I remember applying to the MSSA conference on the insistence of my supervisor. I was reluctant to attend, since I was only in my honours year and I had never attended a conference before. I presented a poster of my project entitled “Investigating Tau pathology in an in vitro model for Alzheimer’s disease”. The conference was enough of an experience to me alone. So I never thought I would walk away with any award, never mind the top prize of “Most Promising Microscopist”.

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