SRF Post-Doctoral Award
The Post-Doctoral Scientist Award is aimed at post-doctoral scientists who are within five years of having obtained their PhD.
SRF Post-Doctoral Award 2023
Dr Roberta Migale, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
For her presentation:
“FOXL2 interaction with different binding partners regulates the dynamics of granulosa cell differentiation across ovarian development”
SRF Post-Doc Highly Commended Runner-Up
Dr Phoebe Kirkwood, University of Edinburugh, UK
For her presentation:
“Ccr2-mediated monocyte recruitment is required for non-fibrotic endometrial repair during experimentally induced menstruation”
Eligibility Criteria:
To be considered for the award, postdoctoral scientists must be the first and presenting author of an abstract submitted for the Fertility meetings.
Submitted abstracts are reviewed by an independent panel and a minimum of three abstracts are short listed for oral presentation during the Postdoctoral Scientist Prize Session at Fertility. The prize is awarded based on a combination of criteria which include content, presentation, delivery and discussion of the work. The winner of the prize will be invited to present their talk at the Society for Reproductive Biology Congress in Australia / New Zealand.
To be considered for the Postdoctoral Scientist Prize, qualifying scientists must be a member of SRF and tick the relevant box when submitting their abstract for Fertility. Members who have won this award in the last two years are not eligible to apply.
The previous SRF Post-Doctoral Award winners are listed below
2020 -2023
2023 Dr Roseanne Rosario, University of Edinburgh, UK
2022 Jorge Lopez-Tello, University of Cambridge
2021 Gillian Johnson, King’s College London
2020 Jorge Lopez-Tello, University of Cambridge
2010-2019
2019 Paul McKeegan, Hull York Medical School
2018 Avi Lerner, Imperial College London
2017 Not awarded
2016 Agnes Stefansdottir, University of Edinburgh
2015 Michelle Johnson, The Open University
2014 Douglas Gibson, University of Edinburgh
2013 Alison Wallace, St George’s, London
2012 Dr Caroline, Dalton University College London
2011 Dr Emma Lucas, University of Southampton
2010 Dr Vicki Onions, University of Nottingham
2000-2009
2009 Dr Andrew Childs, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh
2008 Dr Jemma Evans, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh
