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Friday Apr 23, 2010

BioMed Central prize winners announced for BSP 2010

Congratulations to those who left The British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting 2010 with a £150 prize, awarded by BioMed Central on behalf of Parasites & Vectors and Malaria Journal, for exceptional presentations.

The meeting brought together parasitologists from the UK and overseas, with over one hundred oral and poster presentations entered for the Student Prize. Whilst the standard was high throughout the meeting, prizes were awarded to the following oral and poster presentations:

  • Will Proto for ‘Best oral presentation’ – awarded on behalf of Parasites & Vectors: Trypanosoma brucei metacaspases – surprises from the fourth family member
  • Hanafy M. Ismail for ‘Best poster presentation’ – awarded on behalf of Parasites & Vectors: Developing Novel Chemical Probes to Identify Cytochrome P450s Associated with Pyrethroid Resistance in Malaria Vectors
  • Karen J. Fairlie-Clarke for ‘Best oral presentation’ – awarded on behalf of Malaria Journal: Why do antibodies induced by malaria and helminths cross-react? 

BioMed Central will host an international conference, 'Parasite to Prevention: Advances in the understanding of malaria', in October 2010. For more information, please see www.parasitetoprevention.com.


 

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