Manchester Dental School student wins award for research

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Published: Saturday, 20 February 2010 16:46
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Lisa Durning of Manchester Dental School has triumphed in the 2010 BDA/Dentsply student clinician programme competition. She wins an all expenses paid trip to the annual session of the American Dental Association in Orlando, Florida in October as Dentsply’s guest of honour. As part of the trip she will be invited to present the winning project, which was titled Analysis of a novel embryonic stem cell line exhibiting de novo promoter methylation of the metastasis suppressor E-cadherin.


The awards were judged by Professor Nairn Wilson of King’s College London Dental Institute, Professor Robert McConnell of University College Dental School and Hospital Cork, and Dr Susan Hooper of Bristol Dental School. Ms Durning’s victory is the culmination of nationwide competition, which sees the winners of competitions at each of the UK and Irish dental schools pitched against each other in a national final to determine an overall winner. All entries must be previously unpublished or presented.
Accepting the award, Lisa said: “I am delighted to win this award. It has been fantastic to be involved in research as an undergraduate and I am looking forward to presenting again in Orlando.”
Second place was awarded to Mark Gidley of the University of Sheffield School of Dentistry for his presentation Identification and quantification of periodontal pathogens in diabetic patients. He received a cheque for £500. A third prize, recognising professionalism and presenting skills, was awarded to Malveen Mann, a student at the University of Birmingham’s School of Dentistry.
The competition this year took place in Edinburgh, with the awards made at a black tie dinner event in the evening at the Balmoral Hotel. Guests were welcomed to the event by a Scottish piper and the presentations were followed by traditional Scottish dancing.
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