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Looking ahead to
#WorldHeartDay
on Sunday we're celebrating the success of
@MRC_LMS
Group Head
@DrDeclanORegan
who was appointed the first Chair of Cardiovascular AI by
@TheBHF
@ImperialNHLI
@ImperialMed
@imperialcollege
@ImperialNHS
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Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga, who studies how organs communicate, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 🎉
Find out more about her "ground-breaking" and "pioneering" research
👉
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📣 Amazing
#News
Prof Miguel-Aliaga (
@FlyGutLab
) has been awarded with her 3rd grant from the
@ERC_Research
🏅
Continuing her outstanding work at the LMS, she aims to interrogate further why organs have the shapes & positions they do.
👉
#ERCAdG
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9
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We are excited to announce the appointment of Professor
@WiebkeArlt
as the new Director of the MRC LMS
Wiebke is an award-winning clinical endocrinologist and leader of an international multi-disciplinary research team
We look forward to welcoming Wiebke from the 1 Jan 2023.
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Proud to announce that our very own Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga (
@FlyGutLab
) has been awarded
@GeneSocUK
's Mary Lyon Medal. More here:
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Remember your high school biology textbook saying bacteria don't have histones? Turns out, researchers have proven otherwise! Check out LMS researchers' study to learn more!
@tobias_warnecke
@antoine_hocher
@NatureMicrobiol
#HistonesInBacteria
#Microbiology
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🧫 Histones aren't just for eukaryotes and archaea! Study by LMS researchers and collaborators reveals their existence in bacterial cells. Click to learn more.
#Histones
#Microbiology
#ResearchDiscovery
@tobias_warnecke
@NatureMicrobiol
@antoine_hocher
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Congratulations Prof Irene Miguel-Aliaga
@FlyGutLab
, Head of our Gut Signalling & Metabolism group, for her international recognition today being elected as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences
@acmedsci
Read more here:
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5
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NEWS - LMS group head,
@louise_fets
receives £1 million award from
@CR_UK
to investigate how drugs get into
#cancer
cells.
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5
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Prof Juanma Vaquerizas (
@vaquerizasjm
) is the latest Group Head to join the MRC LMS, and has set up the Developmental & Regulatory Genomics group (
@vaquerizas_lab
)🧬
Read Juanma’s science story here👇
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6
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We are kicking off day 2 of
#SummerOfScience
getting to know one of our newest research groups a little bit better. Over to you
@metzisv
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Congratulations to
@MRC_LMS
's Petra Hajkova for her election as an
#EMBOmember
@EMBO
@The_MRC
@ImperialMed
@imperialcollege
1
17
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@MichaelRosenYes
is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets. He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature
@GoldsmithsUoL
. For his
#PictureOfHealth
Michael presents his moving poem called 'I am being made better'
#RhythmsOfLife
👉
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We have several opportunities for scientist refugees to join us.
These Fellowships are designed to facilitate the continuation of a research career for post-doctoral researchers who have been displaced by conflict.
Please share widely
👉
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There is often a lot of negativity shared on social media about
#phdlife
or working in
#academia
So for
#WorldMentalHealthDay
we challenge you to share something positive about your PhD, postdoc or academic life! What is it that you love? Share below!
#mentalhealth
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@KellyTHD_Nguyen
@MRC_LMB
We are thrilled to announce the next Life Sciences awardee 2020
Congratulations to Veronique Miron
@MironLab
of
@MRC_CRH
@EdinburghUni
Read more about Veronique in this interview:
#SuffrageScience
#WomenInSTEM
4
11
48
The post doc retreat has finally arrived 🥳🤩 and
@Paul_Chammas
is excited about it!!! Stay tuned today to hear more from science speed dates 👀 , talks 🧪 and LOTS of ping pong 🏓
@lms_postdocs
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4
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📢 We're now the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences! Going UK-wide, beyond just London. Proudly in sync with our siblings LMB, Cambridge. Check out our new look!
#ForAllOfUK
#MRCUpdates
@MRC_LMB
@UKRI_News
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12
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🎉🎉NEW RESEARCH🎉🎉
Our Metabolism and Cell Growth group have shown how tumours induce muscle wasting in order to fuel their own growth.
