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Honours for five early career biological scientists

Published: 5 January 2016
Dr Simon Lane receives his prize
Dr Simon Lane receives his prize

Five talented and motivated early career researchers and teaching fellows from Biological Sciences have been recognised for their achievements in Citizenship, Education, Enterprise, Public Engagement and Research across the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences. In all, 13 individuals received Dean’s Prizes at the final University event hosted by outgoing Dean Professor Steve Hawkins.

“The standard of nominees was remarkably high this year across all the disciplines and I’m delighted to present prizes to the winners at my last official function as Dean,” says Professor Hawkins. “I am sure these early career researchers and teaching fellows will become tomorrow’s leading natural and environmental scientists.”

Joanne Bailey was one of the winners, nominated for her hard work promoting neuroscience at Southampton and her election as Early Career Representative for the British Neuroscience Association . She has also taken part in outreach activities including a sixth form outreach day.

Fellow prizewinner Dr Judith Lock made a major contribution to the University’s Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Higher Education Review and also co-ordinated the popular MRes in Wildlife Conservation with Marwell Wildlife .

Three students were honoured for their achievements in research. Robert Howlin’s work has led to Southampton becoming one of the first centres to be trial targeted anti-biofilm therapies in humans as part of a drug development programme. Rob Holland was responsible for a paper on the global impacts of energy demand on freshwater resources and has been invited to take part in a policy workshop in Singapore on the subject. Simon Lane received a prize for his high quality research and publication of two papers in Nature Communications.

Chief Scientific Officer at Leica Microsystems Julian Burke addressed the gathering and presented the prizes; he is also a visiting professor at Southampton where he collaborates with Professor Lindy Holden-Dye, A biochemist by training, Julian founded Genpak Ltd, a spin out company from the University of Sussex which was later sold to Genetix.

The Dean’s Prize event is part of the Faculty’s Concordat agreement with Research Councils UK to foster and develop early career researchers and teaching fellows.

The winners!
The winners!

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