DTP student Amber Hafeez has been involved in an ambitious proposal to create a resistance gene “atlas” as a resource for the international wheat community. This work has been outlined in a new review, of which Amber was the lead author. The atlas ...
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The aim of Minorities in STEM is to create a network that can connect, support and showcase the individuals working and studying within Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The Twitter account has a different BAME individuals working or ...
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Rafal Zdrzalek, a DTP student based at the John Innes Centre, has recently published two papers, being co-author in one and first author on another. Raf is a co-author of a review published in JBC: “A molecular roadmap to plant immune system” (doi: ...
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This week the NRPDTP has welcomed our 2020 cohort to the programme. Thirty-seven new students joined us for our online Welcome and Induction where we outlined what the programme involved and described the launch of our redefined training, learning and ...
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The Global Science show is a virtual science festival on Twitter that’s aims to share global science, run by Sam Langford (@scottishscicomm, @GlobalSciShow). DTP student Summer Rosonovski made a video aimed at the general public explaining what DNA ...
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With her supervisor Andy Truman, NRPDTP student Alicia Russell wrote a review article about genome mining tools for RiPP natural products, which has been published in the Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. RiPPs (ribosomally synthesised ...
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UEA holds its Engagement Awards annually (https://www.uea.ac.uk/community-university-engagement/awards), selecting staff and student winners who have effectively communicated UEA/NRP research with the public. Earlier this year, two DTP students were nominated ...
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Each year the NRPDTP hosts a cross-cohort event bringing all NRPDTP students together in the form of the Summer Conference. Sadly, due to the current and ongoing impact of the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Summer Conference had to be cancelled. ...
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The BBSRC has recently published an article in the Food Science and Technology journal outlining the benefits of Professional Internships for PhD Students (PIPS) for both students and host organisations. The article features two former NRPDTP students ...
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Elizabeth Allum, a DTP student based at the University of East Anglia, has recently had a paper published in Frontiers in Pharmacology. “This is my first experience of writing for publication, and I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute ...
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DTP student Daniel Marcu has recently been a co-author on a paper, published in PNAS. Daniel’s contribution to this exciting project was to analyse and use genetic approaches to verify germline depletion of the experimental group studied. “Being in ...
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One of our recent DTP Alumni, Lučka Bibič , from the School of Pharmacy, has been selected as a participant in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany this July. This highly prestigious opportunity is offered to only the 650 most qualified ...
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