STEM

FOR BRITAIN

Exhibition of Posters by early-career research scientists, engineers and mathematicians.

2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 WINNERS!

BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Gold and Silver Sponsor: Institute of Biomedical Science
Bronze Sponsor: Biochemical Society
The Nutrition Society Prize
The Physiological Society Prize

B7 – Kyle Greenland

Imperial College London
OVERCOMING THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE: REMODELLING THE PROSTATE CANCER MICROENVIRONMENT USING LIPOSOMAL NANOMEDICINES
Andy Slaughter /

B4 – Karina de Almeida Lins

University of Nottingham
IMPROVING SURVIVAL IN PREMATURE INFANTS: DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-BIOFILM FEEDING TUBES
Lilian Greenwood / Nadia Whittome

B13 – Natalie Jenkins

University of Glasgow
UNDERSTANDING LONG-TERM BRAIN HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: POORER COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN VISUOSPATIAL TASKS IN MID-LIFE.
Chris Stephens / Carol Monaghan

Nutrition Society Award

B5 – Helena Fisk

University of Southampton
PROFILING THE INFLAMMATORY STATUS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND EVALUATING ACTIONS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS IN HUMAN OBESITY
Alan Whitehead / Penny Mordaunt

Physiological Society Award

B19 – Grace Meaker

University of Oxford
STICKY STEM CELLS: HOW PVA PROMOTES BLOOD STEM CELL PRODUCTION
Anneliese Dodds / Anneliese Dodds

CHEMISTRY

Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee

C38 – Maciej Walerowski

University of Southampton
DESIGNING CASCADE NANOREACTORS FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CO2 TO SUSTAINABLE MARINE FUELS
Alan Whitehead / Royston Smith

C40 – Zhen Wang

University of Cambridge
SUSTAINABLE PHOTONIC MATERIALS FROM BRUSH BLOCK COPOLYMERS
Daniel Zeichner / Daniel Zeichner

C28 – Rachel Kilbride

University of Sheffield
CONTROLLING NANOPARTICLE DISPERSION IN NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS FOR ENHANCED SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING
Paul Blomfield / Paul Blomfield

ENGINEERING

Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsor: Warwick Manufacturing Group

E56 – Anna Weatherburn

Durham University
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM NATURE: A NOVEL MATERIAL FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES
Mary Kelly Foy / Rishi Sunak

E47 – Ross Millar

University of Glasgow
QUANTUM VISION FOR VEHICLES: DETECTORS FOR 3D IMAGING THROUGH OBSCURANTS
Patrick Grady / Patrick Grady

E33 – Yasmine Baghdadi

Imperial College London
ARTIFICIAL LEAF FOR CARBON DIOXDIE CONVERSION USING SUNLIGHT
Nickie Aiken / Marsha de Cordova

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Gold Sponsor: Clay Mathematics Institute
Silver Sponsor: Heilbronn Mathematics Institute for Research
Bronze Sponsor: Isaac Newton Institute

M49 – Daniel Gardham

University of Surrey
PASSWORDLESS AUTHENTICATION IN A QUANTUM FUTURE
Angela Richardson / Ed Davey

M42 – Katherine Benjamin

University of Oxford
MULTISCALE TOPOLOGY CLASSIFIES AND QUANTIFIES CELL TYPES IN SUBCELLULAR SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS
Layla Moran / Anneliese Dodds

M48 – Francisco de Melo Virissimo

London School of Economics and Political Science
IMPROVING CLIMATE PREDICTION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT WITH MATHEMATICS
Daniel Zeichner / Cambridge

PHYSICS

Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsor – AWE

P18 – Cristina Ruiz Villena

National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester
DIGITAL TWINS FOR DECISION SUPPORT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: A NEW WAY TO COMBINE MODELS WITH SATELLITE DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING
Liz Kendall / Liz Kendall

P2 – David Bajek

University of Dundee
DETECTION OF SKIN CANCERS: LOWERING THE COST, SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS USING NOVEL DIODE LASERS
Chris Law / Pete Wishart

P1 – Sama Al-Shammari

Cardiff University
REVOLUTIONISING GRAVITATIONAL WAVE ANALYSIS: RAPID AND ROBUST INFERENCE WITH SIMULATION-BASED METHODS
Jo Stevens / Stephen Doughty

DYSON SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

1st

E37 – Sawsan El Zahr

University of Oxford
EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF CARBON-AWARE ROUTING
Layla Moran / Layla Moran

2nd

C25 – Daniel Commandeur

University of Cambridge
EFFECT OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATED IN CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
Lucy Frazer / Lucy Frazer

3rd

E49 – Zamaan Mukadam

Imperial College London
ELECTROVALORISATION OF WASTE BIOMASS: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF A RENEWABLE MONOMER WITH CO-PRODUCED GREEN H2
Andy Slaughter / Stella Creasy