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Promega UK Young Life Scientist Awards
The new look Promega UK Young Life Scientist Awards for 2009
were successfully launched at the Young Life Scientists’
Symposium at the Bristol Council House on Thursday 14th
May 2009.
Combining our new-look awards with the YLS Committee’s Young
Life Scientist Symposium we were able to create a platform for
our Young Life Scientist Finalists, to showcase their research
in front of their peers, industry professionals and academic
professionals.
For more information on the YLS Symposium and the awards on the
day please
click here
Promega invited 6 finalists to the awards, selected from over
150 initial entrants, and were overwhelmed by the standard of
their research, presentation skills, knowledge and competency
within their chosen fields.
Promega would like to announce the placed winners on the day and
thank everyone who took part, the placed winners, the runner-up
finalists and all those who took the time and effort to enter
the Promega UK Young Life Scientist Awards for 2009.
Congratulations to……
1st Place- Dr Kim van der Heiden, Imperial College
London
Abstract title:
Activation of NrF2 by the dietary antioxidant sulforaphane
protects endothelial cells at atherosusceptible sites from
exhibiting a pro inflammatory state.
Who wins £2,000 in cash and £2,000 of Promega Products, a
one-year subscription to Science Magazine, and membership of the
Genetics Society or Biochemical Society
Dr Kim van der Heiden receives her award from Professor Clive
Orchard, President of the Physiological Society and Dean of
Medical and Veterinary Sciences at Bristol University.
2nd Place-
Miss Kerstin Voelz, University of Birmingham
Abstract title:
Cytokine signalling regulates the outcome of intracellular
macrophage parasitism by the fungal pathogen cryptococcus
neoformans.
Who wins £1,000 in cash and £1,000 of Promega Products, a
one-year subscription to Science Magazine, and membership of the
Genetics Society or Biochemical Society
3rd Place -
Dr Leila Luheshi, University of Cambridge
Abstract title:
Inhibiting the aggregation and toxicity of amyloid beta in vivo
using an engineered amyloid beta binding protein.
Who wins £500 in cash and £500 Promega Products, a one-year
subscription to Science Magazine
The six finalists of the Promega Young Life Scientist Awards
2009. From left to right: Dr Carlos Pereira, Miss Kerstin Voelz,
Dr Gavin Jell, Dr Kim van der Heiden, Dr Leila Luheshi and Miss
Dafni Moschidou.
Promega’s Young Life Scientist Awards have been running
for over ten years with a format that previously contained three
separate events: Young Immunologist, Young Biochemist, and
Young Geneticist of the Year. The changes we have made this
year give us the opportunity to offer a greater prize fund and
to increase the scope for entrants from across the entire life
science research community. For details of recent winners
click here.
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