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GCU Prizewinners
Gillian with Ryan and Sofia. At an award ceremony following graduation, Ryan Muir was awarded the Oxford University Achievement in Biosciences Prize and Sofia Raak was awarded the Ian Packer Memorial Prize for best research project (GCU, July 2019)
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GCU Research Day
Roxanna presents a poster of her PhD work so far (May 2019).
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Glasgow Science Centre
Gillian and GCU colleague, Dr Jim Reilly, give some hands on science experience to high school students from across Glasgow (STEM event, Glasgow Science Centre, November 2018).
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Oran-gene-ious!
Gillian and Roxanna explain how to extract DNA from oranges and how experiments looking at DNA can be used to identify new risk genes for Alzheimer's disease (Future Memories, Glasgow Science Festival, June 2018).
Lapped!
Gillian is lapped by a young SMA patient during the patient v researcher wheelchair race at the annual CureSMA conference (CureSMA annual conference, Dallas, Texas, June 2018).
Poster presentation
Gillian presents her research poster at the annual CureSMA conference (CureSMA annual conference, Dallas, Texas, June 2018).