Poster Prizes, sponsored by the International Journal of Experimental Pathology, are awarded at every BSMB meeting. Candidates for a prize need not be members of the society, but must be students or less than 3 years post-doc. Prize winners receive £150 each.
Prize winners in 2009
1) Ms Charlotte Avella, Royal Veterinary College, London
Evidence for differential regulation of proteoglycans and collagen in response to cyclical strain in tendon
2) Mr Brendan Thoms, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 65 Aspenlea Road, London
Promotion of Chondrocyte Function by Inhibition of HIF-specific Hydroxylases
3) Ms Katarzyna Dudek, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 65 Aspenlea Road, London
Mir-675 regulates collagen II levels in human articular chondrocytes.
Prize winners in 2008
Natasha Baker (University of East Anglia, Norwich), Athanosios Didangelos (Kennedy Institute, London) and Ngee Han Lim (Kennedy Institute, London) receive their poster prize cheques from the BSMB Chairman (far left), Bruce Caterson