Information for current ISTM Postgraduate Research Students

ISTM Research Training (PhD, MPhil, DM)

ISTM Research Training documents for students, supervisors and advisors can be accessed at Student Training Documents.

ISTM Health & Safety

ISTM health and safety procedures can be accessed at ISTM Health & Safety Documents

 

ISTM Annual Postgraduate Symposium

ISTM_Symposium_poster_winners_2013_IMG_3972_300x200  Munyaradzi Kamudzandu ISTM organises an annual gathering of all its research students and their supervisors to hear first year presentations on the latest projects. There is also a display of posters and various prizes. The Postgraduate Symposium takes place at the David Weatherall Building on Keele campus every spring. As well as providing an excellent opportunity for students to learn how to present their work at scientific meetings, it also gives a chance for all ISTM members to learn about the projects taking place in labs and clinics across the Research Institute's sites.



News items on Postgraduate Research Students in ISTM

Poster_prize_Chris_Adams_90x90   Best Presentation Prize Posted on 01 August 2013 ISTM PhD student Chris Adams won the Journal of Materials Chemistry prize for 'Best Presentation on a Translational Topic' at a recent DTC conference. INSPIRE_2013_90x90   INSPIRE funded summer studentships at the School of Medicine Posted on 17 June 2013 The first round of summer studentships at the Keele School of Medicine was awarded under an INSPIRE grant supported by the Academy of Medical Sciences and Wellcome Trust. ISTM_Symposium_poster_winners_2013_IMG_3972_90x90   Postgraduate Symposium 2013 Posted on 19 April 2013 Over 100 ISTM research students and their supervisors gathered for their annual Reasearch Symposium and Poster Prizes ISTM_PGR_students_2012_90x90   ISTM welcomes new research students for 2012/13 Posted on 07 November 2012 The Institute has welcomed its new cohort of research students in autumn 2012 studying for higher degrees of PhD, MPhil or DM. Nature_Reviews_Endocrinology_image_90x90   Nature article for Epigenomics students Posted on 30 April 2012 Final year PhD students Kiren Yacqub-Usman and Cuong Duong, were delighted to learn that their submission to Nature Reviews Endocrinology had been accepted. keele710   INSPIRE grant encourages students to consider research Posted on 15 February 2013 Keele School of Medicine has been awarded a two year INSPIRE grant to engage medical students with basic/clinical research and encourage them to consider research careers Hyanji_Scaffold_2012_Jianfeng_and_Jing_IMG_0402 _90x90   Scientists' Exchange with China Posted on 20 January 2012 ISTM reports on its exchange of researchers with Tsinghua and Sichuan Universities in China, funded by a European grant award.

Other student activities

Postgraduate sesearch students take part in many other activities in the Research Institute each year, including seminars, workshops and away days.

 
ISTM PhD students attending the 3ME Initiative Research Retreat at Lake Coniston, Cumbria in 2011.
 
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Award-winning poster promoting public understanding of science, by
PhD student Sile Griffin entitled "Parkinson’s Disease and Vitamins", as presented to the 2012 ISTM PG Symposium and Vitae competition.

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Read the poster at Parkinson’s Disease and Vitamins poster Vitae Sile Griffin‎ (pdf)