A RESEARCHER from Colchester will present her work to help amputees in Parliament on Monday.

Ana Matran-Fernandez, 29, a senior research officer at Essex University, will show her work to MPs and a panel of expert judges, as part of Stem for Britain.

Her poster on research about her work on improving hand control and giving sensory feedback to below-the-elbow amputees, will be judged against dozens of other scientists’ research in the only national competition of its kind.

Ana was shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to appear in Parliament.

She said: “It is a great honour to be able to present my research in front of MPs, and I hope that it will help raise awareness of the current state of prostheses and improve the current options that are offered to amputees.”

Stephen Metcalfe MP, chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, said: “This annual competition is an important date in the parliamentary calendar because it gives MPs an opportunity to speak to a wide range of the country’s best young researchers.

“These early career engineers, mathematicians and scientists are the architects of our future and Stem for Britain is politicians’ best opportunity to meet them and understand their work.”

Ana’s research has been entered into the biosciences session of the competition, which will end in a gold, silver and bronze prize-giving ceremony.

Judged by leading academics, the gold medalist receives £3,000, while silver and bronze receive £2,000 and £1,000 respectively.

The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee runs the event in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society and the Council for Mathematical Sciences.