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Postgraduate Researchers in Science / Medicine (PRISM) Conference 2006
St Martin's College, Lancaster, Wednesday 12 July 2006
The PRISM 2006 conference was a regional collaborative event hosted and led by St Martin's College and developed with support of the University of Liverpool, Mersey Deanery and the University of Central Lancashire.
The event attracted around 50 postgraduate researchers from 11 HEIs across the NW region.
Delegate Wasim Khan of The University of Manchester described the event:
"Excellent conference and venue. Interesting cross-discipline talks with option to attend most relevant talks. Sign-up sessions on 'Time management' and 'Work life balance' were probably the most useful sessions I have attended since starting my PhD. Importantly, the food was good!"
Keynote Presentations
Prof David Manning of St Martin's College and Prof Ian Kimber of Syngenta Central Toxicology Labs gave their insight into what is needed to make a successful researcher.
Prof David Manning outlined the changes taking place within nursing and allied health professions within the NHS which aim to encourage the exchange of best practice between research and clinical practice. The key offer being the development of dedicated post-doc and clinical academic positions funded through HEFCE and / or the Department of Health (DoH). For further details of the HEFCE / DoH collaboration see http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/HEFCE/2005/clinic.htm.
Prof Ian Kimber as Head of Research at Syngenta Central Toxicology Labs has had substantial experience in the recruitment and development of scientists. Prof Kimber gave an enlightening talk on what he looks for when recruiting scientific researchers into his labs based at Alderley, Cheshire.
He described what he felt were the key requirements for a successful bioscience lab: experience, good facilities, an innovative culture, interaction with the scientific community, the willingness to exploit research for tangible benefits and RESEARCH SCIENTISTS.
See Ian Kimber's presentation "The value of bioscience PhDs - a perspective from industry".
Researcher presentations
The morning of PRISM 2006 continued with presentations offered by the postgraduate delegates. Delegates could present work as either a 10 minute talk or a poster presentation.
The talks were streamed into 4 groups: Science and Technology, Public Health, Approaches to
Research and Healthcare: Treatment & Systems.
See thhe talk lists and abstract details.
Conference attendees were asked to vote for who they felt provided the best presentation in each group and the winners were awarded book token prizes.
Winners of the book tokens were:
Group 1 - Science and Technology
Sabina Patel, University of Liverpool.
The over-expression of Gelsolin family
capping proteins in pancreatic cancer cells and their role in mobility.
Group 2 - Public Health
Nicola Ridgers, Liverpool John Moores University.Longitudinal effects of playground redesign intervention on children's physical activity levels during playtime.
Group 3 - Approaches to Research
Surita Bhat, Chorley HospitalAre the needs of the ethnic population being served by the present NHS?.
Group 4 - Healthcare: Treatment & Systems
Wasim Khan, The University of Manchester. Characterisation and osteogenic differentiation of fat pad derive stem cells and their potential clinical applications.Posters were presented and judged over the lunch period. Judging was completed by PRISM delegates and invited poster judges Dr Sue Powell and Prof John Goodacre of UCLan, Dr Graham Kemp of the University of Liverpool and Prof David Brigden of Mersey Deanery.
The poster prize book token was awarded to Yiwen Liu of Keele University for the poster entitled Re-forming brain connections in Parkinson's disease.
Conference workshops
The workshops were an important part of the conference, providing delegates with the opportunity to sure issues and ideas that they have encountered during the course of their doctoral studies.
The workshops were:
A Work:Life balance
John Gilbert of the Work : Life Balance Co
B Managing your supervisor
Lynn Clark, University of Liverpool
C Time and Project Management
Richard Hinchcliffe, University of Liverpool
D Critical Thinking
for medical researchers
Adrian West, University of Liverpool
E How to conduct field study /
research methodology
Elizabeth Wiredue, Edge Hill University
F How to get the job you want - hints
and tips on finding and getting a job
Elizabeth Wilkinson, The University of Manchester
G How to give a successful presentation
Peter Rush, Spiral Communications
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