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Undergraduates from across ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº got the chance to showcase their research posters last Tuesday.

While they were judged by a ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº panel, the students spent time explaining their research to fellow students and academics at theÌýPosters in Cloisters competition.

The panel comprised:

• Professor Sam Smidt, Academic Director of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Arena Centre Research-based Education
• Dr Ruth Siddal, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Student Mediator

Celebrating undergraduate researchÌý

Two research posters were selected by the panel to represent ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº at Posters in Parliament, a national undergraduate research competition, in March.Ìý

First place was awarded toÌýLou Herbert, Emma Dulac, Hana Mahmood, Salma Abdirizak, Yasmin Madani-Lavassani (pictured),Ìýthird-year students studying a BSc Intercalated Degree. They presented their research on, 'Nurse migration: the Philippines’’ invisible wound? Analysing the macro to micro consequences of nurse exportation of the Philippines.'Ìý

Second place was awarded to Jun Jie Ong, a third-year student, studying MPharm Pharmacy, who presented his research onÌý'3d printing of opioid medicines with alcohol-resistant and abuse-deterrent properties.'ÌýÌý

Full list of shortlisted students

All students were highly commended for the presentation of their poster and the quality of their research.Ìý

Faculty of Brain Sciences

•ÌýÌý ÌýSilvia Gini, MRes Developmental Neuroscience & Psychopathology
Poster title:ÌýThe relationship between resting heart rate and psychopathic personality traitsÌý

Faculty of the Built EnvironmentÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýHong Bui, BSc Urban Planning and Real Estate
Poster title:ÌýClimate action plan: transforming Naples, ItalyÌý

Faculty of Engineering SciencesÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýRichard Capraru,ÌýMEng Engineering (Electronic and Electrical)
Poster title: DopNET: The first and largest radar micro-doppler database and data science challengeÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýZvezdin Besarabov, MEng Computer Science
Poster title:ÌýDistributed creation of machine learning agents for blockchain analysisÌý

Faculty of Life Sciences

•ÌýÌý ÌýAlbert Marti i Sabari, MSci Biological Sciences
Poster title:ÌýDecoding the molecular mechanisms underlying sex-specific cell fate switches in C. ElegansÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýMaria V. Carreira, Isadora C. Furigo, Lucas C Pantaleao, Juliana Faria, Laura Dearden, Susan E. Ozanne, BSc Biochemistry
Poster title:ÌýInvestigating the role of hypothalamic miRNAs in the programming of obesity by maternal diet-induced obesityÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýCorinna C.Y. Wong, MPharm Pharmacy
Poster title:ÌýEffects of BET inhibitor birabresib in advancd bladder cancerÌýÌý

Faculty of Medical Sciences

•ÌýÌý ÌýJessica Ying-Yi Xie, Shoba Poduval, Victoria Vickerstaff, Sophie Park, MB,BS Medicine
Poster title:ÌýPreferences and Expectations of UK Undergraduate Medical Students From a Culinary Medicine CourseÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýJessica Ying-Yi Xie, Rachael Frost, Richard Meakin , MB,BS Medicine
Poster title:ÌýNot quite a doctor, but should I help? A qualitative exploration of medical students

•ÌýÌý ÌýMarcellus George Augustine, MB,BS Medicine
Poster title:ÌýInvestigating the role of a specific protein in the innate immune response to Listeria monocytogenes infection

•ÌýÌý ÌýAimi Pu, BSc Global Health
Poster title:ÌýChinese red, British red: Agitating the struggle between land and seaÌý

Faculty of Population Health Sciences

•ÌýÌý ÌýMelissa Tan, Loes Wals, Lotto Tsao, Gabriel Gurmail-Kaufmann,ÌýBSc Population Health
Poster title:ÌýBill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Problems, Praise and ProposalsÌýÌý

Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences

•ÌýÌý ÌýAlysha Ravendran, Affiliate Anthropology
Poser title:ÌýUnderstanding educational institutions in Malaysia as sites of radical ontological processesÌý

•ÌýÌý ÌýFengyu 'Isabella' Duan, BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Poster title:ÌýUS State of exception: the cases of unlawful enemy combatÌýÌý

Institutional priorities

Posters in Parliament is staged by the British Conference of Undergraduate Research and designed to show the growing emphasis on undergraduate research at UK universities. A key objective of our institutional strategy, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 2034, is to give all our students at every level the opportunity to carry out research.