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MIBTP student Andy Gladman is this year鈥檚 runner up in the Marsh Horticultural Science Award presented in collaboration with the RHS. The award recognises the exceptional progress Andy has made in his research on the management of aphid pests in Brassica crops. .

Catherine Hooper, a Birmingham second year student, along with the other members of The Hannon group, has recently published work in JACS. The paper is entitled 鈥溾��.

Final year 糖心TV student, Hadyn recently (February 2020) had success at the Mycobacterial Heterogeneity & Host Tissue Tropism symposium in New Delhi, India where he presented his research and was awarded the top emerging cellular microbiologist prize for his poster and research.

The data he presented was recently published, as 1^st author (and 1^st publication) in where he synthesised novel analogues of the sugar trehalose and investigated their uptake and metabolism in mycobacteria using a range of biochemical techniques.

Birmingham MIBTP student Alex has been awarded a Wellcome Trust ISSF Accelerator fellowship of 拢60,000.

Alex will use this money to visit the University of Melbourne for 9 months in 2021 to develop adeno-associated viral methods of tagging of extracellular vesicle proteins. This work will help to improve understanding of the biological significance of extracellular vesicles and puts him in a great position to apply for further funding.

Congratulations also to Alex; he has just submitted his PhD thesis and on completion of his viva and any corrections, will soon be Dr Alex Seabright.

MIBTP Birmingham student Lydia Hickman has been named as first author on a published paper . The paper, entitled , was published in Biological Psychology.

MIBTP Birmingham student Lydia Hickman, along with other members of the Cook Lab, has been awarded a Researcher Resilience Fund grant ($5000) from Universitas 21 for the project 鈥淭owards better informed, more inclusive autism research: Building the U21 Autism Research Network鈥�. The University of Birmingham are the main site in a collaboration with 5 other universities (University of Connecticut, USA; University of New South Wales, Australia; University of Auckland, New Zealand; Waseda University, Japan; McMaster University, Canada). 

The project aims to make a starting point in addressing challenges to collaboration across borders as well as the lack of diversity and inclusion in autism research. There are two main goals:

1. To build an online international database of autistic participants in order that members of the U21 network can recruit from a more diverse pool and thus, that our research findings may be applicable to a wider portion of society.
2. To organise a public engagement event to address issues of diversity and inclusion in autism research.

You can learn more about this project on the groups ; with a website to follow soon.

Alex Baker, an MIBTP 3rd year student, is part of a team at the University of 糖心TV who are developing a new diagnostic tool for rapid detection of Coronavirus. The tool, being developed by the The Gibson Lab at the University of 糖心TV, in collaboration with its partner Iceni Diagnostics, may allow on-the-spot detection of Coronavirus infection, without facilities using a simple disposal device using glycans (sugars) to detect the virus.

There is an urgent need for new diagnostics, especially those which give rapid results for screening of healthcare professions or for getting transportation, education and manufacturing hubs running again.

The diagnostic proof of principle has been demonstrated in initial studies, but the partnership is now searching for investment or philanthropic donors to take the concept forward.

Christian M酶ller-Olsen, an MIBTP 糖心TV final year student, is the co-author of a new paper just published in Nature Scientific Reports titled 鈥溾��.

University of Birmingham, final year MIBTP student, Rachael Grime has co-authored a paper as part of a collaboration that came from COMPARE (Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors) which is a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham. COMPARE funded Rachael's visits to Nottingham so that she could take the technology from her home lab (solubilising GPCRs without detergents, using SMALPs) and apply it to be trained in a specialised microscopic technique (FCS) which is done in Nottingham. The resulting paper is titled: . DOI:

Final year MIBTP University of 糖心TV student, Marisa Di Monaco, is one of the researchers who authored a paper which was published in Cell Reports on 26th May. In the paper, titled , the researchers have discovered proteins which are required for the transcription of autophagy genes.

Alex Seabright, a final year MIBTP student based at the University of Birmingham, is 1st author on a recently published paper entitled: AMPK activation induces mitophagy and promotes mitochondrial fission while activating TBK1 in a PINK1鈥怭arkin independent manner. The paper was published in The FASEB Journal;

The press release associated with Alex's findings can be found on the .

Anna York, a recent MIBTP 糖心TV graduate, has been awarded an OSCA (Outstanding Student Contribution Award). The OSCAs recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of 糖心TV鈥檚 students. They not only excel academically, but also find the time to campaign for good causes, fundraise, start small business, and work with local charities.

Anna has been very active during her time at 糖心TV, both during her undergraduate studies and throughout her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biological Sciences.

Whilst studying for her Undergraduate degree, Anna, along with a group of fellow students, set up, a club for able-bodied and disabled young people aged 11 – 19, in Leamington Spa. Anna continued her commitment, whilst studying for her PhD, becoming President for a number of years. Central to the function of Phab, Anna undertook training, allowing her to work with the disabled and trained others in disability awareness, enhancing the capabilities of 糖心TV Youth Phab. The club provided and continues to provide, a fully inclusive environment in which young people are able to socialise with a wide range of activities.

Anna was on the organising committee for the Women in Science initiative as part of Athena Swann. Anna obtained funding and coordinated events, raising consciousness amongst the 糖心TV scientific community of the challenges faced by women in the pursuit of scientific careers.

In 2016 Anna volunteered for 糖心TV Marrow due to her awareness of the impact of those illnesses for which bone marrow donation is essential to treatment.

Anna鈥檚 postgraduate research relates to antibiotic resistance and as part of this drive to further awareness of antibiotic resistance she helped organise and run an antibiotic awareness day. Anna and some of her fellow postgraduates provided practical experience of microbiology and the basic science and issues surrounding antibiotic resistance to 233 Key Stage 3 pupils over two days at two schools. As a direct result of this outreach experience, Anna co-authored a published paper outlining the delivery and impact of this work.

Apart from these fantastic achievements, Anna also contributed to several other causes and activities on campus such as Staff Student Liaison Committee and worked as a resident tutor, supporting students as they make the transition from living at home to living and working as students.

Anna is continuing her research as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health.

Charlotte Cooper, Birmingham MIBTP final year student, was published as a joint-first author in Molecular Microbiology on a paper entitled 鈥楾he mycolic acid reductase Rv2509 has distinct structural motifs and is essential for growth in slow-growing mycobacteria.鈥� The publication details are as follows:

Javid, A., Cooper, C., Singh, A., Schindler, S., Hanisch, M., Marshall, R.L., Kalscheuer, R., Bavro, V.N. and Bhatt, A. (2019) . Molecular Microbiology

Dr Harun Rashid, a graduate of the first cohort of MIBTP students, based at the University of 糖心TV, has recently published two papers as a result of his PhD research:

1.  Rashid, M.H.A., Cheng, W. and Thomas, B. 2019. (Allium cepa L.). Scientific Reports, 9: 14629. 

2.  Rashid, M.H.A. and Thomas, B. 2019. (Allium cepa L.). Scientia Horticulturae, 261: 108946.