Microbiology student wins 2023 Mary Mulvihill Award
Fourth year BSc Microbiology student at the School of Microbiology, UCC, Ayomide Ajani is the 2023 winner of the Mary Mulvihill Award, a science media competition for third-level students that honours the memory of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill.
This year鈥檚 Mary Mulvihill competition invited entries on the theme of 鈥楨nergy鈥�, further information can be found at: The competition is now in its seventh year and Ayomide, who won the top prize for her illustrated essay, 鈥業magining the Future of Energy through Science Fiction鈥�, is the first winner from UCC. Ayomide鈥檚 essay can be read here: Ayomide Ajani Essay.
Ayomide has just completed her BSc in Microbiology at the School of Microbiology in UCC, where she undertook a final year research project investigating the host range of phage (a type of virus) that infect E. coli, bacteria that are normally present in the gut microbiome.
The judges for the Mary Mulvihill Award 2023 were: Hannah Daly, Professor in Sustainable Energy & Energy Systems Modelling, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork; Karlin Lillington, Irish Times tech journalist & columnist; Nigel Monaghan, Former Keeper, National Museum of Ireland - Natural History; and Anne Mulvihill, Sister of Mary Mulvihill.
Ayomide鈥檚 win has also been the subject of the following articles:
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