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Tackling a 21st century epidemic

Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Young Life Scientists' Symposium and made it such a great success! We'd especially like to thank our keynote speakers Bart Lambrecht and Polly Matzinger who both travelled a long way for the day, all the workshop presenters, our blue-shirted helpers for the day and our sponsors.

Our article about the day is in the August edition of the Biochemist, and you can read it here.

All the speakers were excellent, however the prize winners were:

1st Place - Jakub Nedbal
Imaging class switch recombination
AD Instruments Talk Prize - £250

2nd Place - Ben Causton
Protease inactive HDM results in a reduced pulmonary immune response
Polly Matzinger Talk Prize - Bottle of Wine

Sara Mathie
Mechanisms underlying resolution of house dust mite induced allergic airways disease
Science Careers Poster Prize - £100

Amanda Tatler
Increased activation of TGF-β by human airway smooth muscle cells in asthma
Science Careers Poster Prize - £100

Ceri Harrop
Cross-talk between human lung fibroblasts and bronchial epithelial cells regulates mucin production
YLS Poster Prize - £100