Newcastle University

One research essay prize

£1,000 essay prize for the best dissertation on personally
undertaken research in an area of gastroenterology
by a MRes course during 2008/09

 The prize will be awarded at the British Society of
Gastroenterology Scientific Meeting in March 2010 and the
winner will be encouraged to submit a poster of their work
to the Society.

For further information please contact Sarah Davidson at Core on 020 7486 0341 or sarah@corecharity.org.uk. www.corecharity.org.uk

Student sponsorship offer-PrimerDesign

PrimerDesign are offering support for research students using real time PCR

PrimerDesign (an expert spin out from the University of Southampton) specialising in real-time PCR.

Sponsorship with a value in excess of £3000 is available for PhD students using real-time PCR in their project. The student will be trained and equipped to perform high-quality real-time PCR free of charge.

Prize Awarded to Conference Organisers

The North East Postgraduate Conference 2009 was a huge success attracting over 250 attendees and featuring presentations by students from five different regional universities. A special prize has been awarded to this year's organising Team:

Rachel Culpin, Rachel Eyre, Victoria Forster, Deborah Harrison, Helio Lima Neto, James McConnell, Graciela Rocha, Samantha Rushforth, Claire Savy, Joanne Wallace, Jamie Wright and Fiona Young

have been awarded a prize of £300

Anyone who is interested in organising next years conference please contact richard.hetherington@ncl.ac.uk

Faculty Research Lectures

The following Faculty Research Lectures have been arranged:

Speaker: Professor Doug Gray, IAH

Date and Time: Wednesday 16th December 2009 at 4pm

Venue: David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Medical School

Title: Ubiquitin in health and disease: a large role for a small protein

AND

Speaker: Professor Jeff Errington, ICaMB

Date and Time: Thursday 28th January 2010 at 4pm

Venue: David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Medical School

Title: From spores to antibiotics via the cell cycle

ALL WELCOME

Postgraduate Research Conference Winners 2009

Congratulations to all the presenters on the high quality of talks and posters at the Postgraduate Research Conference which took place last month. 

Special mention to the competition winners and runners up:

Poster  1st prize - Sarah Jayne Boulton

             2nd prize - Sally Spendiff

             3rd prize - Joseph Willet

Presentation  1st prize - Ana Dordea

                       2nd prize - Nicola Harris

                       3rd prize - Sarah Wright

Special thanks to the sponsors for supporting the event and the conference organisers for enlisting that support and putting together such a fantastic event covering a wide range of Bioscience across the North East Universities.

Anyone interested in organising next years conference please contact richard.hetherington@ncl.ac.uk