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The FIU Center for Translational Science 5^th Annual South Florida Translational Research Symposium took place at Florida International University, USA, on the 9th and 10th of April 2026. The symposium featured excellent plenary talks on congenital heart disease, lung injury, stroke, and bench to bedside research. Our RSC Pharmaceutics Editorial Member, Dr Heidi Mansour attended this conference, and RSC Pharmaceutics was delighted to sponsor four prizes for the undergraduate, medical student, post graduate and postdoctoral poster winners:

Undergraduate poster winner: Carleigh Miller (Nova Southeastern University)

Medical student poster winner: Oren Nedjar (Nova Southeastern University)

Graduate poster winner: Joseph Souchak (Florida International University)

Postdoctoral poster winner: Hasham Shafi (Florida International University)

We are delighted that the symposium was such a success and we would like to wish a huge congratulations to the poster prize winners!

  [Left] Prof. Benedict Albensi from Nova Southeastern University on behalf of Carleigh Miller and Oren Nedjar, and Prof. Stephen M. Black from Florida International University. Not pictured: Carleigh Miller, Undergraduate Poster Winner, and Oren Nedjar, Medical Student Poster Winner. [Middle] Joseph Souchak, Graduate Poster Winner. [Right] Hasham Shafi, Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Winner.

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Hosted by CPI, Imperial College London, and The BioIndustry Association (BIA), the second in the series of the RNA Vaccines and Therapeutics conference took place across 2‑days, bringing together a diverse range of experts from academia, biotech, pharma, and governmental and non-governmental agencies, with a mix of invited and abstract selected speakers together with a poster session.

The challenges and opportunities involved in developing and delivering the next generation of RNA medicines were discussed at length, and participants were able to hear from leading industry experts, share ideas, and build new connections within this rapidly advancing field.

RSC Pharmaceutics was delighted to support three poster prizes to celebrate the dedication of three researchers in the field, namely Jakub Hanczak (Imperial College London), Hadijatou Sallah (Imperial College London) and Piyush Chaturbedy (TTP plc).

RSC Pharmaceutics poster prize winner: Jakub Hanczak (Imperial College London)

RSC Pharmaceutics poster prize winner: Hadijatou Sallah (Imperial College London)

RSC Pharmaceutics poster prize winner: Piyush Chaturbedy (TTP plc)

The journal is delighted to provide support for this terrific work in such an important area of research.

The 3rd South Florida Translational Research Symposium took place at Florida International University, USA, on the 11th and 12th of April 2024. The symposium featured highly relevant plenary talks in neuroscience, drug discovery and delivery, healthy aging and cardiopulmonary. Our RSC Pharmaceutics Editorial Member, Dr Heidi Mansour attended this conference, and RSC Pharmaceutics was lucky enough to sponsor three prizes for the undergraduate, post graduate and postdoctoral poster winners!

(left) Undergraduate poster winner, Victoria Clark, Florida International University; (middle) Graduate poster winner, Eman Taher, Florida International University; (right) Postdoctoral poster winner, Ngozi Patience Paul, Florida International University

Undergraduate poster winner: Victoria Clark (Florida International University)

Graduate poster winner: Eman Taher (Florida International University)

Postdoctoral poster winner: Ngozi Patience Paul (Florida International University)

We are delighted that the conference was such a success and we would like to wish a huge congratulations to the poster prize winners!

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