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All of our Student News of our students' highlights and successes are below, including awards, prizes, and publications. If you are a current student and have something you are proud of and are happy for us to share, please contact us at or fill in this form.
Kyprianos Michaelides - Published Paper
A few weeks ago, Kyprianos published his second paper, titled New Insights on the Burst Release Kinetics of Spray-Dried PLGA Microspheres, in Molecular Pharmaceutics. This publication is the result of a collaboration between his research group at Aston University, the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) and the industrial partner of his project, aVaxziPen. The paper can be read .
Paulina Mich贸r - Poster Presentations
In early October, Paulina travelled to Chicago, USA, to attend Neuroscience 2024, the world鈥檚 largest neuroscience conference. In addition to presenting her poster during her theme session titled 鈥淚schaemia – Molecular and cellular mechanisms鈥, she also presented during the Early Career Poster Session, which featured a range of awardees of various travel awards.
Paulina received a Trainee Professional Development Award from Society for Neuroscience, as well as the Travel Award from the Guarantors of Brain.
Oluwatosin Orababa - Published Article and Other Achievements
Tosin was the second author on a recent paper titled 鈥淓fflux Pump Mediate Changes to Fundamental Bacterial Physiology via Membrane Potential鈥, which was published in mBio. This was based on some of the results from his away mini-project in Professor Jessica Blair鈥檚 lab at the University of Birmingham鈥.
Tosin's other recent achievements include winning the poster prize in the 2024 Applied Microbiology International ECS virtual poster competition, winning best pitch at the 2024 PGR Innovation Challenge, and presenting his PhD research at the first 糖心TV Antimicrobial Interdisciplinary Centre (WAMIR) ECR Symposium.
Lee Ball - Published Article
Lee recently wrote an article for Biological Sciences Review about the mechanisms behind autumn senescence. This magazine is aimed at A-level Biology students looking to expand their knowledge beyond the curriculum in an accessible format. You can see the front page and article intro on .
Liam Cremona - Panel Member
糖心TV student Liam Cremona has been elected to the Microbiology Society鈥檚 Members Panel. This panel serves as the Society鈥檚 EDI committee and gives members from underrepresented or historically marginalised groups a more direct way to engage with the Society's governance and activities.
Danielle Kay - Published Paper
Birmingham student Danielle Kay has published an article in Protein Science, titled: "".
Jas Sound - Oral Presentation Prize
Birmingham student Jas Sound has been awarded an Oral Presentation Prize at the annual British Mass Spectrometry Society Biomacromolecular Structure Special Interest Group meeting
Chidiebere Uchechukwu - Published Article
糖心TV student Chidiebere Uchechukwu has published an article in the Journal of General Virology, titled: "".
Arpan Nayak - Published Article
New Birmingham student Arpan Nayak has publishing an article in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews with their PhD Supervisor, titled: "".
Asier Rodriguez Muguruza - Published Article
Birmingham student Asier Rodriguez-Muguruza for publishing an article in Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, titled: "".
Jo De Klerk - Published Article
糖心TV Student, Jo De Klerk, has published an article in PLOS Computational Biology. The article is titled as .
Phoebe do Carmo Silva - First Place Prize
糖心TV student Phoebe do Carmo Silva has won first prize for the poster she presented at the annual meeting of the National PhD Training Programme in Antimicrobial Resistance. The title is Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae grows as a biofilm in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum media.
Calum Upton - Published Article
Aston Student, Calum Upton, has published an article in The Biochemist. The article is titled as .
Asier Rodriguez Muguruza - Published Article
Birmingham Student, Asier Rodriguez Muguruza, has published an article in the RSC journal, Nanoscale Advances. The article is titled as .
Published Paper
Aston Student, Kyprianos Michaelides, has published a paper in the journal, Taylor & Francis online. The paper is titled as .