Peter Jackson from University of Reading, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Student in School of Food Biosciences

Dervla McLaughlin & Kate McFarland from Queen’s University Belfast, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Final Year Student in Food Quality, Safety & Nutrition Degree.

Callum Rimmer from Nottingham Trent University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Academic Achievement in BSc Microbiology

Ilektra-Polytimi Kalogerakou from University of Glasgow, recipient of the Yakult Award for Academic Achievements in MSc Human Nutrition

Deirdre Connolly & Rebecca Whyte from Dublin Institute of Technology, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Overall Final Year Marks for BSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics

George Mears from Cardiff University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Microbiology Based Final Year Project

We are pleased to be able to continue our support of academic awards in 2021, and for many undergraduate students the graduation season has been in full swing. We would like to congratulate all the winners so far, including;

Caroline Jarvis from Nottingham Trent University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Final Year Project in Microbial Physiology and Genomics

Charlotte Cheeseman from University of Surrey, recipient of the Yakult Award for Nutritional Medicine Programme

Amy Jones from University of Surrey, recipient of the Yakult Award for Food Science Prize

Lucy Balmforth from Leeds Beckett University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Academic Achievements

Declan Dibb from Leeds Beckett University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Placement Student

Here’s what one of our recent winners had to say..

Caroline Jarvis from Nottingham Trent University, recipient of the Yakult Award for Best Final Year Project in Microbial Physiology and Genomics in 2021

“I have thoroughly enjoyed studying BSc Biomedical Science at Nottingham Trent University. A highlight of my time at university has been my research project on inducing plasmid loss with toxin-antitoxin constructs within enteroinvasive Escherichia coli O96:H19, for which I was awarded this prize by Yakult. This project aimed to investigate whether the native pathogenicity of bacterial isolates could be disrupted by the addition of specific genetic material, namely the vapBC toxin-antitoxin system. The success of my degree and research project have further increased my aspiration to become a research scientist in the area of molecular microbiology. To further pursue this, I have secured a place at the University of Sheffield to study MSc Antimicrobial Resistance, and I hope to go on to complete a PhD. I am truly grateful to Yakult for this award, which will set me apart from other applicants and provide me with a distinguishing achievement throughout my career.” 

To see all of our past award winners, visit our Roll of Honour.

Published 14 Sept 2021