Research Fellows Showcase 2025 - Researcher Hub

Collaboration for Impact

Organised by the Academy, this in-person event will enable attendees to hear about the ground-breaking research happening at the University, connect with other researchers and develop their own collaboration and leadership skills.

The showcase will include:

Keynote Panel: Working Collaboratively – Hear from University of Liverpool researchers who’ve built and led successful national and international collaborative research projects and learn from their experiences, their successes and the pitfalls to avoid.
Inclusive Research Leadership Workshop – The Thrive team will share their findings on increasing diversity in research leadership and explore the opportunities presented by team-led working.
Hear from Senior Leadership – Professor Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, will be attending the Showcase and delivering the closing remarks. Professor Anthony Hollander, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact, will be opening the Showcase. Professor Georgina Endfield, APVC for Research Environment and Postgraduate Research, will be Chairing the Keynote Panel.
Presentations from Fellows – Hear from research fellows at the University of Liverpool about the world-leading research they are conducting, their plans for the future of their research and opportunities for future collaborations.
Research Support – Stands by representatives from central research-related professional services teams, enabling attendees to identify who to talk to when looking for support with their research, funding, outputs, communications and professional development.
Connections – Opportunities throughout the day to make connections with fellows, other researchers and research-related professional services staff from across the University.

Research Fellows Showcase 2025 Programme

Time	Activity
09:30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	Welcome - Professor Anthony Hollander, PVC for Research & Impact
10:10	Research talks: Modern Human Adaptation to Novel Environments - Dr Jimbob Blinkhorn, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures Understanding the universe through precision measurements - Dr Yannick Ulrich, School of Physical Sciences Why do bacteria move towards antibiotics? - Dr Jamie Wheeler, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
10:55	Connections, refreshments and poster viewing
11:20	Keynote panel - Chaired by Professor Georgina Endfield, APVC for Research Environment and Postgraduate Research Panel members: Dr Wendy Asquith, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures; Professor Matthew Baylis, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences; Dr Andrew Hacket Pain, School of Environmental Sciences; Dr Eva Vilella-Figueras, School of Physical Sciences.
12:20	Lunch and connections
13:00	Poster viewing: No repeats: patterns, physics, and potential - Dr Sam Coates, School of Physical Sciences Next-generation tumour models: Unlocking collagen dynamics to revolutionise Head and Neck cancer treatments - Dr Amy L Harding, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology Strategies in the Iterative Process of Classification: Ambiguity and Arbitrariness - Dr Joshua Hurwitz, University of Liverpool Management School Biomarkers Associated with Clinical Severity, Outcomes, and Neuroglial Injury in Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis - Dr Franklyn Nkongho, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences New Frontiers of Lattice Field Theory - Dr David Schaich, School of Physical Sciences
13:40	Outputs Development at Liverpool - Mareike Wehner and Dr Natalie Wallis, Outputs Development team
13:45	Flash talks: Smart Coasts: Blending Nature and Technology for Lasting Protection - Prof Nicoletta Leonardi, School of Environmental Sciences Over-ventilated vs. under-ventilated “travelling fires”, which one is right? - Dr Xu Dai, School of Engineering Informing public health with statistical evolutionary theory - Dr Leonardo de Oliveira Martins, School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science Will rationally designing immunogens for antivenom manufacturing produce better products? - Dr Stuart Ainsworth, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences Taming the big cat: reigning in processes behind tropical Pacific variability with the PUMACAT field campaign - Dr Anna Deppenmeier, School of Environmental Sciences From advanced materials discovery to additive manufacturing - Dr Esther Garcia-Tunon, School of Engineering
14:15	The Adaptive Edge: Leading from the In-Between Workshop - Alys Kay, Thrive team
15:05	Connections, refreshments and poster viewing
15:25	Research talks: Tropical Mountains as Contemporary Climate Refugia - Dr Belen Fadrique, School of Environmental Sciences Revealing the role of protein-rich plants in diets before farming - Dr Ceren Kabukcu, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
15:55	Closing remarks and prizes by Professor Tim Jones, Vice-Chancellor University of Liverpool
16:10	Networking and refreshments

Call for Abstracts - Now closed for 2025

The deadline for submitting abstracts to present is 5pm, Wednesday 29th January 2025. Decisions will be announced on Wednesday 26th February 2025

Submit your abstract here

See below for general abstract guidance and information about the research talks, flash talks and posters.

Eligibility: Abstracts are welcome from research fellows at the University of Liverpool. Whilst there are different types of fellowship, in this instance fellows are broadly defined as individuals who spend the majority of their time conducting their own research via independent funding that they have obtained themselves from internal or external sources (for example, UKRI Future Leader Fellows, University of Liverpool Research Fellows, Royal Society University Research Fellowships, etc.). If you are unsure of your eligibility then please contact us and we'll be happy to discuss it with you: Researcher@liverpool.ac.uk.

General abstract guidance

Talks and posters will be selected anonymously by the selection panel based on the submitted title, abstract and short statement of consideration only. All co-authors should have knowledge about the abstract ahead of submission. The title of the abstract should be clear and present the content of the abstract description. Abstracts should be 300 words maximum (references are included in the wordcount) and should only contain text, no figures or tables.

For suggestions about writing a strong conference abstract, visit the Outputs Hub.

Guidance for Research talks

Talks should be 10 minutes long, which allows for allowing 5 minutes for questions and discussion (the total time of each slot is 15 minutes). The presentations will be hosted on a Windows computer and slides should be saved in PowerPoint or PDF and sent to Researcher@liverpool.ac.uk by 17:00, 21st March.

Some suggested prompts for the content of your talk are:

A brief introduction to yourself and your previous experience prior to starting your fellowship
An overview of your research area for a non-specialist audience
Any key research findings you've made so far during your fellowship
Your plans, directions and goals for your research during the rest of your fellowship
Where you see yourself complementing research at the University and any areas where you might look for interdisciplinary collaboration with others at Liverpool

Guidance for Flash talks

Flash talks should be 3 minutes long. There will be no questions as the flash talk acts as an advertisement and overview of you and your research. The presentations will be hosted on a Windows computer and slides should be saved in PowerPoint or PDF and sent to Researcher@liverpool.ac.uk by 17:00, 21st March. Presentations should be a maximum of 3 slides.

The aim of the flash talks is to introduce yourself and your research. Three minutes is not long enough to go into details on specific issues of methodology or lots of results. The talks are designed to provide you with an opportunity to raise your profile and awareness of your research within the University and help you connect with other fellows and attendees.

Guidance for Posters

Posters can be A1 or A0 size in portrait orientation. You must provide your own printout of the poster (there is no funding provided to print posters). You will be required to set up your poster in the morning of the Showcase and remove it at the end of the session. Poster fixings will be provided.

Posters will be on display in the Showcase room throughout the day and participants will be invited to view them during breaks in the programme. There will be a specific poster viewing session (13:00, immediately following lunch) where you will be expected to be present and available for discussion.

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