Each academic year, we confer the following prizes on selected MSc students. Prize winners are presented with their prize and a certificate on the last day of the course.

The Nikon Prize

This prize is awarded to the candidate who displays the most improved levels of skill during our Nikon-Narashige micromanipulation laboratory sessions. The prize is judged by Senior Clinical Embryologists from the Oxford Fertility Unit and is sponsored by Nikon Instruments.

2008/2009 (Year 1):

Miss Carol Ibe

2009/2010 (Year 2):

Miss Bianka Seres    

2010/2011 (Year 3):

Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou                          

Professor Sir Richard Gardner presenting the Nikon Prize 2010/11 to Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou. Copyright of Matthew Lodge Photography 2011.

Prize for the Best Laboratory Research Project/Dissertation

This prize is awarded to the candidate who presents the best laboratory research project/dissertation and is judged by our Board of Examiners.

2008/2009 (Year 1):

Miss Neeta Bala (Sponsored by Parallabs/Hamilton Thorne)

Title: Development of an efficient test for HLA typing of preimplantation embryos

2010/2011 (Year 3):

Mrs Sourima Biswas Shivare (Sponsored by Hunter Scientific)

Professor Sir Richard Gardner presenting the Best Laboratory Research Project/Dissertation 2010/11 to Mrs Sourima Biswas Shivhare. Copyright of Matthew Lodge Photography 2011