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Earlier this year, we presented the annual Don Whitley Scientific Prize for Microbiology to the student who achieved the highest marks in Microbiology at the University of Bradford. The 2018 winner, Christiana Victoria Cismaru, gained a 1st Class Honours and said of her experience:
“I am honoured… this is a huge accomplishment for me, a reward for all the hard work and time I invested whilst at the University of Bradford. There was so much to learn… Choosing Medical Microbiology as my final year option allowed me to focus on the subjects I was most interested in and opened my eyes to current issues, such as emerging viruses and antimicrobial resistance; this has influenced me in choosing to pursue a research career in virology after graduation.”
Christiana will be going on to study for an MSc in Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses at Imperial College London and then hopes to pursue a PhD in the same research area; we wish her all the best in her future endeavours. She is pictured here with Dr Andrew Pridmore, Head of Science at Don Whitley Scientific and himself a recipient of the accolade in 1991.
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