Bursary Poster Prize Competition

bioProcessUK received numerous applications from students and researchers for the bursary poster competition. All selected students will present a poster of their research. The bursary will cover expenses of student’s transport and accommodation of up to £150.

The posters will be judged by the sponsoring organisations and four winners will receive a ticket and expenses to attend the prestigious BioIndustry Association Gala Dinner on the 29 January 2009 in central London (www.bioindustry.org).

This year’s bursary poster prize is kindly sponsored by

Invitrogen, Novartis, Avecia and GSK

Bursary students displaying posters at this year’s conference are as follows:

Kia Balali-Mood
Oxford University
Multiscale Molecular Modelling of Membrane/Inhibitor bound Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase: Implications for drug design

Steven Branston
University College London
Characterisation of Filamentous Bacteriophage for their Large Scale Production

Samantha Gooneratne
University of Cambridge
Continuous-Mode Solid-Phase Organic Chemistry Reactor for Manufacture of Radiopharmaceuticals

Sally Hassan
University College London
Considerations for extraction of Monoclonal Antibodies targeted to different Subcellular Compartments in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

Vincent Ho
Cambridge University
Magnetic targeting of mammalian cells for bioengineering application

Wendy Hulse
University of Bradford
Use of Novel Analytical Method to determine Hydrodynamic Radii of Proteins by Taylor Dispersion Analysis and Comparison with Dynamic Light Scattering

Saadia Iftikhar
Imperial College London
An Automated Analysis for determining the effects of changes in Blood Flow Patterns around Rabbits Aortic Branches

Nicolas Ioannidis
University of Birmingham
Manufacture of agarose – based chromatographic adsorbents with controlled pore and particle size

Reza Jalalirad
University of Birmingham
Recovery of ‘difficult-to-release’ periplasmically-directed proteins from the outer envelope of recombinant E. coli

Anna Jawor-Baczynska
University of Strathclyde
Formation of Protein Coated Microcrystals for Drug Delivery

Jing Jin
University College London
Lipid fouling in the purification of virus-like particles (VLPs) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Sandra Kimber
University of Bristol
A Novel Vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Possessing Potential for Cross Strain Protection

Aikaterini Lalatsa
University of London
Carbohydate Nanoparticles for Peptide Delivery to the Central Nervous System

Rosalyn Masterton
University of Kent
The unfolded protein response and recombinant protein production from in vitro cultured mammalian cells

Emma Mead
University of Kent
Determination of Translational and Post-Translational Limitations on Recombinant Antibody Production

Paul Mondragon-Teran
University College London
Impact of Oxygen Tension Control on Neural Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells (ES)

Marcel Reichen
University College London
Microfluidic Platform for Embryonic Stem Cell Bioprocessing

Christopher Sellick
University of Manchester
Effective quenching processes for physiologically valid metabolite profiling of mammalian cells

Sunday Shoyele
University of Bradford
A Comparative Study on the Stability and Aerosol Performance of Spray Dried and Spray Freeze Dried Protein pMDI

Matt Smith
University of Kent
Over-Expression of the Molecular Chaperone CCT, the Cellular Response(s) and Protein Biosynthesis

Emma Stanley
University College London
Bioprocess challenges in the production of bacteriophage

Adam Stonier
University College London
Framework for Assessing the Robustness of Optimal Antibody Purification Configurations to Titre Variances

Zoe Towler
University of Kent
The cellular mechanisms governing volumetric productivity in industrially important Chinese hamster ovary cell lines

Kalliopi Zourna
University of Birmingham
Smarter by design: The next generation of adsorbents for bioprocessing?