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NIMR PhD student shortlisted in Wellcome writing contest
13 October 2011
The inaugural Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize attracted nearly 800 entrants. The competition aims to find a new generation of scientific writing talent. Marianne Neary, a PhD student in Tim Mohun's lab in NIMR's Division of Developmental Biology, wrote an imaginative story titled 'Freedom through genetics' and this was chosen as one of the fifteen best submissions in Category A (Professional scientists of postgraduate level and above).
The Prize was organised by the Wellcome Trust in association with The Guardian and The Observer newspapers. The judging panel was drawn from the Trust and the two newspapers, along with Dara O Briain. The winner in Category A was Penny Sarchet, for her article 'Death by hypochondria: the nocebo effect'.
Understanding the work of scientists has never been more important as we face up to the challenges of climate change, stem cell research and other issues. The entries for this prize shows we have a large number of scientists who can communicate their work in an exciting, lucid manner. It is highly encouraging.
Robin McKie (Science and Technology Editor for The Observer)
Marianne is working towards her PhD at NIMR as part of the UCL MB PhD programme. She won the Society for Endocrinology undergraduate essay prize in 2008, was shortlisted for the 2010 Max Perutz Science Writing Award and is a volunteer writer on the Bionews website. Marianne also writes for the website You and your hormones.
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