Prizes

Prize Winners

Each academic year, we confer the following prizes on selected MSc students. Prize winners are presented with their prize and a certificate on the last day of the course.

THE ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOSCIENCES AWARD

This prize is awarded to the candidate(s) who displays the most focus, determination, improvement and consistency throughout the course. The prize is judged by the Course Staff and is sponsored by Oxford University Press.

2018/2019 Winners: Miss Monique Pedroza and Miss Xintong Li. 

_{Professor Sir Richard Gardner presenting the Achievement in Biosciences Award 2018/2019 to Miss Monique Pedroza and Miss Xintong Li.} 

Previous Winners: 

2017/2018 (Year 10)  Dr Anthony Kayiira

2016/2017 (Year 9) Winners Miss Charlotte Plow & Miss Barbara Dietrick

2015/2016 (Year 8) Winner Miss Shelby Sparby

The Nikon Prize

This prize is awarded to the candidate who displays performance, enthusiasm, and motivation in micromanipulation practical sessions. The prize is judged by a Senior Clinical Embryologist and is sponsored by Nikon Instruments.

2018/2019 Winner: Miss Madison Eisler. 

_{Professor Sir Richard Gardner presenting the Nikon Prize 2018/2019 to Miss Madison Eisler.}

Previous Winners:

• 2017/2018 (Year 10) Miss Sareena Sharma
• 2016/2017 (Year 9) Miss Chloe O’Hara
• 2015/2016 (Year 8) Miss Briet Bjarkadottir 
• 2014/2015 (Year 7) Mrs Daria Svistunova
• 2013/2014 (Year 6) Mr Thomas Wilkinson 
• 2012/2013 (Year 5) Miss Charis Charalambous
• 2011/2012 (Year 4)  Mr Yannick Ferreira
• 2010/2011 (Year 3) Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou    
• 2009/2010 (Year 2) Miss Bianka Seres   
• 2008/2009 (Year 1) Miss Carol Ibe  

Prize for the Best Laboratory Research Project/Dissertation

This prize is awarded to the candidate who presents the best laboratory research project/dissertation and is judged by our Board of Examiners.

2018/2019 Winner: Miss Monique Pedroza.

_{Professor Sir Richard Gardner presenting the 2018/2019 prize for best laboratory research project/dissertation to Miss Monique Pedroza.}

Previous Winners:

• 2017/2018 (Year 10) Dr Nina Zoric
• 2016/2017 (Year 9) Miss Barbara Dietrick 
• 2015/2016 (Year 8) Miss Briet Bjarkadottir 
• 2014/2015 (Year 7) Miss Helena Rodriquez Caro (Sponsored by Research Instruments)
• 2013/2014 (Year 6) Miss Charlotte Walker (Sponsored by Eppendorf)
• 2012/2013 (Year 5) Miss Siti Nornadhirah Amdani (Sponsored by VWR-Jencons)
• 2011/2012 (Year 4) Dr Pedro Senra Estrela Melo (Sponsored by Microm Ltd)
• 2010/2011 (Year 3) Mrs Sourima Biswas Shivare (Sponsored by Hunter Scientific)
• 2009/2010 (Year 2) Mr Gustavo German  (Sponsored by VWR-Jencons)
• 2008/2009 (Year 1) Miss Neeta Bala (Sponsored by Parallabs/Hamilton Thorne)