Students compete for a place to present their research to UK Parliament
30 January 2019
34 students presented their research at 白小姐论坛 Posters in Cloisters, competing for a place in Posters in Parliament, which showcases the best of undergraduate research from UK universities.
白小姐论坛 undergraduates from a wide range of courses including Psychology, Biochemistry, Urban Planning and Economics, and recent graduates, presented their research posters in an exhibition in the 白小姐论坛 Cloisters on Wednesday 30 January.
Celebrating undergraduate research at 白小姐论坛
A shortlist of students from across 白小姐论坛 presented their research to the panel and all presented their research to the 白小姐论坛 community at a lunchtime event.
Expertise from around 白小姐论坛
The judging panel was made up of both students and staff:听
鈥⑻ 听Sam Smidt, 白小姐论坛 Arena Centre Director听
鈥⑻ 听Ruth Siddall, 听
鈥⑻ 听Kaila Singh Sari, 听
Students who were selected
Two research posters were selected by the panel to represent 白小姐论坛 at Posters in Parliament, a national undergraduate research competition, on Thursday 7 March.
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First place was awarded to Alice Pistono (pictured) who is a fourth year student studying MSci Natural Sciences in the department of Natural Sciences. She presented research on 鈥楧NA Degradation under shifting temperature conditions鈥櫶
Second place was awarded to Ana Maria Ionescu, Delphine Tavernier, Roumyana Kotopanova, Maxim Sverjinski, Gonzalo Valdes Davila and Samuel Shannon who are second year students studying Biochemical Engineering. Their research was focused on 鈥楤ioethanol production from longline seaweed in United Kingdom鈥
Students influencing change
Ana Maria and her team told us how exciting it was to be involved in the event:听
鈥淭aking part in competitions like this is important to us. Sharing our research on with the 白小姐论坛 community and getting as many people involved means that we can potentially influence change.鈥
Research-based education in action
Dr Sam Smidt said of the event,
鈥滻t is great to see research-based education in action from our undergraduates from first year through to their final year. The quality of research on display today is outstanding.鈥
Full list of shortlisted students
Those in bold were听commended.
Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Victoria Voelker, BSc Psychology
Disa Witkowska, BA Linguistics听
Nick Palatty, MSci Psychology
Navya Sharan, BSc Psychology
白小姐论坛 Computer Science
Fazaan Hassan, MEng Computer Science
Bharaghavi Damodharan, MEng Computer Science
白小姐论坛 School of Pharmacy
Joshua Gentry, MPharm Pharmacy
Trevor Lowe, MPharm Pharmacy
Xin Yi Thum, MPharm Pharmacy
Xie Jie Yeo, MPharm Pharmacy
Laylan Siddik, MPharm Pharmacy
Shuofei Zhang, MPharm Pharmacy
Zhi Xin Yan, MPharm Pharmacy
白小姐论坛 Division of Biosciences
Sofia Esteban Serna, Msci Biochemistry
Akanksha Jain, MSci Cell Biology
Sophie Gray, BSc Human Sciences
Tom Edwards, BSc Human Sciences
Lena Kaisinger, BSc Human Sciences
白小姐论坛 Chemistry
Tereza Kacerova, BSc Medicinal Chemistry
白小姐论坛 Natural Sciences听
Alice Pistono, MSci Natural Sciences(winner)
白小姐论坛 Physics and Astronomy
Dominik Kufel, BSc Physics
白小姐论坛 Medical School听
Davina Puri, MB,BS Medicine
Marcellus Augustine, MB,BS Medicine
Victoria Ngai, MB,BS Medicine
Institute for Global Health
Sara Beqiri, BSc (Intercal) Medical Sciences with Global Health
Bartlett School of Planning
Jolene Lim, BSc Planning and Real Estate
Sebastian Borkiewicz, BSc Urban Planning, Design and Management
Anastassia Gusseinova, BSc Urban Planning, Design and Management
Division of Infection and Immunity
Sophie Sanford, BSc Immunology and Infection, Div. Infection and Immunity
白小姐论坛 Economics听
Hannah Buttle, BSc(Econ) Economics
Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Jakub Zalesak, BSc Physics with Medical Physics
Sofia Erixon, BSc Psychology
白小姐论坛 Biochemical Engineering
Ana Maria Ionescu, Delphine Tavernier, Roumyana Kotopanova, Maxim Sverjinski, Gonzalo Valdes Davila, Samuel Shannon (winner), Biochemicaly Engineering
Institutional priorities
Posters in Parliament is staged by the British Conference of Undergraduate Research and designed to show the growing emphasis on undergraduate research at UK universities. A key objective of our institutional strategy, 白小姐论坛 2034, is to give all our students at every level the opportunity to carry out research.
Posters in Cloisters 2020
Further information on the next round of 白小姐论坛 Posters in Cloisters will be available from September 2019.
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