Congratulations to Mark Hughes, a trainee neurosurgeon and PhD student supervised by Professor Alan Murray, with Professor Mike Shipston from Biomedical Sciences, who has won the ACL/ACF prize at the annual meeting of the Society of Academic and Research surgery (SARS).

The paper Mark presented at the conference was:

Hughes MA, Bunting A, Brennan PM, Murray AF & Shipston MJ. Towards regenerative neurosurgery: Interfacing neuronal networks with silicon-based microelectronics.

The Society of Academic and Research surgery (SARS) is UK-based organisation, based at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, that aims to promote excellence in surgical research, education, and clinical innovation. This was delivered in collaboration with NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) and was specifically targeted at Academic Clinical Lecturers or Fellows.