Read more here:
#CancerResearch
0
16
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Celebrating ERC Success! Congratulations to Dr Irene Miguel-Aliaga from
@MRC_LMS
who has been awarded an
@ERC_Research
Advanced Grant entitled "Sex differences in intestinal plasticity" 1 of 6
@imperialcollege
researchers to get advanced grants this round
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4
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We are delighted to announce the final Maths and Computing awardee of 2020. Congratulations to Dr
@suesentance
of
@Raspberry_Pi
and
@KingsCollegeLon
Sue was nominated by Dr Hannah Dee
#SuffrageScience
#WomenInSTEM
2
7
34
Love always wins! 🌈 Happy hour for LMS staff to celebrate
#PrideMonth2023
with
@CarrotDrag
hosting! Ps. Don’t forget to check your heart ❤️💛💚💙💜
#cardiomyopathy
#cardiomyopathyawarenessweek2023
@GlobalHeartHub
@ImperialNHLI
0
8
39
The LMS remembers a much-loved friend and colleague - Holger Kramer
1
9
34
Being too clean might be bad for your descendants, new research published in
@BioMedCentral
Biology, from scientists at the MRC LMS investigates environmental stress on the piRNA pathway in C elegans
@ImperialMed
#epigenetics
#transgenerational
0
9
33
Using Drosophila embryos 🪰, our Developmental Epigenomics group explored the link between 3D
#genome
organisation, gene expression and gene regulation.
Published in
@NatureGenet
w/
@vaquerizas_lab
.
#BiologyWeek
#WeAreLMS
0
8
34
Stuck for home schooling ideas about science?
Last year we published our latest illustrated book that tells the stories of pioneering women in STEM. Head to our website and download digital versions of these stories.
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
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21
34
Join us this Friday for our
#SuffrageScience
awards event celebrating
#WomenInSTEM
from the Life Sciences and Maths & Computing.
Hosted by the wonderful
@Kat_Arney
& panellists
@aimafidon
@Girls_inScience
&
@JennyRohn
For more info and to register:
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🎉🎉NEW RESEARCH🎉🎉
@mikhailspivakov
& colleagues in our Functional Gene Control group have asked whether cohesin really is the driving force behind bringing enhancers and their target genes into close proximity.
Find out more in this video & link:
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6
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Otoscope is LIVE!
The first episode of the
#podcast
led by
@LmsStudents
is now out!
In this episode,
@radinagg
and
@SaulMoore11
met with
@PSarkies
in The Pod
@WhiteCityPlace
to talk about
#evolution
,
#epigenetics
and gene editing:
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.
@Alexis_Barr
Head of Cell Cycle Control
@MRC_LMS
shares how she splits her time between family life and cell cycles in the latest
#threewisewomen
blog from
@ImperialMed
#worklifebalance
#AcademicTwitter
#WomenInSTEM
1
15
33
🎉🎉 NEW RESEARCH 🎉🎉
The Gut Signalling and Metabolism group here at the LMS have shown how the neurons that talk to the gut help the female body to prepare for reproduction.
Read more here:
#GutBrainAxis
#Reproduction
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8
31
Professor Cathy Price
@UCL
has been chosen by
@KiaNobre
@UniofOxford
"Cathy blossomed through the trenches of a very macho world with gentle words, generous deeds, scientific commitment and rigour, genuine translation of research to clinical benefit, and humour"
#SuffrageScience
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12
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Congratulations to our first awardee Dr Gaitee Hussain
@onlygaitee
, Head of Science Division
@esascience
, who was nominated by Professor Moira Jardine of
@PhysAstroStAnd
@univofstandrews
✨
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4
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The Regulatory Dynamics and Cell Identity group was formed this May, headed by
@NicolaFestuccia
who has been featured in our article sharing his background and the aims of the new group
0
8
30
Huge congratulations to Dr Samaya Nissanke
@samayanissanke
of
@GRAPPAinstitute
@UvA_Amsterdam
@_nikhef
, who was nominated by Professor Amina Helmi
@amina_helmi
of
@univgroningen
🔭
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0
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It's International
#WomensDay
👩🔬
Today and every day, we celebrate our incredible women at the LMS and all the amazing work they do!
Here are some lovely shots of our women in action !📸😄
#MeetLMS
#WomenInSTEM
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7
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Applications now open! 🎓✏️
We currently have 9 PhD 3.5 year fully funded studentships available to start in October 2023
Apply for a
#PhDposition
at the LMS by 14 December⏰
Find out more 👉
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16
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Happy
#ValentinesDay
from the MRC LMS
This image of a heart shaped cell was taken down the microscope by Rosa Porreca. The pink shows the telomeres that cap off our chromosomes.
Who else has any heart shaped finds down the microscope?
#microscopy
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For this year's International Women’s Day, we've taken a look at the number of women we have working in leadership roles across the LMS.
We have quite a lot!
Find out more on our website:
#BreakTheBias
#IWD2022
@ImperialMed
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10
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🎉Grant news🎉
Dr Chris Schiering
@SchieringLab
, head of our Inflammation and Obesity group has been awarded a £69k Wellcome Research Enrichment grant.
