Pharmaceutical Science students from MTU in Tralee have won the second-place prize in the annual Eurachem Analytical Measurement Competition.
The event, hosted by Atlantic Technological University in Sligo was open to all universities across Ireland who were represented by second year students studying laboratory sciences.
Participants who represented MTU’s Tralee campus were Matthew Pop, Leah O’Sullivan, Conor Quirke and Isabelle Ben-Chika who are in their second year in the BSc Pharmaceutical Science programme in the Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
They showed great confidence and demonstrated the skills they have learnt in the various laboratory sessions in their degree programme.
The Head of Department, Dr Gerard Corkery, congratulated the students and expressed the appreciation of MTU to their mentors Dr Bernard Boateng, Dr Maria Heffernan and all lecturers of the Pharmaceutical Science Course Board who assisted in preparing the students for the competition.
MTU’s BSc Pharmaceutical Science graduates have received quality tuition in theoretical and practical aspects of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science including advanced pharmaceutical techniques, drug synthesis and design and bioprocessing which have enabled them to secure jobs in major pharmaceutical companies around the world.
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