News
March 2024 – Dr Hobbs
Congratulations Dr Emma! Photo taken during the celebrations with co-supervisor Leighton Pritchard, examiner Chris Creevey, Emma, internal examiner Clarissa, and Tracey.
Group Christmas dinner 2024
Demonstrator awards 2023
Peter received the staff-nominated demonstrator award at the PGR welcome event.
September 2023 – Conferences
Catriona won a poster award at the 89th Harden Conference 2023.
Shannon and Peter attended the Dundee and St Andrews Microbiology Day.
July 2023 – Graduations
Congratulations to Aga and Flora for being awarded their PhD degrees!
Congratulation to our Undergrads:
Master students Ally, Charlotte and Laurence and BSc project students Charlotte and Heather!
May 2023 – PGR conference
Posters presented by Shannon, Yuliia and Jack, speed talk presented by Peter.
Shannon won the PhD students choice award for best presentation (poster).
Group Christmas dinner 2022
July 2022 – Dr Aga
Congratulations Dr Aga!
An eventful PhD (BMS fire, phage, Covid) finishes with a successful viva celebration.
Thanks to the examiners Prof Daniel Ungar and Dr Rafael Guimaraes da Silva.
July 2022 – Dr Flora
Flora passes her PhD viva with flying colours – well done Dr Flora!
Thanks to the examiners Prof Gideon Davies and Dr Uli Schwarz-Linek.
July 2022 – Graduations
The first in-person graduation ceremonies in 3 years:
Congratulations to Eirini and Teresa for being awarded their PhD degrees.
Well done to our Undergrads Peter, Jack and Yuliia!
Group Christmas dinner 2021
Group Christmas dinner 2019
September 2019 – SULSA conference Edinburgh
Aga, Catriona and Flora attended the ‘SULSA Disruptive Technologies in the Life Sciences Conference’ in Edinburgh. Flora was awarded the prize for best poster!
August 2019 – Promotion Success
Congratulations to Tracey who was promoted to Reader, a well-deserved success.
April 2019 – Carbohydrate chemistry award
Biochemistry lecturer Dr Tracey Gloster has won the 2019 Dextra Carbohydrate Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The award, founded in 1970 and sponsored by Dextra Laboratories, is presented to a scientist in the early/mid stage of their career for meritorious work in carbohydrate chemistry largely conducted in the UK.
Tracey leads research into the structure, function and mechanism of enzymes that process carbohydrates and is based in the School of Biology. Understanding the function of these highly specific enzymes provides fundamental knowledge in disease processes and for exploitation in biotechnology processes.
Tracey was elected to the Young Academy of Scotland (of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) in 2016, and was awarded a Biochemical Society Early Career Research Award in 2012, as well as a L’Oreal-UNESCO-Royal Society UK & Ireland Fellowship for Women in Science Fellowship in 2013.