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Science essay competition 2004

FIRST PRIZE (£1500)

Kate Atherton, school of epidemiology and health sciences, University of Manchester: “Whiplash injury: Pain in the neck or in the head?â€

SECOND PRIZE (£750)

Yfke van Bergen, sub-department of animal behaviour, University of Cambridge: “Small brains, big intellect: Why fish are smarter than you thinkâ€

THIRD PRIZE (£500)

Jessica Tracy, department of psychology, University of California, Davis: “Show Your Prideâ€

RUNNERS-UP

Maria Tennant, department of neuroscience, King’s College London: “Proteins in Motor Neurone Disease – Keep on Moving!â€

Corrinne Burns, Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University: “The Other Green Goddessâ€

Frances Catherine Elwell, department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Cambridge: “A Current Problemâ€

Anna Scaife, Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge: “Taking pictures of the pastâ€

David Jenkins, school of engineering, Napier University: “Turn on, switch off, or kop out…â€

Paul McFadden, department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics, University of Cambridge: “Myths of Creationâ€

Clare Patterson, University of London. Research conducted at department of medicine, University of Sydney: “Sun, sea and catching the right waveâ€

Olivia Hibbitt, department of pharmacology, University of Oxford: “Flick the switch, its baby time!â€

Joanne Lawson, department of psychology, University of Sussex: “Why children’s fears should be a worry for grown-ups tooâ€

Patrick Lewis, MRC Prion Unit, Institute of Neurology, London: “Rogue Proteins and Mad Cowsâ€

The Science Essay Competition is held jointly by The Wellcome Trust and Âé¶¹´«Ã½. The winning essay will be published in Âé¶¹´«Ã½ on 9 October.