The Young Life Scientist of the Year receives a cheque for 2000 and a unique trophy. Two members from each society, two representatives from Promega and the chairman of the award, making a total of 13 judges. Three Finalists will be entered into the Promega Young Life Scientist of the Year Award from the Genetics Society One meeting will be held on the 14th November 2001 at the Anderson College, Glasgow. The other two are to be advised. The Promega UK Young LIfe Scientist Award competitiin will take place at the next Genetics Society Meeting in April 2002.
Eligible candidates are PhD students or researchers still in the first two years of their post doc.
Please call us now for more information. All candidates gave excellent presentations and we would like to thank them for making the day so enjoyable, even though they did make it difficult for the judges to select a winner. The winner of the Young Life Scientist of the Year trophy and the 2,000 prize is Julie Wain from the British Society for Immunology . We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the speakers, the judging panel and members of the societies for their participation in this event. The competition was followed by a buffet reception, afterwards the winning candidate was announced.