The Faculty is celebrating the 3rd PhD Students’ Conference

In this edition, 27 PhD students from the Faculty’s three PhD programmes took part: 17 from Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, 4 from Animal Production and 6 from Food Science. Each presented a poster summarising their research to be displayed during the week of the conference, and 23 of them gave oral presentations on their research on the 28th in the Sala de Grados.

From the week prior to the event, the library hosted an interactive display of the PhD students’ posters at the entrance to the premises. The exhibition also encouraged visitors to vote for up to three of their favourite posters using a QR code; those posters could receive an award at the end of the event if they were among the most voted for.

The event was split into two sessions. During the morning, PhD students from the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health programme presented their research, whilst the afternoon was dedicated to the Animal Production and Food Science programmes. At the end of each block of PhD presentations, another round of voting took place, this time for the oral presentations.

The event concluded with the presentation of awards for the best oral presentations and the best posters from each of the PhD programmes. The people recognised were:

• Best PhD poster in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health: Gabriella Maria Morais
• Best PhD oral presentation in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health: Sebastià Company
• Best PhD poster in Animal Production: Davide Martini
• Best PhD oral presentation in Animal Production: Maria Roda Tena
• Best PhD poster in Food Science: Yixuan Tan
• Best PhD oral presentation in Food Science: Pedro Abilio Rolón

This third edition consolidates the PhD Students’ Conference as a key annual event for promoting scientific communication, fostering networking amongst the Faculty’s various groups, and recognising the excellence of the research being carried out.