Eleven teams entered: the Core Admin Team, Imaging Facility, Chakraverty Lab, Roy Lab, HSCB Lab (Mead, Psaila & Jacobsen Groups), Davies Lab, Higgs Lab, Therapy Acceleration Lab, Simmons Lab, Rehwinkel Lab and Tao Dong’s Lab.
The decorated office and lab spaces were judged on four criteria:
| Creativity | Use of Space | Sustainability | Overall Impact |
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The judging panel, composed of Sally-Ann Clark, Karen Heathcote, Holly Tolkien and Alastair Waugh, visited all the spaces on Friday 15th December. They were very impressed by the overall commitment to sustainability and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the WIMM looking so festive. |
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The winners were the Laboratory of Gene Regulation, who blew the judges away with their immersive Christmas Clinic experience!
The runners-up were the Haematopoietic Stem Cell Biology Laboratory and the Rehwinkel Group. The judges particularly enjoyed the HSCB Lab’s Christmas poster highlighting the sustainable practice in their decorations and the Rehwinkel group’s festive fireplace, complete with a ‘portrait’ gallery and cardboard reindeer on the wall!
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2nd Place: HSCB Lab |
3rd Place: Rehwinkel Lab |
In addition, Honorable Mentions went to the Chakraverty Lab for their commitment to sustainability, the Roy Lab for their Christmassy journal article and the Imaging Facility for having the most tasteful decorations.
Well done to everyone who took part and helped to brighten up the WIMM this December!
We wish all members and friends of the MRC WIMM a wonderful Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year!