STEM for BRITAIN is a major scientific poster competition and exhibition which has been held in Parliament each year since 1997.
Organised by the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee, the competition aims to give members of both Houses of Parliament an insight into the outstanding research work being undertaken by early career researchers in UK universities.
This was the seventh year that the Society has been actively involved in the event. In addition to providing judges for the biological sciences category, the Society has the pleasure of awarding its own Nutrition Prize.
The 2024 winners of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Category were as follows:
- The BRONZE award was given to Natalie Jenkins, University of Glasgow, for her research entitled: Understanding long-term brain health consequences of Intimate partner violence: poorer cognitive performance in visuospatial tasks in mid-life.
- Karina de Almeida Lins, University of Nottingham took home the SILVER Award for her research into IMPROVING SURVIVAL IN PREMATURE INFANTS: DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-BIOFILM FEEDING TUBES
- The GOLD Award was given to Kyle Greenland, Imperial College London for his research into: OVERCOMING THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE: REMODELLING THE PROSTATE CANCER MICROENVIRONMENT USING LIPOSOMAL NANOMEDICINES
- Helena Fisk, University of Southampton took home the Nutrition Society Prize for her research entitled: PROFILING THE INFLAMMATORY STATUS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND EVALUATING ACTIONS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS IN HUMAN OBESITY
To follow the event:
Search @STEM4Brit on Twitter to view the proceedings and visit the website to view more photos and poster presentations from the event.
Applications for the 2025 competition will re-open in September. Applicants are invited to submit research from across five subject categories: Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Physics, Engineering, Mathematical Sciences and Chemistry.
Prizes are awarded for the posters presented in each discipline which best communicated high level science to a lay audience.
