Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Research Frontiers Contest results
6 November 2012
The results of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê from its foundation.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê staff, students and alumni were invited by the Office of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Vice-Provost (Research) to submit works reflecting on individuals, groups or units associated with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê from 1826 to the present day that have exemplified the curiosity-driven, cross-disciplinary, pioneering nature of the activity we seek to generate through Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Research Frontiers.
Prize-winning entries by the following contest entrants can be downloaded from the :
- Stephen Cox (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Chemistry) and Prof Angelo Michaelides (London Centre for Nanotechnology) - Discovering the Noble Gases: a story of a chemistry superhero
- Dr Pok Lam Fung (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Eastman Dental Institute) - Phosphorus necrosis unravelled and phossyjaw.wordpress.com
- Sara Wingate Gray (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Information Studies) - The Unsung Librarian: Ronald Staveley at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
- Prof Gerta Vrbova (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Biosciences) - A.V. Hill's contribution to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's standing in science and society
- Prof Roger Wotton (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Genetics, Evolution & Environment) - An imaginary interview between a New Academic and E Ray Lankester, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê from 1875-1890.