UCL Doctoral School Research Poster Competition 2015/16

On 1st and 2nd March, we ran a Research Poster Competition which offered graduate students an opportunity to meet, advertise and discuss the innovative research they are undertaking, thereby providing them with an opportunity to raise the profile of their research.

The exhibition attracted interest among academics and other graduate students. Entries were displayed in the North & South Cloisters.

Overall 225 students registered for this year's Research Poster Competition (Arts & Humanities, Institute of Education, Laws, Social & Historical Sciences – 24; Built Environment, Engineering Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences – 89; Brain Sciences & Life Sciences – 46, and Medical Sciences & Population Health Sciences – 66).

Thanks to all the students who entered.

WINNERS 2016

Arts & Humanities, Institute of Education, Laws, Social & Historical Sciences

First Prize (£400)

Ms Leni Dothan, Slade School of Fine Art
"Secular Icons"

Runners-up (£100)

Miss Joyce Datiles, Dept of Greek and Latin
"Occupying the Space of Heroes: The Use of Landscape, Monument and Object to Authenticate History in Epic Cinema"

Miss Katarina Holland, Dept of Anthropology
"Sniffing out Cancer with Man's Best Friend"

Built Environment, Engineering Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences

First Prize (£400)

Mr Sebastian Seriani, Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering
"Pedestrian level of interaction in the boarding and alighting at metro stations"

Runners-up (£100 each)

Miss Lucy Collins, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
"Introducing Radical Technology to Highly Complex Products"

Miss Anita Karsa, Dept of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering
"Optimising MRI Acquisition for Clinically Applicable Magnetic Susceptibility Mapping"

Mr Yao Lu, Dept of Chemistry
"Designing Robust Self-cleaning Surfaces"

Miss Sian Smith, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science
"3D-Imaging of Sharp-Force Skeletal Trauma"

Brain Sciences & Life Sciences

First Prize (£400)

Miss Heledd Davies, Division of Biomedicine
"Host-Cell Targeting by the Malaria Parasite: the Role of Highly-Charged and Repetitive Protein Sequences""

Runners-up (£100 each)

Miss Hongorzul Davaapil, Institute of Ophthalmology
"Proteoglycan PRELP and Blood Brain Barrier Maintenance"

Miss Xiao Xiao Han, Division of Biosciences
"Advanced Preclinical Imaging of Cardiac Fibrosis"

Dr Senthil Selvam, Institute of Ophthalmology
"Can systemic inflammation prevent ischaemic retinopathy?""

Medical Sciences & Population Health Sciences

First Prize (£400)

Dr Yvonne Majani, Institute of Child Health
"Harnessing cross reactivity of cytomegalovirus reactive gamma delta T cells in paediatric cancer"

Runners-up (£100 each)

Dr Joanne Beckmann, Institute for Women's Health
"Long-term Health of Babies born Extremely Preterm: Blood Pressure and Other Outcomes')"

Mr Lu Gram, Institute for Global Health
"What Works for Women's Empowerment? Impact Evaluation of Community Based Nutritional Interventions in Nepal"

Miss Cristina Tommasi, Institute of Child Health
"How does Varicella Zoster Virus replicate and propagate in skin? A novel pathway"

2016 Research Poster Competition Winners

JUDGES

The Doctoral School would like to thank the following who acted as judges:

Arts & Humanities, Institute of Education, Laws, Social & Historical Sciences

– Prof Alison Diduck, Dept of Laws (Chair)
– Dr Alan Ingram, Dept of Geography
– Dr Richard Freeman, Institute of Education

Built Environment, Engineering Sciences,
Mathematical & Physical Sciences

– Prof Tom Fearn, Dept of Statistical Science (Chair)
– Dr Chiara Ambrosio, Dept of Science & Technology Studies
– Prof David Bogle, Pro-Vice-Provost (Doctoral School)
– Dr Peter Doel, Dept of Physics and Astronomy
– Dr Barbara Penner, Bartlett School of Architecture

Brain Sciences & Life Sciences

– Prof Kaila Srai, Dept of Structural & Molecular Biology (Chair)
– Dr Jenny Crinion, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
– Prof Pasco Fearon, Dept of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology
– Prof Kirsten Harvey, School of Pharmacy
– Dr Leun Otten, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Medical Sciences & Population Health Sciences

– Dr Vivek Mudera, Surgery & Interventional Sciences (Chair)
– Dr Annie Britton, Epidemiology and Health Care
– Dr Julie Olszewski, Cancer Institute
– Dr Sioban Sen Gupta, Institute of Women's Health
– Dr Andy Stoker, Neural Development Unit, Institute of Child Health

Our competition pages contains details of the entrants. Should you wish your details to be removed, please contact docschoolweb@ucl.ac.uk.