"research" blog posts
MBiolSci research internship: 6 weeks in Bangkok
Isobel Kynoch is a fourth year MBiolSci student in the School of Biosciences. This summer she spent six weeks in Thailand on a research internship. Here are the highlights.
Posted on: 12 November 2024
Young minds exploring cancer research
Dr Lorna Young is a Lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine (MCCM). Here she tells us about World Cancer Research Day and running an activity day for local Year 12 students.
Posted on: 30 September 2024
Mersey Colorectal Research Group Day
Matthew Fok is a PhD student and general surgical registrar in colorectal surgery. He recently co-organised the second Mersey Colorectal Group meeting. Here he gives us the highlights of the day.
Posted on: 19 September 2024
Presenting MSc research at ELMI2024
Samhitha Shivananda is a student on the MSc Cancer Biology and Therapy programme in the School of Biosciences studying. Here she tells us about presenting her research at the ELMI 2024 conference.
Posted on: 13 August 2024
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 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
Investigating RNA quality control using omics
Stuart Fulton is a final year PhD Student in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. He recently attended The Focused Meeting on Integrative Omics of Nuclear Functions in Chania, Crete, and told us about his trip and current research.
Posted on: 23 April 2024
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
London Festival of Genomics and Biodata
Piotr Darski is a PhD student in the department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. He recently attended the London Festival of Genomics & Biodata and told us about his trip.
Posted on: 13 February 2024
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
Science in San Francisco
George Carter is a third year Microbiology student in the School of Life Sciences. Here he tells us about his experiences on a placement at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), which have confirmed his desire to pursue a career in research.
Posted on: 11 January 2024
A new approach to Alzheimer’s disease with Neuro-Bio
Adam Khan is a third year Pharmacology student in the School of Life Sciences. Here he tells us about his experiences on an industrial placement with Neuro-Bio, a biotechnology company, and the valuable insights he gained.
Posted on: 12 December 2023
Introducing: Colin Hammond
Dr Colin Hammond recently joined the Institute as a Lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. Here is a quick introduction to Colin, his first impressions and plans.
Posted on: 16 November 2023
Microbiology Society Studentship: summer science
Holly Richardson is a third-year undergraduate student from the School of Life Sciences. This summer she spent 8 weeks on a Microbiology Society Harry Smith Vacation Studentship in the Hinton Lab. Here she tells us about the highlights.
Posted on: 7 November 2023
Culturing liver cells at Karolinska
Georgina Gregory is a Research Associate in the Copple Lab within the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She recently spent three weeks in Sweden at the Karolinska Institutet and tells us about her trip.
Posted on: 20 October 2023
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
Presenting pancreatic research in the Alps
Dr Wenhao Cai graduated this summer with a PhD from the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB). He recently attended the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club in Austria and tells us about his research and the trip.
Posted on: 1 August 2023
Spotlight: Dr Sarah Barnett – Mesothelioma research at the Egg Facility
This edition of Spotlight focuses on Dr Sarah Barnett, Facility Manager of the University’s innovative Egg Facility (CEF), who is helping to spearhead advancements in mesothelioma research.
Posted on: 10 July 2023
Spotlight: Dr Ainhoa Mielgo
This edition of Spotlight focusses on Dr Ainhoa Mielgo, a Reader in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. Ainhoa joined the University of Liverpool in 2013 as a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow, when she established her independent research group, which focusses on the tumour microenvironment.
Posted on: 18 May 2023
Spotlight: Dr Adeniyi Olagunju
This edition of Spotlight focusses on Dr Adeniyi Olagunju, a Tenure Track Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Adeniyi joined the University of Liverpool in June 2021 and recently established the Perinatal Pharmacology Group. Prior to this, Adeniyi was a Senior Lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, where his research was funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Posted on: 9 May 2023
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 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'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
My First Paper - Shwan Ahmed
This week we continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with Shwan Ahmed, a second year PhD student at the Centre for Metabolomics Research (CMR).
Posted on: 26 October 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 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 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 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
An immunological lens for cancer
Gaia Bellomo is a PhD student in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended a workshop at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 30 August 2022
CRUK symposium: Hypoxia in head and neck cancer
Rhianna Hill is a second year PhD student in Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. She recently attended the Cancer Research UK PhD/Postdoc Symposium at the Francis Crick Institute in London and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 23 August 2022
Talking proteomics at BSPR 2022
Megan Ford is a PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She recently attended the annual British Society for Proteome Research conference in Oxford and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 19 July 2022
Professor Simon Keller - European Young Investigator 2022 ILAE
Professor Simon Keller has been awarded the European Young Investigator Award, by the International League Against Epilepsy.
Posted on: 12 July 2022
My First Paper: Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat
As part of our new initiative across the Faculty, are showcasing research and their researchers across the board engaging with the future generations of researchers. This week we continue our My First Paper campaign with Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat from ISMIB, telling us all about her first research paper.
Posted on: 6 July 2022
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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
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
My First Paper: Reecha Sofat
As part of our new initiative across the Faculty, we will be showcasing research and their researchers across the board engaging with the future generations of researchers. Our first researcher from ISMIB is Professor Reecha Sofat, telling us all about her first research paper.
Posted on: 3 March 2022
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
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How do Komodo dragons keep warm?
My name is Meghan Hill and I am a final year MBiolSci student studying biological sciences. I am particularly interested in the field of animal behaviour and am currently undertaking a 1-year internship with the Behaviour and Welfare department at Chester Zoo while also completing my Master's studies.
Posted on: 14 March 2021
Student wins prize at British Pharmacology Society conference
Beth Heaton, a PhD student in the department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has won an award at the annual British Pharmacological Society (BPS: Pharmacology 2020) conference for her work on glucose uptake transporters in human immune cells.
Posted on: 8 January 2021
Spotlight: Lung cancer research in Liverpool
As Lung Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, we reflect on the vital research taking place in Liverpool.
Posted on: 30 November 2020
Spotlight: Professor Eithne Costello - pancreatic cancer research
This edition of Spotlight focuses on Professor Eithne Costello from the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. Eithne joined the University of Liverpool in 1999, where she established her own research group focused on pancreatic cancer, with a particular emphasis on early diagnosis.
Posted on: 19 November 2020
Life as a PhD Student in Lockdown
Rebecca Jensen is a PhD student in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. During the first national lockdown she was unable to continue her original research from home, and so she decided to volunteer for the ISARIC/WHO CCP study which looks at the urgent questions posed by Covid-19. Here she tells us what that was like, and how she is coping with the second national lockdown.
Posted on: 16 November 2020
Spotlight: Professor Sarah Coupland
This edition of Spotlight focuses on Professor Sarah Coupland from the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. Sarah holds the George Holt Chair in Pathology and is an Honorary Consultant Histopathologist at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Posted on: 13 November 2020
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed joins British Heart Foundation Board
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed as a trustee to the Board of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He was appointed alongside Prudential’s Mark FitzPatrick and Professor Jill Pell from the University of Glasgow.
Posted on: 12 November 2020
From Uganda to the UK: Crossing continents for COVID-19 clinical care
Catriona Waitt is a Reader in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, a Wellcome clinical postdoctoral fellow based at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and an honorary Consultant in Acute Medicine at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Peter Waitt is an Acute Physician at Wirral University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Infectious Disease Institute as Uganda Clinical Lead on the Joint Mobile Emerging Disease Clinical Capability Project. Here they tell us about balancing work and family life during the pandemic, both in Uganda and in Liverpool.
Posted on: 15 October 2020
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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
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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