This year’s writing competition winner is Girisaran Gangatharan, a PhD student at Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France. Many congratulations. Girisaran’s winning entry “Heart Disease: Fishing for a Cure” will be available to read on the BSCB website soon.
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BSCB Science Writing Prize winner 2016 announced
BSCB Image Competition 2016 Winners Announced
The winners of the 2016 imaging competition were announced yesterday at the BSCB/BSDB joint Spring meeting in Warwick. They are: 1st Prize of £200: Anna Franz, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol. 2nd Prize of £100: Ronan Mellin, MRC Human Genetic Unit, Edinburgh. 3rd Prize of £50: Helen Weavers, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol. […]
BSCB Image Competiton: Deadline 29th February 2016
The deadline for this year’s imaging competition will be 29th February (not a misprint: it’s a leap year!). You’ll find details about the competition, previous winners and the prizes up for grabs here.
REMINDER: BSCB members discount for the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology in Prague, July 2016
BSCB members have been offered a €50 discount on registration fees for the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology (ICCB) , which will take place from 21-25 of July, 2016 at the Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic. More details available at http://iccb2016.org or download the pdf here.
BSCB Science Writing Prize: Deadline Feb 14th 2016
The deadline for this year’s BSCB Science Writing Prize will be 14th February 2016. Hopefully easy to remember! For more details and your chance at a £500 prize, click here.
The BSCB has joined the Royal Society of Biology
The BSCB now has full organisational membership of the Royal Society of Biology. This entitles all BSCB members to half price membership of the RSB for the first two years.
WICB Medal Winner 2016: Lidia Vasilieva
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2016 Women in Cell Biology Medal is Lidia Vasilieva. Many congratulations. Dr Vasilieva is based at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford and will deliver her medal lecture at the BSCB/BSDB joint spring meeting.
Hooke Medal Winner 2016
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2016 Hooke Medal is Thomas Surrey. Many congratulations. Prof. Surrey is based at the Francis Crick Institute and will deliver his medal lecture at the BSCB/BSDB joint spring meeting.
The BSCB supports “Science Is Vital”. Please consider doing the same.
Science is Vital is a well-respected grassroots organisation composed of scientists and supporters of science and research in the UK. Formed in 2010 as a response to the previous government’s proposed cuts to science, the group remains a key advocate for increasing investment in science. THEIR MESSAGE: Funding for science and engineering in the UK […]
BSCB members discount for the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology in Prague, July 2016
BSCB members have been offered a €50 discount on registration fees for the 12th International Congress of Cell Biology (ICCB) , which will take place from 21-25 of July, 2016 at the Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic. More details available at http://iccb2016.org or download the pdf here. posted 02/10/15