Medical Research Council's video: MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award 2020: Meet the shortlist MaxP20

Find out more about the shortlisted entrants for this year's Max Perutz Science Writing Award, as they tell us what motivated their research, why they entered the competition, what helped their writing and why it's important to communicate about their research. We received the highest number of entries ever this year, with 140 applicants, and the quality of the articles was extremely high. The following entrants made the shortlist: Kirsty Balachandran, Imperial College London Miranda Buckle, MRC Doctoral Training Partnership, University of Oxford Isabella Goldsbrough, Imperial College London Jonathan Lewis, MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham Maria Stavrou, University of Edinburgh Undoing the Straitjacket Fernanda Teixeira Subtil, Francis Crick Institute From the Palace to the Favela Sarah Taylor, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh Elisabeth Trinh, MRC Doctoral Training Partnership, University of Manchester Stepheni Uh, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge Julia Wiktoria Wcislo, University of Dundee