On Monday 1 June, PhD students gathered on the 12th floor of the Michael Uren Building at the White City campus for this year’s PhD Showcase – a day built around sciences, posters, presentations and friendly competition.
Formerly known as Rising Scientist Day, the Showcase moved to its new home on the 12th floor in direct response to student feedback, and the change paid off: the venue gave the day a bright, open setting for students to share their work and connect with one another. Lunch, sponsored by Bio-Rad, kept everyone fuelled through a packed programme.
The morning belonged to the poster competition, where students presented research spanning Brain Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Disease and beyond. In the afternoon, attention turned to the three-minute thesis competition – a test of how clearly and compellingly a researcher can distil years of work into just 180 seconds.
A general knowledge quiz dropped in mid-afternoon to give everyone a breather and an excuse to mingle, before prizes were awarded for the best posters and the strongest three-minute thesis presentations. The day closed with a networking reception.
Hearing from alumni
One of the highlights was the alumni slot, where former PhD students returned to talk candidly about their own PhD journeys and the careers that followed. We were delighted to welcome Nicola Davis (Brain Sciences) and Nan Fletcher-Lloyd (Brain Sciences), alongside Carmen Ramirez Moncayo (MDR/Clinical Sciences), who shared honest reflections on life during and after the PhD.
And the winners are…
First poster session
- Niamh Wilkinson – MDR
- Riona Pye – Infectious Disease
- Alexander Bracanovic – MDR
- Qizhen Jia – Immunology and Inflammation
- Chloe Angwin – MDR
- Hanh Duyen Tran – MDR
Second poster session
- Geoffrey Leung – Immunology and Inflammation
- Patrick Kleine – Brain Sciences
- Josephine Luetke Boerding – Immunology and Inflammation
- Ishani Shah – Infectious Disease
- Jessica Thomas – MDR
- Asha Marshall – Infectious Disease
- Linda Wong – MDR
