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Cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research and teaching in the biological sciences at the University of Liverpool. #TeamLivUni 💻 liverpool.ac.uk/systems-molecular-and-integrative-biology
Exciting news! Artificial Intelligence will be used to accelerate new medicine discovery in a University of Liverpool partnership secured following Mayor Steve Rotheram’s US trade mission.
Read the full story ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/02/05/n...
🌍 Sustainability Week 2026 is coming! 🙌🏾
Join us from 23-27 Feb for our annual week of events, activities and opportunities for students and staff to get involved in sustainability.
Tap the link below or check the MyLiverpool app to explore the full programme!
🔗 www.liverpool.ac.uk/about/sustai...
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A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology has found that spikes in blood sugar after meals may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read the full story ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/01/14/b...
Resharing & please pass it on!
ACCE+ PhD project on the molecular evolution of insectivorous mammals that eat toxic amphibians 🦔🐸. Jointly supervised with brilliant colleagues in @livuni-ismib.bsky.social & @mpi-ce.bsky.social & open to UK & international students. @shabmohammadi.bsky.social
Wishing everyone a joyful and festive holiday season!
🎄The HLS social media elves are now taking a little break but we'll be back in 2026!
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World-leading researcher, Professor William Hope has secured £8 million from Wellcome to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a leading global health threat responsible for millions of deaths worldwide.
Read more ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/12/18/8...
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We recently celebrated the tenth annual Science Jamboree, featuring STEM fun and discovery with members of our Faculty and our friends in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Activities included planetarium stargazing, the chemistry of 'dragons snot' and more!
🔗 bit.ly/48ECa55
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New clinical tool developed by @liverpooluni.bsky.social and The Walton Centre shown to accurately predict whether meningiomas will grow or cause symptoms, helping doctors and patients make better-informed treatment decisions.
🔗 bit.ly/47QP6G4
#TeamLivUni | #braintumour
⭐️ Fantastic talk from Evangelos Giampazolias today at our Liverpool Cancer Seminar Series on nutrient-host-microbiome interactions in cancer immunity 👏🏻👏🏻
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@liverpooluni.bsky.social and @newcastleuni.bsky.social researchers have uncovered how bacterial organelles assemble, opening new routes for bioengineering and climate innovation.
👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/10/n...
Join a dynamic research team led by Dr Carrie Duckworth -
2 PhD fully funded studentships are available aligned with the recently established North West Cancer Research gastric cancer organoid hub!
#Biotechnology #BioEngineering #PhDpositions
#CellBiology #CancerBiology
Fully-funded PhD opportunities to tell you about at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
1. I'm leading a project to translate protein bioinformatics tools to make the lives of structural biologists easier. Your supervisory team includes Igor Barsukov, Ronan Keegan and David McDonagh
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🧠 Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship 🧠 Please repost
BBSRC NWD project with @parikki.bsky.social and @iamabyron.bsky.social
Come join us to look at how mechanical and oxidative stress signalling pathways converge on the synaptic scaffold protein talin.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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NEWS | North West Cancer Research supports study to improve gastric cancer outcomes
The project led by Dr Carrie Duckworth, entitled OrganoXplore, aims to develop personalised treatment strategies to reduce deaths from gastric cancer
🔗 bit.ly/4osEqTO
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Our latest preprint is out!
We developed an inducible “RapTag” system that uses ENTAC to chemically recruit USP15 to the unstable protein CTLA4. This induced proximity stabilises and slows down the rapid lysosomal turnover of CTLA4.
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@liverpooluni.bsky.social and CyanoCapture Ltd are joining forces to develop the next generation of carboxysome-based targeted drug delivery systems, exploiting unique traits found in fast-growing cyanobacteria.
Read more 👉
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/30/p...
Our group in @livuni-ismib.bsky.social are delighted to share our latest article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery:
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In quantitative systems toxicology, the achievements of the @IHIeurope.bsky.social Innovative Health Initiative TransQST consortium in improving drug safety.
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NEWS | A major UK-wide study led by Dr Carolyn Young has revealed the profound impact of multiple sclerosis on health-related quality of life, with findings that could reshape how services and resources are allocated for people living with the condition
🔗 bit.ly/4qBhovG
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The BBSRC NorthWest DTP has welcomed its first postgraduate cohort. The programme is a joint initiative by @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @manchester.ac.uk to equip early-career scientists with the skills to tackle the UK’s key bioscience and environmental challenges.
🔗 bit.ly/48JGwK4
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Photo in my lab
Celebrating the first wet-lab experiment in my group. Successfully carried out by Sophie, my first MRes student and research assistant in Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social, and me. Thanks to colleagues in the APT group of ISMIB @livuni-ismib.bsky.social for sharing their experience. #nanopore
Great to share our British Science Festival experience ‘Liverpool’s Party People’ with @livuni-ismib.bsky.social colleagues this afternoon.
Thanks @drlornayoung.bsky.social for the photo
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Congratulations to Konstantinos Prokopidis from @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social and Theano Kyriakou from @livuni-ismib.bsky.social, who have received the prestigious Professor John Glover Memorial Award 🎉
➡️ bit.ly/42wwOXI
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NEWS | Congratulations to Dr Joshua Gardner, who has received a five-year @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award to support his research into how prior exposure to viruses can impact vaccine safety and performance
➡️ bit.ly/4mSKbbR
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NEWS | New research has shown significant global variation in the treatment of diverticulitis, a common bowel condition.
The Bowel Research UK funded study revealed the use of antibiotics to treat diverticulitis is 'alarmingly high'.
➡️ bit.ly/4gRjxPn
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Alt text: A navy blue news title card that reads 'New insights into how pathogens build protein machinery for survival in the gut' in white writing. Pictured to the right is a diagram of the digestive system with diagrams of gut bacteria.
New research has revealed how pathogenic bacteria construct tiny protein-based compartments, offering new insight into how bacteria survive and thrive in the gut.
➡️ bit.ly/476v5uz
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NEWS I Scientists at @liverpooluni.bsky.social have developed a new low-cost blood test that could make it easier to detect #Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier stage. Read all about it ⬇️
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/01/l...
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Join us for coffee & cake 🍰 ☕
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Friday 26 September
10:00 - 11:00
2nd floor breakout area, William Henry Duncan Building
Raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. There will be tea, coffee and a variety of cakes and other treats to enjoy together.
