On Monday 19th June we had the PPN Postgraduate Research Away day at Clifton Hill House, with all the students presenting their research at sessions chaired and attended by the students. The talks were excellent and received lots of questions. We had two rooms one loosely themed around Neuroscience and the other Cardiovascular, cell signalling and pharmacology. The best final year talks received the Tocris (a spin out company from PPN) Cup and Tocris Goody bags. Tocris has now been taken over by BioTechne and current employees Frederique Diraison (formerly in Biochemistry, Bristol University) and Antonia Pingree (Pharmacology, Bristol University, Graduate, 2004). Please check their website for graduate entry job opportunities.
Best Neuroscience Final year talk was by Gabbie Portlock
Best Cardiovascular etc Final year talk were joint winners between Kate Burley and Jordan Vautrinot.
The best Second year talk prizes were from the Physiological Society and given by our PPN Rep, Dr Nadia Cerminara
Best Neuroscience Second year talk was by Genevieve Yvon Durocher
Best Cardiovascular, etc room Second year talk was by Justin Trory
The best first year and MRes talks were given out by Prof Hugh Piggins and were contributed to by PPN and Physiological Society.
Best Neuroscience First year talk was by Charlotte Muir
Best Cardiovascular etc First year talk was by Yi Zhe Koh
Best Neuroscience MScR talk was by Lucy Pritchard
Best room 2 MScR year talk was by Isabel Faulkner and Johnny Furness
Everybody enjoyed the beautiful gothic architecture and gardens of Clifton Hill house and the generous refreshments throughout the day. The Student Reps organised an after party in Brandon Hill Park which was also a success.
