Bianca Hazt wins Bragg Exchange Poster Prize 2026 (Runners Up) on her work on mucoadhesion
Bianca Hazt (PhD Student, SOFI2 CDT, Reckitt) was awarded a runner-up poster prize at the Bragg Exchange 2026, which took place on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st January. Her poster was entitled Designing bioinspired microgels for enhanced mucosal adhesion.
Related work of Bianca can be seen in her published work:
Hazt B, Read DJ, Harlen OG, Poon WCK, O'Connell A, Connell SD, Sarkar A (2025). Heat-induced structural changes in lactoferrin for enhanced mucoadhesion. ACS Applied Bio Materials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.5c01534
(2024). Mucoadhesion across scales: Towards the design of protein-based adhesives. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 334, Article No. 103322 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2024.103322