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Amgen Scholars Programme

2024 Amgen Scholars waving at the camera

In September 2024, we were delighted to welcome the scholars from each of the five of the different European Amgen Scholars Programme institutions  - participants from the LMU, ETH Zurich, Institut Pasteur, Karolinska Institutet and University of Cambridge programmes gathered at Clare College for the annual European Symposium.

Across the programme, scholars took part in workshops and social activities, including punting on the River Cam, and a formal dinner in the Clare College's Great Hall. They heard talks from industry representatives as well as leading Cambridge academics.

Each programme presented their project findings during dedicated sessions throughout the schedule. The scholars deemed to have produced the best posters per institution were celebrated in a ceremony at the end of the programme - the winners are listed below. 

 

2024 Poster Winners

Programme Scholar Name Poster Title
LMU Winner Siebe van Manen Cellular architecture of the pigeon magnetosensory circuit
LMU Runner-up Rebecca Florea Sex-dependent responses to developmental stress and psilocybin
Institut Pasteur Winner Hristina Milojkovic Reshaping intracellular traffic and cellular architecture by bacterial proteins
Institut Pasteur Runner-up Charlotte Duda Investigating I17 as a landmark in Trypanosoma brucei for the positioning of axonemal microtubule doublets
Karolinska Institutet Winner Raea Michie Defining the phenotype of JAML-positive tumor-infiltrating natural killer cells
Karolinska Institutet Runner-up Milena Stepić Cellular Senescence Role in Ovarian Damage Induced by Cyclophosphamide
ETH Zurich Winner Ambar Kolari Molecular double-edged sword: The duality of how MALAT1 regulates miR-503-5p
ETH Zurich Runner-up Nataliia Burmistrova Influence of Sro9 truncations on heat-shock rescue
University of Cambridge Winner Isobel Watts Genetic control of cell shape specification on petal surfaces and impact on pollinator perceptions
University of Cambridge Runner-up Jiahui Wu The effects of autophagy inhibition on microglial functions

Amgen Scholars Programme

The University of Cambridge is delighted to continue to participate in the Amgen Scholars Programme and to welcome scholars from universities across Europe.

Amgen Scholars at the University of Cambridge will have the opportunity to work alongside our experienced faculty members, including some of the world's top academic scientists. They will gain hands-on laboratory experience, and actively contribute to the advancement of science. We hope that the experience of undertaking research in one of the world's foremost Universities will enthuse our Scholars about a career in scientific research.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Amgen Foundation.