Biotech Alumni won prestigious Award from University of Aberdeen UK

Ms Aysha Khalid, who had completed BSc Biotechnology degree from the Department of Biotechnology, Dubai Campus in the year 2007, has received the inaugural A J Porter prize, created to commend the most promising and dedicated student within her degree programme - the MSc in Medical Biotechnology with Bio-business.

Ms Aysha now graduated in MSc with distinction from University of Aberdeen, was presented with a certificate by Dr Heather Wallace, Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies within the University's College of Life Sciences and Medicine Graduate School, at a reception held in the Institute of Medical Sciences Building following her graduation.
 
Founder of the award, Professor Andrew Porter, Deputy Director of the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and successful bio-entrepreneur said: "This award has been created in recognition of students that have shown a level of excellence in their scientific studies and also flair for the commercial aspects of biotechnology. Students must show a very high level of academic achievement to simply make it onto this course. To then come out top when the competition is so high makes Aysha a student of exceptional promise. 

 "This award has been created to further emphasis the University of Aberdeen's commitment to including Bio-business training into all aspects of undergraduate and post-graduate studies. Importantly this is achieved without compromising the excellence of the science taught. Graduates from this MSc programme are already securing positions with top flight pharmaceutical companies around the world or continuing their studies at PhD or MBA level."

Dr Wallace Coordinator of the Bio-business Programme said: "Aysha has consistently displayed strong academic qualities and a positive scholarly approach throughout her MSc programme making her a well deserved winner of the inaugural A J Porter prize. She is a great example of the high caliber of graduates being produced by the University of Aberdeen."

Ms Aysha is now working as a Research Assistant for the University's Bone Group based within the institution's Division of Applied Medicine.

Dr Firdos Alam Khan, Chairperson Department of Biotechnology, MUD has congratulated Ms Aysha on her achievements and he said “Ms Aysha was a very sincere and hardworking student with special passion towards business of biotechnology and further he said “the recognition is self explanatory of about quality of education we are providing at Dubai Campus”

PhD Studentship to Biotech Alumni
Ms Thanafez Khalil (BSc Biotechnology Class 2007) has a got a prestigious PhD studentship from University of Aberdeen to conduct research on “characterising the excisive element xis in streptomyces and its phage phiC31”.