Here we celebrate the diverse activities and achievements of our student cohort – in and out of the lab! If you are a current student and have done something interesting or noteworthy, please get in touch with the comms team.
Congratulations to 2nd and 3rd year York PhD students Ethan Redmond and Harry Pink, who presented findings from their latest research at the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) conference in Belfast.
Read moreYork PhD Students Present Research at ICAR Conference in Belfast
White Rose DTP PhD student, Alex Holmes, developed and hosted an interactive gameshow at this year’s Be Curious Festival in Leeds! We spoke to the superstar science communicator about the festival, how she came to be involved, and what she loves most about public engagement and making science accessible.
A group of BBSRC White Rose DTP students from the University of York have teamed up to organize this year’s Pint of Science event in York – bringing cutting-edge research to a boozer near you. We spoke to event co-ordinator, and 3rd Year PhD student, Conor Scott to learn more about the event and what he hopes it will achieve.
Read moreBBSRC White Rose DTP PhD Students Organize Pint of Science Event in York
Biology PhD researcher Theo Issitt, from the University of York, heads to Berlin in November after beating off strong competition to win a place in the final of the international Falling Walls ‘Emerging Talent’ competition.
Read morePhD Researcher wins place in international ‘Falling Walls’ public engagement final
Cara Wheeldon of The University of Leeds has won the 2021 Monogram Early Career Excellence Award (MECEA)! Her work on barley, pea, and Arabidopsis plant sensing genes could potentially increase our growing understanding of how plant roots interact with each other and their environment. Identifying and understanding these genetic functions could potentially improve crop health and productivity. Obviously both Cara Wheeldon and the potential of her research greatly impressed the Monogram and Rank Prize Fund’s. As part of the DTP she has done us proud and we hope to continue to see her and others succeed!
Cara’s Profile: https://www.whiterose-mechanisticbiology-dtp.ac.uk/phdproject/the-role-of-root-exudates-in-density-dependent-growth-responses-in-plants/
Some good news from the DTP! the team Mycrobio funded by the White Rose DTP won the prize for “Best IP strategy” sponsored by Potter Clarkson at the YES20 competition. After a long delay due to COVID the competition finally took place on April 23rd, with the team submitting an IP strategy to use microbiome sequencing to create bespoke skincare products with the aim of restoring and maintaining a healthy skin microbiome.
The team consisted of a group of students comprising all our partner institutions including the Universities of Sheffield, York, and Leeds. This group has been a great example of the benefits of inter cohort participation!
And without further adieu the particpating members were
Great job to all those above and hopefully we can do some more articles on you all again soon!
Dorothy Hawkins is a third year DTP student. She featured on the BBC Look North (Yorkshire) news on 20th April 2020. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dorothy and her colleagues at The University of York have stepped up to the challenge. They are working at top speed to try and better understand the new coronavirus.
Our second year students worked together in cross-institutional teams to develop business ideas, which they presented to a panel of expert innovation and industry ‘Dragons’ at the Fera Training Day. There were moments of sheer brilliance, fun and a little bit of terror when faced with the Dragon’s questions. The Dragons were impressed with the students’ research into the commercial aspects of their business idea and it was difficult to choose a winner but after much discussion the Dragons were able to select the winning and runner-up teams.
Here are the teams receiving their prize from our External Advisory Board member Rose Maciewicz, VP Strategy Respiratory and Inflammation iMed at AstraZeneca:
Philip Kirk, Leeds
Sarah Flannery, Sheffield
Paul Bond, York
Oliver Prosser, Leeds
Matt Chadwick, Leeds
Marcus Holt, Leeds
Jenny Hayes, York
Tom Burns, Sheffield
Oliver Herd, York
Sarah Good, Leeds
The White Rose BBSRC DTP Research Symposium was held at the University of York on 15th Dec 2017 and showcased the work of our third year and final year students. This was organised by a committee of our DTP students, led by York student Lewis White, and was a great success.
We would like to congratulate all the students for their high quality presentations and posters, which were very well received by the symposium delegates. The winners of the presentation and poster competitions were very well deserved and had to fight off stiff competition from their fellow students.
Here are all the winners receiving their prize from our External Advisory Board member Rose Maciewicz, VP Strategy Respiratory and Inflammation iMed at AstraZeneca:
Giovanna Pesante, York
Jordan Talbot, Sheffield
Joseph Ward, Leeds
Caitlin McQueen, York
Emma Stewart, York
The White Rose BBSRC DTP Research Symposium was held at the University of Leeds on 15th Dec 2015 and showcased the work of our final year students.
We would like to congratulate all the students for their high quality 3 min thesis presentations and posters. The winners of the 3MT and poster competitions were very well deserved and had to fight off stiff competition from their fellow students. Here are all the winners receiving their prize from Robert Hardwick, BBSRC:
