. The event was a great success, attracting a large number of PhD students and also a handful of MSc and MRes students; one of whom was inspired to run a similar event in his own cohort.<\/p>\n

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Natalie Johnston with her winning poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The morning was dedicated to poster presentations, with participants enjoying a wide range of posters from all 5 Divisions. Our three winners were:<\/p>\n

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  1. Natalie Johnston<\/strong>: Optical interrogation of glucose-regulated beta cell connectivity<\/li>\n
  2. Luke Moore:<\/strong> Surveillance to stewardship: bridging the gap for antimicrobial resistance<\/li>\n
  3. Ryan Mitchell: <\/strong>Reciprocal changes in glucose tolerance after pancreatic beta cell-selective over-expression or deletion of Slc30a8\/ZnT8 in mice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The afternoon saw an impressive suite of \u20183-minute thesis\u2019 presentations, with one PhD student from each Section Cohort challenged to communicate their research effectively in just 3 minutes. The overall prize was awarded to Nisha Ranganathan for her presentation \u2018Why killing 99% of bacteria isn’t enough\u2019, with a runner-up of Jonathan Underwood, who spoke about \u2018How antiretrovirals affect the brain\u2019. Nisha and Jonathan will progress to the 3-minute thesis competition at the College-wide Graduate School Summer Symposium in June.<\/p>\n

    We also enjoyed stimulating talks from three Department of Medicine Postdocs, which was a new feature for 2015. They provided some useful and good-humoured advice about PhDs, Postdocs and careers and PhD students enjoyed the opportunity to network during the drinks which rounded off the day.<\/p>\n

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    Dr Jonathan Underwood<\/a> and Dr Pascal Durrenberger<\/a> speaking to Misbourne School students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Another new feature was a visit by 11 secondary school students from the Misbourne School, Buckinghamshire. Dr. Pascal Durrenberger, a Research Associate within Brain Sciences, has been leading an outreach project with the school\u2019s STEM club, and the students enjoyed a varied day presenting their poster about brain waves, using microscopes and touring the Imanova Imaging Centre. Academics and PhD students made a real effort to engage the students.<\/p>\n

    The event would not have been possible without the generous support of the Graduate School, who provided funding for refreshments and also for the prizes. Young Scientist Day is a perfect example of the \u2018cohort-building\u2019 activity that the Graduate School seeks to support. We are also grateful to Dr. Kevin Murphy, Dr. Jane Saffell and to a number of other academics and Postdocs who gave up their time to act as judges for the poster and presentation sessions.<\/p>\n

    We look forward to planning Young Scientist Day 2016!<\/p>\n

    Philippa Griffin<\/strong>
    \nDepartment of Medicine Operations Trainee<\/strong><\/p>\n

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