Best student publication awards 2014 announced
SBS is pleased to announce the winners of the Best SBS Student Publication Awards for 2014.
SBS is pleased to announce the winners of the Best SBS Student Publication Awards for 2014. There were 16 papers submitted for consideration, and all of very high quality.
The winners are as follows:
Ecology & Marine Biology
First Place: Patrick Kavanagh
Paper: Kavanagh, P.H. and Burns, K. C. 2014. The repeated evolution of large seeds on islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281, 20140675. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0675
Second Place: Andrew Stringer
Paper: Stringer, A. P. and Linklater, W. 2014. Everything in moderation: principles of parasite control for wildlife conservation. Bioscience, 64: 932–937. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu135
Third Place: Scott Lawrence
Paper: Lawrence, S. A., Davy, J. E., Wilson, W. H., Hoegh-Goldberg, O. and Davy, S. K. 2014. Porites white patch syndrome: associated viruses and disease physiology. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1218-2
Honorable Mention: Fabian Westermann
Paper: Westerman, F. L., Suckling, D. M. and Lester, P. J. 2014. Disruption of foraging by a dominant invasive species to decrease its competitive ability. PLoS ONE, 9(3): e90173. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090173
Cell & Molecular Biology
First Place: Maddy White.
Paper: White, M., Webster, G., O'Sullivan, D., Stone, S. and LaFlamme, A.C. 2014 Targeting innate receptors with MIS416 reshapes Th responses and suppresses CNS disease in a mouse model for multiple sclerosis. PLoS One 9(1): e87712.
Second Place: Mark Calcott.
Paper: Calcott, M.J., Owen, J.G., Lamont, I.L. and Ackerley, D.F. 2014. Biosynthesis of novel pyoverdines by domain substitution in a nonribosomal peptide synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 80: 5723-5731.