PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID Southampton 2024
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Presentation by a PhD Student, Joint Winners: Simranpreet Summan and Priya Garcha, both from QMUL
Best Presentation by a Clinical PhD Student: Dr. Rebecca Adams, King’s College London
Best Presentation by a Post-Doc: Dr. April Rose Foster, Sanger Institute
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Best Poster Presentation: Anna Rhodes, Imperial College
Best Poster Presentation, Runner Up: Abubkr Ahmed, QMUL
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID Glasgow 2023
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Clinical PhD Student – Dr. Zena Willsmore, King’s College London
Best PhD Student – Luc Francis, King’s College London
Best Postdoc – Katie Smith, Newcastle University
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Stavroula Tekkela, QMUL
William Fostier, Newcastle University
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID NEWCASTLE 2022
PRIZE WINNERS AT Virtual BSID 2021
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID BRADFORD 2019
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Presentation– IL-36ɣ acts as a global sensor of epithelial infection following liberation and activation by several epithelial pathogens- Tom Macleod
Best Presentation – Runner Up: Understanding the role of ABCA12 in the Pathogenesis of Harlequin Ichthyosis– Florence Enjalbert –
Best Presentation by a Clinical Trainee: The Skin Microbiome in Atopic Dermatitis: Interactions BetweenBacteria (Staphyloccocus) and Fungi (Alternaria)- Margaret Hammond –
Best Presentation by a Scientist Trainee (PhD): Non-invasive proteomic analysis of inflammatory skin diseases via tape stripping and mass spectrometry-Anna Berekméri –.
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Best Poster: Generation of a novel ageing skin model-Lydia Costello
Best Poster – Runner Up: Changes in structure and protease activity in the ageing scalp-Rachael Sedman
Best Poster – Runner Up: Somatic mutation in normal human skin: a patchwork of clones-Eleanor Earp
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID LONDON 2018
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best Clinical Trainee: O7 Jason Thomson – Exome sequencing of cohort of actinic keratoses to identify significantly mutated genes
Best Scientist Trainee (PhD): O21 Florence Enjalbert – Investigating the role of ABCA12 in the pathomechanisms of harlequin ichthyosis
Best Overall : O19 Christina Philippeos – Spatial and Single-cell Transcriptional profiling identifies functionally distinct human dermal fibroblast subpopulations
Best Runner up: O6 Matthew Caley: Loss of Lama3 drives M2 Macrophage differentiation in squamous cell carcinoma
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
1st. C. Bridgewood: Interleukin-36gamma induces interleukin-23 production and angiogenesis in psoriasis
2nd (runner-up): A. Rehman: Novel role of desmoglein-3 acting as a negative regulator of p53
3rd (runner-up): J Q Tay: 1.25-Dihydorxyvitamin D3 down regulates matrix metalloproteinase-2 and alpha smooth muscle actin in wounded human dermal fibroblasts: Implications for scarring
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID MANCHESTER 2017
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
Best presentation by a clinical trainee: Satveer Mahil – Preliminary validation of the IL-36 receptor as a potential therapeutic target in psoriasis.
Best presentation: Joseph Ainscough – Cathepsin S is up-regulated in psoriatic inflammation and activates the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-36y.
Best presentation (runner-up): John Lee – Large intragenic deletion in DSTYK underlies autosomal recessive complicated spastic paraparesis (SPG23) associated with loss of skin and hair pigment.
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
Best poster presentation: Jashani Dayal – The role of transforming growth factor β signaling in RDEB Cscc.
Best poster presentation (runner-up): Suzanne Pilkington – Langerhans cells in human epidermis express human beta defensin-3 relevance for skin ageing.
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID SOUTHAMPTON 2015
Best SpR Paper: O1 – iRhom2: a novel regulator of wound healing and cancer. T. Maruthappu, A.Chikh, D.Kelsell
Best Oral Presentation: Winner: O20 – A novel pathway of recognition of skin lipid antigens by T cells. S. Subramaniam, E. Bourgeois, M. Salio, V. Cerundolo, B. Moody, G. Ogg
Runner Up: O08 – Dissecting the role of iASPP, a novel regulator of epidermal homeostasis, in keratinocyte skin carcinogenesis. D.Robinson, C. Harwood, D. Bergamaschi
Best Poster: Winner: P08 – Epidermal growth factor signalling mediates mechanoregulation of keratinocyte proliferation. F. Kenny, A. Kao, A. Barber, E. O’Toole and J.T. Connelly
Runner Up: P6 – Recombinant production of human tissue kallikrein 5 W. Chen and W.-L. Di
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID EXETER 2012
Oral Presentation Prize Winners
1st prize – Niwa Ali, King’s College London
2nd prize – Dr Vera Martins, QMUL
3rd prize – Sarah Etheridge, QMUL
Registrar’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation Dr Rubeta Matin, QMUL
Poster Presentation Prize Winners
1st prize – Supatra Marsh, QMUL
2nd prize – Muhammad Rahman, QMUL
3rd prize – Dr Isioma Egbuniwe, King’s College London