The grant will be used to increase awareness of gut health and its importance for overall wellbeing.
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3
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*THREAD*
Today on
#IWD2021
we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the
#SuffrageScience
awards by announcing the 2021 Engineering and Physical Sciences Awardees 🎉
Introducing the 12 new members of the Suffrage Science Family...
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience
1
11
30
New research from
@FlyGutLab
and colleagues published today reveals how the testes talk to the gut to get the molecule that is needed for sperm production. Read more and check out some incredible images here:
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11
29
Huge congratulations go to Professor Natalie Stingelin
@StingelinN
of
@GeorgiaTech
, who was nominated by Professor Roisin Owens
@biochemist_hero
of
@cebcambridge
@Cambridge_Uni
🔬
1
4
28
"I find that drawing enhances the creativity necessary for doing science."
Read our latest blog by
@ClaudiaLennicke
,
#postdoc
in the
@CochemeLab
on her passion for painting and the creative inspiration behind the cover work in
@MolecularCell
.
1
10
25
We are excited to announce our next Life Sciences awardee 2020.
Congratulations to Laura Colgin
@ColginLab
of
@TexasScience
@UTAustin
Read more about Laura in this interview:
#SuffrageScience
#womeninSTEM
4
6
27
First up is the wonderful
@KathrynMcGurk
, who focused on rare variants in
#Cardiomyopathy
patients 🧬🏥
Check out some of her latest research 👉
#WhyGeneticsMatter
#MeetLMS
@CVGenomics
@GlobalHeartHub
@ImperialNHLI
So excited to share our preprint () estimating the penetrance of rare variants in hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) associated genes for secondary findings (SFs). Blog ()
@drjamesware
@CVGenomics
1/8
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1
7
27
New
@LmsStudents
#podcast
episode!
@ediem_aljibury
and
@JuliaNeedham_
talked w/ Prof. Vaquerizas
@vaquerizasjm
and
@FabioDorazio
about epigenetics in development and computational approaches to studying it.
Listen now:
#scicomm
#phdchat
1
7
27
Revealing why some cancer drugs keep working even after treatment stops: learn how CDK4/6 inhibitors put cancer cells into a deep sleep, preventing them from waking up and growing again.
@Alexis_Barr
@CRUKresearch
@_tonyly
@AdeSaurin
@dundeeuni
0
8
25
🎉🎉NEW RESEARCH🎉🎉
Our Developmental and Regulatory Genomics group have developed an algorithm that can more efficiently spot the difference in 3D genome organisation.
Read more here:
0
9
26
We’re delighted to welcome researchers from
@ImperialMDR
to the LMS today for more than 20 flash science sessions sharing our work and looking to future collaborations. 🧬
#LMSMDR
1
8
27
LMS Director Amanda Fisher made a Dame in New Year’s Honours
for
#HIV
research and raising profile of women-in-science
#NewYearsHonours
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16
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We are also celebrating our Suffrage Science awardees in the Life Sciences at our virtual event this evening. Congratulations to our class of 2020!
#SuffrageScience
#WomenInSTEM
@UCSF
@uoftmse
@UniofOxford
@UGA_MarineSci
@sheffielduni
@SheffMechEng
@Cambridge_Uni
@EdinburghUni
1
3
23
It's
#InternationalWomensDay
so we caught up with some of our researchers to ask them about their journeys into STEM, starting with their female role models.
#WomenInScience
#WomenInSTEM
@Alexis_Barr
@JellinsEllins
@shenaz_aj
#MRCLMS
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4
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Prof.
@CarronShankland
speaks about the
#SuffrageScience
scheme, "Hopefully the awards will allow teachers to use us as exemplars to hold up in classrooms & say, 'Look, here is a woman who is in computing and you could be like her too'."
@StirUni
#womeninSTEM
#ALD18
@Science_Grrl
0
11
21
Today,
#AdaLovelaceDay
, sees the launch of an initiative to celebrate
#women
in maths and computing
@BPoD_mrc
1
26
20
Professor Oliver Howes is on
@BBCRadio4
All in the Mind tonight at 21:00 discussing his and
@sameerjauhar
recent paper about determining treatment response to antipsychotic treatment with
@claudiahammond
#psychosis
#mentalhealth
@ImperialMed
@KingsIoPPN
3
15
21
This week is
#CardiomyopathyAwareness2023
🫀 It impacts the heart muscle's pumping function and can be hereditary. Early detection is crucial to prevent sudden cardiac death.
