Life Sciences » Celebrating success

Excellence in Gender Equality award

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:37:00 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Beatriz Lagunas who has been Highly Commended in the Excellence in Gender Equality awards. The award recognises a member of staff that is making a positive difference within the gender equality agenda around the University.
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Farming and Environment Award

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:42:00 GMT

Professor Rosemary Collier has been Highly Commended by the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists in the first Caroline Drummond Award, Celebrating and Communicating Farming Excellence. Rosemary will be presented with a trophy later in the year.
Find out about the award.

Microbiologist of the Year

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:41:30 GMT

Chelsea Brown, a PhD student in the Fullam Lab, won the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year for her talk entitled 'Modelling Mycobacterial Membranes: Anyone for PIMS?' at the 2023 Annual Microbiology conference. Chelsea presented her research to a panel of judges at the Microbiology Society Showcase on Tuesday 3 October 2023.

Outstanding Achievement

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:40:00 GMT

Chris de Wolf, Senior Technician, received highly commended status in the ��TV Technician Commitment Award for Outstanding Achievement. This celebrates the fantastic work our technical staff do across research, teaching and within our infrastructure, without which ��TV would not operate.
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WIE Fellowship

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:34:15 GMT

Congratulations to Dr Steven Servin, our Cytometry Specialist, who has become a Fellow of the ��TV Institute of Engagement. Find out more.

Brewster Scholarship

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:33:00 GMT

Sophie Jin is the 2022 recipient of the Brewster Scholarship. This is awarded to an SLS PhD student in their second year of research whose work relates to crop improvement. The scholarship is funded by a generous donation in memory of Dr Jim Brewster, a former member of Wellesbourne staff. Find out more.

Interview: Louise Dyson

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:32:00 GMT

Dr Louise Dyson, The Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute, was interviewed by the European Medical Journal about systematic non-adherence to mass drug administration and modelling to support the eradication of neglected tropical diseases
Read the interview (January 2023)

First author paper

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:31:07 GMT

Chelsea Brown, a PhD student with Professor Phill Stansfeld and Dr Liz Fullam, has published a first author paper on tackling Tuberculosis (TB) by modelling mycobacterial membranes. TB rivals covid-19 as the biggest infectious disease killer of humans, claiming millions of lives each year. Now, ground-breaking research from the Universities of ��TV and Toulouse has identified a new method to help tackle this global issue.
Press Release (30 January 2023)

Blog: Research culture from a technical point of view

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Our Research Facility Manager, Dr Sarah Bennett, gives her thoughts on research culture from a technician's perspective.

Read the blog (9 November 2022)

Our Technical Talent

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:04:00 GMT

Over the next few weeks the University of Waewick is showcasing the vital roles our technical staff play in the world-class research and teaching at ��TV.

The latest video features Georgia Lavender, Senior Teaching Lab Technician, from the SLS Teaching Lab.
Watch the video.
Professor Miriam Gifford, Head of the School, takes us through working with technicians in research to the contribution they make across the School.
Watch the video.