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Prof. Zoë Waller

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Professor in Drug Discovery at UCL School of Pharmacy. Mum of 3. Researching. Lecturing. Chemistry. Pharmacy. DNA. RNA. i-Motif. G-Quadruplex. Cycling. Commuting. Legs. Shoes.

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We are RECRUITING for maternity cover for our NMR facility at the UCL School of Pharmacy - expected from April until February. Come and join us! Details below, feel free to reach out to me informally for more information. Closing date *9 March*.

03.03.2026 09:43 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Advert is out for my maternity leave cover - please spread the word! 7 month position starting in April 2026 #NMRchat

24.02.2026 16:09 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Me at the Blavatnik Awards, with my fellow finalists and giving me lecture

Me at the Blavatnik Awards, with my fellow finalists and giving me lecture

It was a wonderful experience to receive my Blavatnik Awards in the UK Finalist medal in the gorgeous Banqueting House this week!

Then give a public lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine!

A giant thank you to the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the The New York Academy of Sciences

26.02.2026 17:32 👍 35 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226) - University of Warwick Title: Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

26.02.2026 07:33 👍 25 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1
Photo of POV of blue-coloured summer cycling gloves

Photo of POV of blue-coloured summer cycling gloves

Summer Glovin

26.02.2026 10:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dr Mike Booth giving a talk titled "Programmable Life: Remote-controlled Synthetic Cells"

Dr Mike Booth giving a talk titled "Programmable Life: Remote-controlled Synthetic Cells"

I had the pleasure of seeing the presentations for the Blavatnik Awards for the Chemical Sciences today. Many congratulations to the awardees.

Special shout out to UCL colleague @drmikebooth.bsky.social who was a finalist 🧬🧬🧬

25.02.2026 22:07 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Michael Booth

Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Michael Booth

Congratulations to Dr Paola Pinilla @uclmaps.bsky.social and @drmikebooth.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social on being named finalists in the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK for their work on planet-forming discs and on new ways to use DNA in medicine www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

10.02.2026 16:00 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Honored to be a finalist for the 2026 Blavanik Awards in the UK in Life Sciences. I’m grateful to past and present lab members, collaborators, colleagues and mentors, who made it possible. It’s even better to share this from
Vietnam while celebrating the Tet holidays with family.

10.02.2026 10:19 👍 84 🔁 10 💬 12 📌 0

Many congratulations Kelly!

25.02.2026 22:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Research Technical Specialist (NMR) at UCL An academic position as a Research Technical Specialist (NMR) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

Research Technical Specialist (NMR) University College London (UCL) operational management of the School of Pharmacy’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Science and Technology Platform (NMR-STP) @drzoewaller.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ200/r... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

24.02.2026 16:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

JOB ALERT!

We are recruiting for a Research Technical Specialist in NMR Spectroscopy, within UCL School of Pharmacy to cover for maternity leave - full details on the link below

@chriswaudby.bsky.social
@nickynak3.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

25.02.2026 15:37 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Photo of (left to right) Mark Searcey, Fuad Muhamud, Paul Skelton and Zoë Waller

Photo of (left to right) Mark Searcey, Fuad Muhamud, Paul Skelton and Zoë Waller

Congratulations to Fuad Mahamud for passing his PhD viva (in his DNA jumper no less). Many thanks to Prof Mark Searcey and Vijay Chudasama for examining!

13.02.2026 19:08 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Birthday UCL!!! #UCL200

11.02.2026 08:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Super pleased to see this. Many congratulations @drmikebooth.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk

10.02.2026 10:59 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Zoe Waller UCL School of Pharmacy Research: i-Motif DNA stability regulates insulin expression
Zoe Waller UCL School of Pharmacy Research: i-Motif DNA stability regulates insulin expression YouTube video by DrZoeWaller

YouTube explainer here: youtu.be/djjYvflElnw

03.02.2026 12:48 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
@sheffielduni.bsky.social

03.02.2026 12:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Validate User

New paper out!

i-Motif, not G-quadruplex, stability regulates insulin expression - published in @narjournal.bsky.social

Team effort driven by Dr Dilek Guneri supported by Dr Chris Morris, @timcraggs.bsky.social, @yiliangding.bsky.social and Prof Steve Smith

academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

03.02.2026 12:48 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Mike ❤️

29.01.2026 17:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Photo of (Left to right) Zoe Waller, David Shorthouse, Robert Yuan, Mike Hannon and Stephen Neidle

Photo of (Left to right) Zoe Waller, David Shorthouse, Robert Yuan, Mike Hannon and Stephen Neidle

Congratulations to Rob Yuan for passing his PhD viva! Many thanks to @hannongroup.bsky.social and David Shorthouse for examining!

23.01.2026 10:57 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
TikTok - Make Your Day

UCL School of Pharmacy Festive Window Competition

All entries can be viewed in this video:

vm.tiktok.com/ZNR2uARKY/

@ucllifesciences.bsky.social

21.12.2025 22:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Deans Prize
School of Pharmacy Accreditation Team Led by
Cate Whittlesea John Malkinson and Rebecca Lever

Congratulations to all the awardees!

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unsung Professional Services Hero of the Year
Maddie Bridge-Davies

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Team of the year
School of Pharmacy EA team
Fiona Marquet, Rebecca Gomes and Vicky Welsh

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Close up of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences Award for Steve Hilton for 
Outstanding Outreach Activirt to Promote Inclusion

Close up of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences Award for Steve Hilton for Outstanding Outreach Activirt to Promote Inclusion

Outstanding outreach activity to promote inclusion
Stephen Hilton

I had to collect this one, so here's a close up of it

@hiltonlab.bsky.social

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Outstanding contribution to scholarship community/culture
Karolina Dziemidowicz

@kdziemi.bsky.social

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Outstanding contribution to mentoring and support
Melissa Rayner

@melissarayner.bsky.social

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Outstanding colleague/Unsung hero of the year
Geoff Wells

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Outstanding Collaboration with Professional Services or Core Facilities Staff
Lawrencia Louise Brown Ian Bates
with the placements team Rebekah Nichols, Lindsey Warner and Rupal Patel

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Image of Dr Steve Bunting introducing the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences Awards

Image of Dr Steve Bunting introducing the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences Awards

Really great to attend the Faculty staff awards, organised by Steve Bunting. Loved the attention to detail in the hosting, kind jokes and the awards themselves, which Steve made himself!
School of Pharmacy did well in the awards, many congratulations to my colleagues @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

20.12.2025 08:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Cell organelles have different pHs- shown clearly in this preprint. Check out the very clear thread here for a summary ❤️

17.12.2025 09:43 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0