Lukasz Sitko, an Earlham Institute based student recently returned from NASA Ames Research Centre where his 12-week internship focused on understanding the role of amyloids and ribozymes in the earliest forms of life. NASA’s Ames Research Center is ...
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Jonathan Ashworth, a third-year student based at the Earlham Institute in Dr Jose De Vega’s group completed his PIPS with Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, a museum of rural life and former workhouse in the Norfolk village of Gressenhall. Gressenhall ...
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Advait Aithal, a third year PhD UEA Chemistry student completed his PIPS with Bactobio Ltd, a biotechnology company that uses synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to culture the 99% of microbes which have previously been ...
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Jenna Conway, a UEA Pharmacy School student researching inhibiting bacterial cell division by controlling the essential FtsZ/SepH protein-protein interaction, completed her PIPS examining Motherhood within STEM. She wanted to create a space for mothers ...
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Harry Steward, a second-year student based at UEA completed his placement with CyanoCapture working on a project engineering fast-growing cyanobacteria for CO₂ fixation and expression of high value compounds. His duties and responsibilities included ...
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Shahrzad Moradi Fard, a UEA PhD student completed her PIPS at Revvity Discovery Ltd as she wanted experience outside of academia as she starts to explore options in industry post PhD. Revvity Discovery is a developer and provider of end-to-end solutions ...
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Stephanie Ong, a third-year PhD student based at the Quadram Institute Bioscience in Arjan Narbad’s group researching the potential of bacteriocin producers as modulators of the human gut microbiome completed her placement at the iconic Natural History ...
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Antonia Otte, a third-year student based at UEA completed her placement in April 2025 with Ebony Forest, a not-for-profit organisation protecting the endangered flora and fauna of Mauritius with a rehabilitated endemic forest. With her placement, Antonia ...
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Marianthi Firoglani Moschi, a second-year student at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB) returned from her professional internship and placement (PIPS) with Pwani University, a public university in the Kilifi County in the coastal county region of ...
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Alia Alwedyan, a third-year PhD student investigating the molecular structuring of foods to feed the gut microbiome in Dr Fred Warren’s group at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), recently completed her CASE (collaborative awards in science and ...
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Sam Mellor, a third year PhD student in Professor Alison Mather’s group studying bacterial genomics and antimicrobial resistance genes on retail foods and recently completed his placement at the Food Standards Agency, where he worked on uncovering the ...
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Finn Wostear, a student based at UEA, wanted to use his placement to explore opportunities in the science support sector. He also wanted to gain experience working at an organisation fully removed from the laboratory setting. He discovered the ‘Grants ...
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