Congratulations to David Russell (pictured) who won first prize for his research presentation at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Midlands Undergraduate Research Symposium, hosted by Loughborough University. This is an annual symposium organised by SCI to provide a platform for undergraduate students to showcase their research projects. A panel of judges made up of representatives from the event sponsor, Sygnature Chemical Services, assesses the presentations and award prizes.

David’s presentation titled a ‘Universal scaffold for Beta-strand Mimetics’ focused on his 4th year MChem research project carried out in the Jamieson group.