"cell and systems biology" blog posts

My First Paper: Amy ColleranAmy Colleran on graduation day

My First Paper: Amy Colleran

Amy Colleran is a third year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Here Amy discusses her research into detection of the volatile chemical compounds associated with smelly armpits!

Posted on: 6 August 2024

Microtubules: from atoms to complex systemsEleanor Hargreaves and friends at the conference BBQ

Microtubules: from atoms to complex systems

Eleanor Hargreaves is a third year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Eleanor discusses her research and her recent trip to Germany for an EMBO symposium on microtubules.

Posted on: 19 July 2024

Exploring the intersection of AI and drug designYang Hao in London

Exploring the intersection of AI and drug design

Yang Hao is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology and is supervised by Professor Luning Liu. She recently attended the Bio-IT conference in London and told us about her trip.

Posted on: 13 March 2024

Spotlight: Professor Luning LiuProfessor Luning Liu in the laboratory

Spotlight: Professor Luning Liu

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Professor Luning Liu, Chair of Microbial Bioenergetics and Bioengineering in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Having joined the University of Liverpool in December 2012, Luning was awarded a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to establish his independent research group, which focuses on photosynthesis, carbon fixation, and synthetic engineering.

Posted on: 17 January 2024

Fellowships and falls at McMaster UniversitySara Chowdhury standing behind the McMaster University sign, under a large tree with flowers to the foreground

Fellowships and falls at McMaster University

Sara Chowdhury is a final year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. She was recently selected for a Turing Fellowship, spending the summer conducting research at McMaster University in Canada. Here she tells us about her trip.

Posted on: 6 October 2023

BNA2023 Festival of Neuroscience Filippo Dall'Armellina presenting his poster at a neuroscience conference

BNA2023 Festival of Neuroscience

Filippo Dall’Armellina is a first year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. He recently attended the British Neuroscience Association Festival in Brighton and told us all about his trip.

Posted on: 25 April 2023

My First Paper: Sahand ShamsSahand Shams

My First Paper: Sahand Shams

We continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with PhD student Sahand Shams from the Centre for Metabolomics Research.

Posted on: 16 February 2023

My First Paper: Filippo Dall'ArmellinaFilippo-Dall-Armellina 864 X 335

My First Paper: Filippo Dall'Armellina

We continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with PhD student Filippo Dall'Armellina from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology.

Posted on: 8 December 2022

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My First Paper: Laura Bracun

This week we continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with Laura Bracun from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology.

Posted on: 7 October 2022

Spotlight on sepsiscase study image

Spotlight on sepsis

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Dr Howbeer Muhamad-Ali from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Howbeer is a Tenure Track Fellow and his research group focuses on the applications of molecular imaging and metabolomics techniques for understanding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at single cell and community (biofilm) levels.

Posted on: 3 October 2022

Neurosciences en ParisView of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the distance

Neurosciences en Paris

Sophie Rustidge is a second year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. She recently attended the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Conference 2022 in Paris and tells us about her trip.

Posted on: 20 September 2022

Lysosomes and lake swimming in New HampshireLake view

Lysosomes and lake swimming in New Hampshire

Katy McCarron is a third year PhD student in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended the 2022 Lysosomes and Endocytosis Gordon research conference 2022 in New Hampshire, USA and tells us about her trip!

Posted on: 1 September 2022

The 5th European NFkB Subunit Workshop Report

The 5th European NFkB Subunit Workshop Report

Fasanya Temitope is a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended the 5th European NF-kB Workshop in Porto and told us all about her research and the trip.

Posted on: 1 June 2022

Spring SciX Conference Report 2022

Spring SciX Conference Report 2022

A couple of weeks ago, the University of Liverpool hosted the Spring SciX Conference, a 3-day conference in which early careers researchers present their research and provides them opportunities for oral and poster presentations with the aim of establishing career mentors for early careers researchers. Daniel Smaje, Sara Sadia Chowdhury, and Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat all attended the conference and here is what they said about it.

Posted on: 28 April 2022

Hosting the UoL Plant and Photosynthesis Symposium 2022

Hosting the UoL Plant and Photosynthesis Symposium 2022

A group of PhD and postdoc students got together and organised a Plant and Photosynthesis Symposium which was held on the 17 March 2022. We spoke to Jessica Pritchard, one of our PhD students, who organised the event to find out what it was all about and her experiences before, during and after the symposium.

Posted on: 30 March 2022

PhD Students Insight to studying Biochemistry - Biology Week 2021

PhD Students Insight to studying Biochemistry - Biology Week 2021

Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat, 3rd year PhD student provides an insight to her experience and PhD journey studying Biochemistry at the University of Liverpool.

Posted on: 7 October 2021

Spotlight: Professor Andy Jones - international rice researchRice Diversity.  Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Spotlight: Professor Andy Jones - international rice research

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Professor Andy Jones from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Andy is joint Director of the Computational Biology Facility and is one of the founders of the UK Rice Research Consortium (UKRRC).

Posted on: 9 October 2020

Spotlight: Dr Jill Madine - researching dementia

Spotlight: Dr Jill Madine - researching dementia

This edition of Spotlight focuses on Dr Jill Madine from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Jill has a long-standing interest in the role of amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. Her recent research has focussed on the potential role of the previously identified cardiovascular amyloid protein medin in dementia.

Posted on: 11 September 2020