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This was the first EPSRC Life Science Interface (LSI) Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) student conference, held at , 24^th-25^th July 2006.

The theme of the conference was clear communication of scientific ideas. You may also like to see the .

The conference was organised by PhD students and Stephen Mayhew from , and and from .

Punting on the River Cherwell

For those conference delegates that arrived early enough:

Communicating Science With Impact

After a delayed start due to train delays affecting many of the students, UCL's Steve Millar chaired a session including a group session on how to write a science newspaper article about our own research.

Scientific Speed Dating

The students were not paired off for romance, but to practice giving a two minute "elevator sales pitch" about their research to another scientist.

Conference Dinner

The evening's entertainment was held in a large marquee, followed by a talk on flocking and other animal group behaviour by keynote speaker and a Pub Quiz.

Student Talks

During the morning one student from each of the six DTC's gave a talk about their research (). A prize for the best talk was awarded to MOAC's Adair Richards, awarded by Dr. Gavin Salisbury of the EPSRC:

Science Careers - What Next?

For the afternoon session, we had talks from a range of former PhD students in a session chaired by Dr. Sheema Sharma of .

• Postdoctoral Research: Dr. Gil Bub,
• Science Communication: Melanie Smallman,
• Management Consultancy: Dr. Justain Bracken,
• MOD Research: Dr. Sadie Creese, (originally part of the UK Ministry of Defence)
• Industrial Research: Dr. Jérôme Declerck,

 

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