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2008 Young Life Scientist
Award Winners |
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Promega is
committed to advancing scientific research and to providing
greater support to young life scientists in the UK. We run 3
annual awards especially for Young Life Scientists in
conjunction with 3 top scientific societies and
Science
magazine
as media sponsor. |
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Promega Young Geneticist Award 2007
James Locke, University of Warwick
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Directing Experiments on the Plant Circadian Clock
using
Modelling
The Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh in March 2007
Dr Gordon Ford of Promega (pictured left)
Stephen Grigg of St Cross College and Anja Rovio of
the University of Tampere |
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Promega Best Genetics-Based
Project 2008
Joe Rainger,
MRC Human Genetics Unit
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Ocular phenotypes in the Mp mouse- a novel ‘synodiporic’
mechanism
The MGW
Workshop at the Institute for Child Health, UCL, in November
2008
Finishing PhD student at the MRC Human Genetics Unit
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Promega UK Young Scientist Award for
Biochemistry 2008
Rodoniki Athanasiadou, University of Edinburgh
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Transcriptional Determination of the Oct4 Methylation Pattern
Gene Expression and Analysis Meeting in March 2008
Dr Damien Wells of Promega (pictured left)
Lynne Marshall of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research,
Glasgow, and Laura Smith of the University of Leeds |
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Promega Young Immunologist of the Year 2007
Tobias Silberzahn, Guy’s Hospital, Kings College London
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Early events that trans-condition developing T cells in the thymus
British Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Glasgow, in February 2007
Dr Gordon Ford of Promega (pictured left)
Kerstin Berer of the University of Aberdeen and
Simon Yona of the University of Oxford |
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The Young Life
Scientist Awards are held each year during the Societies Annual
Meeting. In general entrants will be asked to submit an abstract
of their chosen work and give a 10 minute oral presentation to a
panel of judges who will then determine the winners. For each
event £1200 prize money is available, plus subscriptions to
Science and a trophy for the winner.
To enter the
awards, candidates should contact the relevant society directly. |
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