Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Rebecca Williams, who won the Commended Prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards. Rebecca’s writing piece was titled: ‘Apathy research: why should we bother?’ The award ceremony was held on Thursday 20 October. 

Rebecca said: “I am so thrilled to have been given the award, and especially for an essay that has such significance to my academic journey so far. I fully intend to continue writing and can’t wait for the next opportunity for some outreach and engagement.”

The shortlisted articles have now been published and can be read here: MRC Max Perutz Science Writing – Shortlisted Articles