Moredun PhD student presents research at the House of Commons

Rachael Baker, one of Moredun’s current PhD students, was one of only four Biological and Biomedical Sciences students from Scotland recently invited to present and discuss their research at the House of Commons.

Rachael’s work on Teladorsagia circumcincta, the most common parasitic nematode of sheep in the UK, impressed the judges of the SET for BRITAIN competition, and she was invited to attend a special event in Westminster on 14th March.

SET for BRITAIN is a national poster competition and exhibition to promote early-career researchers.  The competition attracts a large number of high calibre entries and aims to help politicians understand more about the UK’s thriving science base and see at first hand examples of the high quality research being undertaken in British institutions.

During the course of the day Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords visited the exhibitions in the Marquee and Rachael got the opportunity to discuss her work with the politicians as well as leading scientists.

Rachael commented, “explaining my research to scientists and politicians from a broad spectrum of backgrounds and interests was a really valuable experience.  It was interesting to get a feel for what other people viewed to be the big questions that come out of my experiments”.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Rachael on her success in this national and prestigious competition.