👉
#WhyGeneticsMatter
@drjamesware
@ImperialMed
@GlobalHeartHub
@UKRI_News
2
16
23
❄️ -70 is the new -80 ❄️
An average -80°C freezer can use up as much energy as an entire household every day.
Join us in our effort to make research more sustainable. Save energy, cut the costs, and leave a green footprint.
1
7
22
Today marks the long-awaited return of the
@MRC_LMS
Institute Retreat! 🎉
Held at the
@Ri_Science
, staff and students from across the institute will come together for a day of science and networking. 🔬
#LMSretreat
!
1
5
24
Say hello to our soon to be Group Head
@metzisv
Vicki will be joining us soon to set up her own lab group which will study how diversity in cell identity arises during embryonic development
#WomxnOfLMS
#WomenInScienceDay
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1
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1
7
23
Time to open door
#5
!
This is Ludovica. She is a post-doc in our Lymphocyte Development group. Read more about her latest research in the link below.
But she is also an Ironwoman having completed three full distance Ironman triathlons!
#HumansOfLMS
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3
23
🚨' A Picture of Health' will go
#LIVE
in just over 24 hours!
Join the
#Livestream
and hear from a range of fascinating speakers who will discuss key topics such as the future of health and the role of
#Art
and
#Science
in health.
#PictureOfHealth
🍃
👉
2
14
23
Introducing our latest group head
@HGLeitch
who recently published a study revealing surprising new insights into the function of ‘Nanog’ in germ cell development
#research
#medicine
#science
@ImperialMed
@ianpaulcha
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9
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“People are just so creative, excited and passionate about their science!" -
@metzisv
Energy and enthusiasm at last week's inaugural LMS Epigenetics Retreat
@scale_space
🤩
👉
0
7
21
The MRC has outlined how sex must be factored into all future research design.
We welcome this move by
@The_MRC
and hope it will enhance the translatability, reproducibility and novelty of scientific discovery.
Full story here:
@FlyGutLab
1
5
22
Today we are going to highlight the work of our Developmental Epigenomics group (
@vaquerizas_lab
). 🧬
We sat down with group head
@vaquerizasjm
to find out what the lab works on.
#BiologyWeek
#WeAreLMS
1
7
23
@Cambridge_Uni
We are delighted to announce the next Life Sciences awardee 2020.
Congratulations to Claudia Mazzà
@claudiamazza5
of
@SheffMechEng
@insigneo
@sheffielduni
Read more about Claudia in this interview:
#SuffrageScience
#womeninSTEM
3
2
23
📢Two members of our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) have been elected as
@royalsociety
Fellows!
Congratulations to Professors Julie Ahringer and Sadaf Farooqi. 🎉
1
3
20
Congratulations to one of our technicians Ivan who has recently achieved his Professional Registration with the
@Science_Council
.
Find out more here:
1
0
22
Who is behind door
#2
of our
#HumansOfLMS
calendar?
It's
@Alexis_Barr
&
@MPercharde
. Both Alexis and Michelle are Group Heads at the LMS, but outside of work, they both volunteer to
#mentor
disadvantaged teenagers with their
#education
.
Read more here:
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3
20
ICYMI: NEWS -
@Cabreiro_Lab
and
@Ivana75154822
have joined forces to unpick the secrets of
#healthyageing
...
Read our summary here:
And the full paper in
@Cell_Metabolism
:
0
6
22
It's October 4! That means it's
#PluripotencyDay
& a day for all our
#stemcell
researchers to celebrate. As part of these celebrations, we ask Group Head
@HGLeitch
to share a little more about why we are celebrating pluripotency on Oct(ober) 4.
Read here:
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8
21
Congratulations to
@CochemeLab
on their
@Cell_Metabolism
paper today. They show how
#sugar
leads to an early death, but not due to
#obesity
. Find out more in this teaser video.
You can see the full video here:
5
9
22
Our magnificent host
@vivienneparry
on the ‘Art and Science Interface’ with our star guests Sculpter
@angelaspalmer
, writer of beloved children books inc ‘We’re going on a Bear hunt’ Micheal Rosen and leading researchers Professors
@GilesYeo
and
@p_openshaw
!
9
6
21
For
#InternationalMensDay
we chatted to
@aexbrown
&
@tobias_warnecke
about how they juggle being a Group Head here at the LMS with being a parent
#Parenthood
#WorkLifeBalance
1
6
22
Morning everyone! It’s
@Alexis_Barr
taking over today. I run the Cell Cycle Control team funded by
@MRC_LMS
&
@CR_UK
We investigate how cells control their number: how they make more cells & how they know when to stop & sleep (what we call Quiescence)
2
2
20
It’s the
#PhD
retreat 2023!
