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Alumni

Furaha Asani

PhD: 2013-2017
Department: Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Thushan de Silva (IICD)
Project: Detection of subtle immune defects in individuals at risk of pneumococcal disease.

Additional achievements

Awarded second prize for presenting my research in the ‘Gone in 60 seconds’ competition during the MDH PGR forum 2016.
Awarded Associate Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Feb 2017.
Non-scientific publications
- ‘The PhD student and the stress management unicorn’, ThinkAhead blog, University of Sheffield
- ‘How to improve your CV while on your PhD’, PhD life blog, University of Warwick
  - Voted top article on CVs/Resumes and featured amongst other top articles on ‘Best Industry transition articles of the week for PhDs’ by the Cheeky Scientist website
- ‘Exactly how valuable is a PhD?’ Times Higher Education
- ‘Your mental wellbeing matters: a personal account’ Doctoral times of Sheffield

Public engagement and outreach

Tutored students as part of the Realising Opportunities national scheme (2015-16)
Worked with school children to produce science videos for KrebsFest (Oct 2015)

Helped organise and host the annual Florey PGR symposium 2014-16
Second prize in a Science in Policy competition 2015, held at the University of Sheffield, to write and present a parliamentary briefing note on a scientific topic
Designed and presented a viable biotech business plan to a panel of industry experts as part of the BiotechnologyYes competition (2015)

Public engagement and outreach

Gave a lecture on responsible use of antibiotics as part of LifeFest 2016
Led a lesson to encourage pupils at Meadowhead school (years 7-9) to engage with microbiology through art as part of KrebsFest (Oct 2015)
Demonstrated laboratory techniques as part of ‘Hands on DNA’ to engage sixth form students in molecular genetics and encourage disadvantaged pupils to apply to university (July 2014 – July 2016)
Demonstrated bioscience experiments as part of Science brainwaves Children’s University Live to enthuse primary age children about science (Oct 2013)

Roxanne Lau

PhD: 2013-2017
Department: Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisor: Jon Sayers (IICD) and Patrick Baker (MBB)
Project: The Streptococcal FEN as a potential drug target

Additional achievements

Helped organise and host the annual Florey PGR symposium 2014-16
General Travel Grant Award (Biochemical Society, 2016)
2nd prize at Florey Institute PGR Symposium for poster competition (2016)
International Travel Grant Award for Poster Prize (University of Sheffield, 2016)
Poster Prize winner at Kroto Research Inspiration Awards Ceremony (University of Sheffield, 2015)
Poster Prize winner at Infection and Immunity departmental research day (University of Sheffield, 2015)
Best Poster Prize at Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Researcher Showcase (University of Sheffield, 2014)
People's Choice Award for Poster at Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Researcher Showcase (University of Sheffield, 2014)

Public Engagement and Outreach

Science communicator at Festival of the Mind 2014 (University of Sheffield)
Worked with school children to produce science videos for KrebsFest (Oct 2015)
Science communicator at Discovery Night 2016 (University of Sheffield)

Chloe Marshall

PhD: 2013-2017
Department: Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Colin Bingle (IICD), Lynne Bingle (DEN)
Project: Interactions of airway glycoproteins with Staphylococcus aureus in the respiratory epithelium

Additional achievements

Helped organise and host the annual Florey PGR symposium 2014-16

Public engagement and outreach

School Project Science Tutor and scientific advisor for KrebsFest 2015.
Designed and organised AMR and infectious disease focused pub quizes as part of LifeFest 2016.

Dingyi (April) Yang

PhD: 2013-2017
Department: Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Lynne Prince (IICD), Simon Foster (MBB)
Project: Identifying novel immune modulating factors in a genome-wide S. aureus screen in primary human neutrophils

Additional achievements

Helped organise and host the annual Florey PGR symposium 2014-16
Shortlisted for ‘Mentee of the Year Award’ from eMentor program, University of Sheffield

Public engagement and outreach

Helped run activities at the MRC Festival of Medical Research, 2016 to show how the latest medical research at the University of Sheffield is improving people's lives.

Alumni

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