School of Chemistry

Pain and Peptides!

Danielle Miles, winner of the MaPS PhD student of the year 2011, gave a lecture to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society last night.

Danielle was talking about the subject of her postgraduate research: peptide-based gels as a potential fix for worn spinal discs.

The capacity audience was comprised of biologists, biophysicists, engineers, chemists and clinicians, together with lay members of the public. The age range was impressive and the subject matter very relevant! Danielle gave an accessible account of her research and the lecture was very well received. More information about the work conducted in her supervisor, Dr. Aggeli’s group is available from http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/People/Aggeli.html.