Exciting news for our members with artistic and literary talents! The deadlines for the BSCB Image Competition and Science Writing Prize will both be 20th February 2019. Both have generous cash prizes. Image Competition This is open to all of our members. This year, we would like particularly to encourage entries that show cells outside […]
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BSCB Hooke Medal Winner 2019 Announced
For the second medal announcement this week, we are pleased to reveal Prof. Eugenia Piddini from the University of Bristol as the 2019 winner of the BSCB Hooke Medal. Read all about her work here.
BSCB Women In Cell Biology Award Winner 2019 Announced
The BSCB is delighted to announce that the winner of the Women in Cell Biology Medal for 2019 is Dr Pleasantine Mill from the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. You can read more here.
BSCB Involvement in Science Policy
The BSCB has recently made a strategic decision to become more involved in science policy issues that affect our members. We will need your help to ensure that we have a say in the challenges to UK science that loom on the horizon due to Brexit, potential budget cuts and other pressure points. Periodically, we […]
Nominations Invited for the BSCB Hooke and Women in Cell Biology Medals
Each year the British Society for Cell Biology presents two prestigious medals: 1) The Hooke Medal to an outstanding UK cell biologist who has been working as an independent PI for 14 years or less. 2) The BSCB Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal which is an honour awarded to an outstanding female cell biologist who has […]
BCSB Science Writing Prize Winner 2018: Alex Binks
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2018 BSCB Science Writing Prize is Alex Binks, a PhD student at the University of Glasgow. You can Alex’s winning essay about the use of AAV in the fight against childhood blindness, and a little more about him here. The Science Writing Prize is open […]
BSCB Image Competition Winners 2018 Announced
The results of the 2018 image competition were announced at our fantastic “Dynamic Cell III” meeting, held last week in Manchester in partnership with the Biochemical Society. You can see the winning images and read about the winners here. Many thanks to everyone who entered and please consider sending in your best images for next […]
BSCB Writing Prize 2018 Deadline Extended
We have decided to extend the deadline for entries to the BSCB Writing Prize until 28th February 2018. Details of the competition are here and the full rules and how to enter are here.
BSCB Image Competition and Writing Prize: Deadline 14th February.
The deadline for our two annual competitions will be 14th February 2018. We have an image competition, open to all members, and a Science Writing Prize open to PhD student and post-doc members only. Both have cash prizes, together with the opportunity to have your images or writing feature here on the BSCB website and […]
Winner of the BSCB Women in Cell Biology Medal 2018 Announced
The BSCB is delighted to announce that the winner of the Women in Cell Biology Medal for 2018 is Dr Meritxell Huch from the Gurdon Institute, Cambridge. You can read more here.