Eight candidates from three London research institutes are attending Parliament to present their biosciences research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Tuesday 11 March.
The candidates are:
Kyriaki Anastasiadou, PhD student at the Francis Crick Institute
Magdalena Armas, PhD student at the Francis Crick Institute
Oliver Bower, PhD student at the Francis Crick Institute
Sofia Peressotti, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Imperial College London
Roberto Di Blasi, Research Associate at Imperial College London
Nikita Chander, Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London
Christian Bortolini, Research Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory
Joanna Jager, Research Assistant at City St George’s University of London
Their posters, on topics ranging from cancer therapies to antimicrobial resistance, will be judged against dozens of other scientists’ research in the only national competition of its kind.
The candidates’ posters were shortlisted from several hundred applicants to appear at the event in Parliament.
George Freeman MP, Chair of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, said:
“This annual competition is an important date in the parliamentary calendar because it gives MPs an opportunity to speak to a wide range of the country’s best young researchers.
“These early career engineers, mathematicians, and scientists are the architects of our future and STEM for BRITAIN is politicians’ best opportunity to meet them and understand their work.”
The candidates’ research has been entered into the biosciences session of the competition, which will end in a gold, silver, and bronze prize-giving ceremony.
Judged by leading academics, each winner will receive a cash prize with a medal for the gold recipient.
The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee runs the event in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society, The Nutrition Society, and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, with sponsorship from Clay Mathematics Institute, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Warwick Manufacturing Group, AWE, the Society of Chemical Industry, Institute of Biomedical Science, the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, the Biochemical Society, and the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
