海角直播

海角直播 scientist takes her research to Parliament

A PhD student from 海角直播 is set to attend Parliament to present her research to a range of politicians and expert judges.

Chibuzo Iheyinwa Uzoigwe, who is supervised by Dr Pattanathu Rahman, Dr Chris Ennis and Professor Grant Burgess, is a finalist in SET for Britain, a national poster competition in the House of Commons involving hundreds of early career researchers. On Monday 17 March she will present her research, which examines the development of biological molecules from safe strains of bacteria for use in a wide range of industries such as cosmetics, household cleaning products and health care.

Chibuzo, 35, originally from Nigeria, has been shortlisted in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences category of the competition, which will end in a gold, silver and bronze prize-giving ceremony, with 拢3,000 presented to the winner.

She said: 'I applied to SET for Britain because I saw it as a balanced platform to inform a host of researchers and Members of Parliament, who are decision makers on the progress of science and technology in the UK, on the current evolution from the world of microorganisms.

'It is fantastic to be shortlisted and will be a great honour to present my work to a wide range of influential people in such a prestigious setting.'

SET for Britain was first launched in 1997 and is the only national competition of its kind.

Andrew Miller MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, said: 'This annual competition is an important date in the parliamentary calendar because it gives MPs an opportunity to speak to a wide range of the country鈥檚 best young researchers.

'These early career engineers, mathematicians and scientists are the architects of our future and SET for Britain is a politician鈥檚 best opportunity to meet them and understand their work.'

The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee run the SET for Britain in collaboration with the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, the Institute of Physics, The Physiological Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Society of Biology and the Society of Chemical Industry, with financial support from BP, the Clay Mathematics Institute, Essar, INEOS, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Germains Seed Technology, Boeing, the Bank of England and the Institute of Biomedical Science.

---