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Congratulations to Melissa for receiving an award for Best Short Talk! Image: Martina Mesiarkova (left) and Melissa Matos (right).<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quinlab.co.uk\/lab\/2025\/11\/congratulations-melissa\/\">https:\/\/<em>doi<\/em>.org\/<em>10.1172<\/em>\/<em>JCI171002<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-03T10:25:52+00:00\">November 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-985 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quinlab.co.uk\/lab\/2025\/04\/recipient-of-ams-springboard-grant\/\" target=\"_self\" >Recipient of AMS Springboard grant<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Congratulations to Dr Quin for being a recipient of an Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard award for \u00a3125,000 to further her research on the underpinning mechanisms of frailty.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quinlab.co.uk\/lab\/2025\/04\/recipient-of-ams-springboard-grant\/\">https:\/\/<em>doi<\/em>.org\/<em>10.1172<\/em>\/<em>JCI171002<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-07T10:19:54+00:00\">April 7, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-981 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quinlab.co.uk\/lab\/2025\/03\/signet-award-recipient-melissa-matos\/\" target=\"_self\" >SIGNET award recipient: Melissa Matos<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dr Quin and her PhD students Melissa Matos and Calum Bane presented at the 2025 Scottish Immunology Groups meeting (SIGNET) in Perth, where Melissa was given an award for the best poster presentation. 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