Dek Woolfson elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Please join us in congratulating Professor Dek Woolfson on his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
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Dek Woolfson elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Please join us in congratulating Professor Dek Woolfson on his election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
Professor David Stephens 1971-2024
New BBSRC grant to study gene regulatory mechanisms for learning and memory
Jon Hanley’s lab has been awarded a new grant by the BBSRC: “Rapid silencing of specific populations of genes for learning and memory”, which will start in 2025.
New BBSRC Grant to Dodding and Woolfson labs to study and manipulate intracellular transport
The Dodding and Woolfson labs (Schools of Biochemistry and Chemistry) have been awarded a new grant by the BBSRC to understand how the kinesin-1 microtubule motor is activated and to design new peptide-based-reagents enable control of its activity.
Biochemistry cell biologist whose work spans over 30 years receives RMS Scientific Achievement Award
David Stephens, Emeritus Professor of Cell Biology in the School of Biochemistry, has been awarded the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Scientific Achievement Award for his work on cell biology.
£10.5 million investment to revolutionise future vaccine manufacture
A new collaborative initiative between UK universities and countries worldwide to share cutting-edge vaccine technology to prevent future global outbreaks of infectious diseases has been awarded £10.5 million from the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Pioneering study signals new era of environment-friendly programmable bioelectronics
Researchers have created a unique microscopic toolkit of ‘green’ tuneable electrical components, paving the way for a new generation of bioelectronic devices and sensors.
Bristol researcher selected for 2023 Lister Prize
Dr Helen Weavers, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Biochemistry, is one of six new Fellows of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine to be selected for the 2023 Lister Prize.
Artificial intelligence provides new insight into preventing human disease
A molecular machine, which plays an essential ‘cargo’ role in controlling the delivery of proteins to the surface of human cells, and is implicated in several diseases, has been identified in a landmark study using artificial intelligence (AI). The research, led by an international team of scientists, is published today [11 May] in Cell.
Bristol Biochemistry graduate selected for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Bristol Biochemistry graduate Tomas Tokovyi is one of 77 new scholars to be awarded the 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
Bristol Biochemist Jessica Cross shortlisted for the 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Rising Talents Award
Jessica Cross, ESPRC Doctoral Prize Fellow working in the School of Biochemistry at the University of Bristol, has been shortlisted for the 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Rising Talents Award.
One of the first people to have a transfusion of lab-grown red blood cells says: 'why wouldn’t you do it?'
One of the first people to be transfused with red blood cells grown in a laboratory has spoken about her experiences.
New DNA repair-kit successfully fixes hereditary disease in patient-derived cells
Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young adults have been fixed in patient-derived kidney cells using a potentially game-changing DNA repair-kit. The advance, developed by University of Bristol scientists, is published in Nucleic Acids Research.