FameLab UK showcase

The class of 2024

Every region's winner who took the stage at the FameLab UK Final in 2024, and how far they went.

UK Final

2024 FameLab UK Champion

Winner

Joni Wildman

Love is in the air: Spore dispersal in the fungal kingdom

Source

Date & venue: 7 Jun 2024, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham
Region: South West
Runners-up: Yasna Najmi; Richard Dyer
Audience winner: Richard Dyer
Finalists: 8
What's next: International Final online, 29 Nov 2024 (won by Sivaniya Subramanapillai, Switzerland)

North West representative · Finalist

Bethany Facer

Neuroscience & Neuroimaging

Hub: Univ of Liverpool & Univ of Salford

Regional winners

8 regions, one stage

Each card is a regional champion who represented their hub at the UK Final. The North West is outlined.

South West

Joni Wildman

Bio-based construction materials / applied mycology

Love is in the air: Spore dispersal in the fungal kingdom

UK Winner Source

North West

Bethany Facer

Neuroscience & Neuroimaging

Finalist Source

East Midlands

Nicola Pierce

Social Science

Finalist Source

East of England

Richard Dyer

Astrophysics

How to Stop Time

Joint runner-up; Audience winner Source

Gloucestershire & West Midlands

Yasna Najmi

Dentistry

Let's talk about the T in Teeth

Joint runner-up Source

North East

Zoë Bell

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Finalist Source

Northern Ireland

Aaron Monson

Solar Astrophysics

Finalist Source

South East

Vanessa Madu

Statistics

Finalist Source

North West Final 2024

The North West finalists

Everyone who took the stage at the 2024 North West Final at LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool.

2024

7 finalists

Bethany Facer NW winner

PhD researcher · University of Liverpool

“To Move Again: A Parkinson's Tale”

UK finalist 2024

Her talk at the FameLab UK Final 2024: Back to the Future of Parkinson's disease · Watch on YouTube

Isabel Pazmiño Mayorga

Postdoctoral researcher · University of Manchester

“Super Looping: the climate avenger”

Chemical looping, the climate avenger: STEM Learning · Watch on YouTube

Matthew Lee

Doctor

“One Life, One Planet, One Health”

Ieva Andrulytė

PhD researcher · University of Liverpool

“From frogs to princes: exploring brain connectivity”

Christida Wastika

Postdoctoral researcher · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

“Mozzie the postman: can I deliver your virus?”

Venera Tyukmaeva

Lecturer · University of Liverpool

“Sleepless”

On the evolution of host-parasite interactions: NEOF · Watch on YouTube

Rachel Ridgway

PhD researcher · University of Liverpool

“Me and Daisy: a coming of phage story”

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