Tadpole researcher wins Westminster Medal at SET for Britain 2012

12 Mar 2012

Nicholas Love, a post-doctoral researcher at the Healing Foundation Centre at The University of Manchester, is the overall winner at today’s SET for Britain event in the House of Commons.

Nicholas, 29, presented his biology research to dozens of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of the poster competition SET for Britain, today (Monday, 12 March).

His research, which assesses the molecular mechanisms underlying appendage regeneration in tadpoles in order to advance research into scar-free healing, was judged against more than 170 other shortlisted researchers’ work and came out on top.

Earlier in the day, on winning the Gold for Biology, Nicholas, who is based in the Faculty of Life Sciences, said, “I think this win shows that what we are doing is important to people outside the field.  I am really pleased to win.”

SET for Britain is a competition in the House of Commons which involves researchers displaying posters of their work to panels of expert judges and politicians.

The event aims to help politicians understand more about the UK’s thriving science and engineering base and rewards some of the strongest scientific and engineering research being undertaken in the UK.

The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee run the event in collaboration with The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Institute of Physics, the Society of Biology, The Royal Society of Chemistry, the Physiological Society, the Wellcome Trust and the Society of Chemical Industry, with financial support from BP, Airbus/EADS, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, AgChem Access, Oxford Instruments, IBMS and GE Hitachi. 

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