Our organisers Scarlett and Lucy have bought us to
@RoySocChem
🧪
🧵Stay tuned today to hear from our fantastic speakers who will be sharing their wisdom for our next generation of
#researchers
#PhDlife
#FridayFeeling
3
6
22
One of our
#epigenetics
PhD students, Eren, entered the Max Perutz Science Writing Award with this piece about his research exploring the intricate control of the
#development
of sex cells. You can read all about the
#birdsandthebees
...and the mice here:
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2
17
"We're top scientists, not top
#women
scientists" says
@DameWendyDBE
#SuffrageScience
awardee,
@unisouthampton
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18
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Sarah Staniland of
@SheffieldChem
has passed her
#SuffrageScience
heirloom to Sarah Harris from
@physicsleedsuni
"because she is not trying to be a leader or spending all her time doing purposeful
#womeninscience
work, but simply because she is unashamedly herself"
#IWD2019
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9
20
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are offering a joint school on "
#epigenetics
in
#singlecell
" to be held
@BIMSB_MDC
@MDC_Berlin
and
@MRC_LMS
from 3-10 April 2019. You can apply here: DEADLINE 15 February 2019
0
7
21
Today is
#AdaLovelaceDay
and today we are celebrating some of our computational biologists starting with our lovely
#postdoc
@ncvetesic
. Nevena was recently awarded a grant for her research project which you can read more about here:
#ALD19
#womeninSTEM
0
9
21
Congratulations to Dr Peter Sarkies, Head of Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance & Evolution, who has been elected as an
@EMBO
Young Investigator in recognition of his outstanding promise and record of scientific excellence
#EMBOYIP
#europeanresearch
0
1
18
We are thrilled to announce our first Maths and Computing awardee for 2020 is Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
@aimafidon
@Stemettes
Anne-Marie was nominated by
@VickyMaths1729
#SuffrageScience
#WomenInSTEM
1
7
21
The non-research roles at the LMS are just as crucial to help make ground-breaking discoveries. Helen is a Research Administration Manager who leads a team of 3 & coordinates the admin for all our Group Heads & various other events for our PhD students & postdocs.
#ImperialWomen
4
2
19
Say hello to *most* of our new PhD students who are wrapping up their first week with us here at the LMS. We all hope that you are settling in well and ready for what your PhD journeys have to hold
#phdlife
#gradschool
#welcome
#mrclms
1
2
19
Do you realise how environmentally unfriendly research labs are? Today we will be sharing some of the facts and figures behind lab waste, and what our Greening LMS group are working on to make our labs more sustainable
#MRCFestival
#GreeningLMS
#sustainability
1
8
16
A new study from
@AlicePollard91
and colleagues in David Carling's group was this week published in
@NatMetabolism
& shows how activation of AMPK in your white adipocytes helps to consume oxygen & burn fat, which could help fight diet-induced
#obesity
1
7
19
And we have launch! The
@MRC_LMS
GENE HOME is open! Come and join us
@westfieldlondon
unit 1156 (under
@McDonaldsUK
) every day until Sunday 29th Oct to find out more about medicine, migration and what your DNA says about you!
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8
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Are you a
#postdoc
? Or maybe you're finishing your PhD soon & considering one as your next step? Well pencil Weds 18 Sept at 12noon into your diaries as we are hosting a Twitter Q&A with 4 of our wonderful postdocs who will be sharing their advice with you!
#phdlife
#postdoclife
1
12
19
We would like to congratulate
@MPercharde
on being awarded one of the first ever
@UKRI_News
Future Leaders Fellowships. Read more about Michelle and her project via this link.
#UKRIFLF
1
2
20
@KathrynMcGurk
@CVGenomics
@GlobalHeartHub
@ImperialNHLI
@UKRI_News
@ImperialMed
@RachelBuc
@hearthive
@drjamesware
@thehearthive
It takes one heck of a team to pull off the fantastic achievements of
@drjamesware
lab 💪
Thank you to all of the team for all the hard work you do so we can all have healthy hearts ❤️
#AvengersAssemble
#MeetLMS
#CardiomyopathyWeek2023
#WhyGeneticsMatter
2
7
20
Congratulations to
@SchieringLab
who has received a
@wellcometrust
Henry Dale Fellowship & has come to the Institute to start the Inflammation & Obesity group, Chris has just published a paper with researchers from
@TheCrick
@ImperialMed
#Research
1
4
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Happy Friday!
Check out this time-lapse video from
@vaquerizasjm
of our amazing view from the new building🌞🌆
The reflection of the sun setting on the London skyscrapers is 🔝🤩
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