Congratulations to one of our two NLD DTP YES teams who were successful at this year's YES competition (https://www.yescompetitions.co.uk/), after attending the final in London on January 29th 2025. The winning team comprised 4 BBSRC students (Sara Ilic, Kathleen Bialik, Cameron Read, and George Weston (from Newcastle University and Durham University)) and 1 MRC DiMeN DTP student (Taylor Wellfare Reid (Newcastle University)). The team said: "Partaking in the YES competition was a great opportunity to gain experience of what it is like to work in the biotech startup industry, delve into new areas of research, and learning new skills, while continuing my PhD work. Our team, DiagnosTree, won both the intellectual property prize and social media award in the final at the Royal Society in London. We were pleased to win these in particular as everyone in our team contributed across both sections." Congratulations to the team - and well done to both NLD DTP teams who took part in the competition this year!