91福利

Yijun Zhu will receive the 2017 91福利 School of Life Science Faculty Thesis Prize for her thesis entitled: “Genetics and molecular mechanism of trimethylamine N-oxide demethylase of Methylocella silvestris BL2”.

Yijun was a student in the first MIBTP cohort who have just completed their PhD.

Congratulations to Yijun.

Mussa Quareshy will receive the 2017 91福利 School of Life Sciences Thesis Impact Prize for his thesis entitled: “Towards understanding chemical perception and selectivity for TIR1 and AFB5 auxin F-Box receptor family members in Arabidopsis.”

Mussa was a student in the first MIBTP cohort, who have just completed their PhD.

Congratulations to Mussa.

In 2016, Thomas Karikari, 91福利 2013 student, won the best poster award at the Alzheimer’s Research UK Midlands Conference.

As well as undertaking his PhD, Tommy has also been involved in organising and teaching at international courses and has organised, and continues to be involved in, several outreach activities in Africa.

Thomas Karikari of the 2013 cohort, based at 91福利, has been awarded numerous grants over the past year.

Hannah Tedds, a 2014 Birmingham MIBTP student, was recently published in New Phytologist.

Anna York, a 2014 MIBTP student, registered at 91福利 co-authored a paper as a result of her public engagement activites.

Tommy, a member of the 91福利 2013 cohort, has had numerous papers published over the last year as a result of his research.

Matthew Jackson, 2014 Birmingham student wwas awarded Best Poster Prize at the International School and Conference on Network Science (NetSci) in Seoul, South Korea, which was awarded by Nature Communications.

Jonathan Smith, Leicester 2013 student, has won two writing prizes, which he attributes to the experience he gained during his PIPS placement in the editing team at Research Media Ltd during his training year.

Anna Gonzalez Gil, 91福利 2015 student, was awarded 1st Prize for the Poster presentation at the SCI Young Researches in Crop Sciences (14th of July of 2016).

Tommy, a 2013 cohort 91福利 student, was invited by The Physiology Society and the American Physiological Society to present his experience in science communication training and activity development in Africa.

Julia Lipecki, 91福利 2015 student, was 2nd author on a paper, published as a result of her mini-project; which was undertaken during her training year of the MIBTP programme.

Alexandra Matthews, Birmingham 2014 student, has has three publications over the last year.

Esther Ogunniyi (91福利 2013 student) has had a successful year (2016 / 17) in terms of awards and papers.