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Stark Group student wins competition to name the new Singer microscope
Friday, 3 February, 2012 - 16:30Rachael Di Santo, a student in the Stark Group, has won the Singer Instruments competition to name their new tetrad dissection microscope. Not only has the microscope been endowed with Rachel’s suggested name, the Stark Group also received a free microscope worth £6,000. Rachael was filmed in the Stark laboratory receiving the news of her win and the new microscope.
She said, ‘It was a complete surprise! I’m so pleased my entry won. The new microscope looks amazing and I’m looking forward to using it as soon as possible.’
Mike Stark said ‘I’m delighted that Rachael has shown the creativity and imagination to come up with a...
Tomo Tanaka awarded Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship
Tuesday, 24 January, 2012 - 09:55Professor Tomo Tanaka has been awarded a highly prestigious Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship, for research into "Molecular mechanisms regulating the kinetochore-microtubule interaction in mitosis”.
The Wellcome Trust considers these to be most prestigious of their personal awards, providing long-term support for researchers of international standing. All Wellcome Principal Research...
BBSRC highlights Peptracker technology as significant Research Impact
Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 - 11:10The BBSRC has identified Peptracker as one of the technologies having a significant impact on software development and proteomics research potential. In a recent BBSRC News Feature they presented the adaptation and development of Microsoft Business software to analyse proteomics data by the Lamond Lab as an example of...