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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 3h

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 3h

We were delighted to welcome Professor Matthias Soller from the University of Manchester for this week’s departmental seminar “Keeping RNA regulation in shape for health,” generously sponsored by BGI Genomics. @matthiassoller.bsky.social

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 9h

#STEM #HigherEducation #LancasterUniversity #BLS #Biomedical #InspiringFutures #Outreach #Lancaster

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 9h

Great to share insights into our programmes and the exciting research and teaching environment at Lancaster.
Huge thanks to PGHS for the warm welcome — and to all the students who stopped by to talk about their future ambitions! 🌟

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 9h

Yesterday, BLS lecturers Dr Amy Saunders and Dr Stefanie Menzies attended the Aspirations Evening at Penwortham Girls High School, chatting with enthusiastic Years 9-11 students about future pathways in biomedical sciences and life at Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Dr Amy Saunders at the BLS stand, surrounded by giant microbes, prospectueses and programme information

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 2d

#RNA #Neuroscience #Epitranscriptomics #GeneExpression #MolecularBiology

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 2d

🧬Tomorrow we’re hosting Prof. Matthias Soller (University of Manchester) for our departmental seminar (sponsored by
BGI Tech)! 🧪

A leading voice in RNA biology, Prof. Soller will discuss “Decoding RNA Regulation: From ELAV/Hu Proteins to Epitranscriptomic Modifications”.

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic start to our 2025–26 Biomedical & Life Sciences Seminar Series, sponsored by BGI Tech!
Prof. Simon Johnson (Northumbria University) gave a brilliant talk on uncovering the molecular basis of Leigh disease.
Great discussion and questions to kick off the new season!

Professor Simon Johnson presenting slides on 'The pathogenesis of mitochondrial diseases'

Dr Aikaterini Gatsiou announcing BGI Tech as the gold sponsors of the BLS Seminar Series 2025-26

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 9d

Looking forward to this week’s BLS Seminar, sponsored by BGI Tech! Prof Simon Johnson (Northumbria University) will discuss mitochondrial disease mechanisms and immune pathway interactions.
🗓️ Wed 8 Oct, 1 pm
🔗 www.lancaster.ac.uk/biomedical-a...

BLS Seminar Series- Simon Johnson, Academy of Medical Sciences Professor in Northumbria University - Lancaster University

Seminar Details:Date: Wednesday, 8th of October, 2025, 13:00Venue: Furness College, Lecture Theatre 1Title:

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 13d

On Monday, BLS lecturers Dr Sana Hannan and Dr Aikaterini Gatsiou attended the AMS Springboard Award reception at The King’s Fund in London, where they had the chance to interact with the other 60 awardees, alumni and AMS fellows.
@sanahannan.bsky.social @acmedsci.bsky.social

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Sana Hannan @sanahannan.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Applications are now open! Fully funded PhD studentship in the NEON Lab @lancasteruni.bsky.social with
@uofglasgow.bsky.social, investigating sleep-related memory processing in the ageing brain! 🧠💤💭

📈 Project info: tinyurl.com/3ue7ju7p
📝Apply here: tinyurl.com/mujaz3bv
🗓️ Deadline: 21/11/2025

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Doug Orr @doug-orr.bsky.social · 14d

Stef Menzies @menzieslab.bsky.social @blslancasteruni.bsky.social is leading a project with Martin Llewellyn (Glasgow) and I looking at antibody engineering and different ways to deliver these in aquaculture settings, including some plant engineering! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - Stefanie Menzies

www.gla.ac.uk

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Doug Orr @doug-orr.bsky.social · 14d

Nick Robinson @blslancasteruni.bsky.social is leading a project involving Bobby Graham (Belfast) and myself to do some really cool discovery and applied work involving Asgard Archea, proteasomes, and plants! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Nick Robinson

www.gla.ac.uk

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John Hardy @jghardylab.bsky.social · 16d

Light-responsive coumarin-functionalised nanogels for metformin delivery in International Journal of Pharmaceutics. @blslancasteruni.bsky.social and @lancasterunichem.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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Dewar Lab @dewarlab.bsky.social · 15d

🚨Exciting PhD opportunity available, looking at iron-mitochondrial crosstalk in immunity and inflammation
💰Fully funded through BBSRC NorthWestBio DTP
🤝Collaborative project between three labs @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
⬇️See below for more details

Gwo-tzer Ho @gwotzerho.bsky.social · 16d

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

We have a fantastic #PhD opportunity looking at iron-mitochondria-inflammation with @jimbrewer84 and Caroline Dewar @LancasterUni! Looking for great candidates. 🙏 apply below:

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Gwo-tzer Ho

www.gla.ac.uk

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Dewar Lab @dewarlab.bsky.social · 15d

🔬Fascinated by the unique mitochondrial biology that keeps deadly parasites alive?
🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️
🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
📮Info and to apply👇
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Caroline Dewar

www.gla.ac.uk

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 14d

This work is part of their broader effort to help improve #sanitation and #health in Sub-Saharan Africa. It’s great to see research here at Lancaster contributing to real-world impact. Congratulations to Manoj and Roger on this publication! 👏

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 14d

New paper out from BLS Prof. Roger Pickup @rogerpickup.bsky.social and Dr Manoj Roy (LEC) in the IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development:
“Scale-dependent co-production of sanitation solutions in urban Tanzania.”
doi.org/10.2166/wash...

Scale-dependent co-production of sanitation solutions in urban Tanzania | Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development | IWA Publishing

HIGHLIGHTS. Co-production ideas are emerging to address sanitation challenges in Dar es Salaam.We report three cases at three governance levels – micro, me

doi.org

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 17d

BLS Senior Lecturer Rachael Rigby gave an expert opinion on a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, that looked at the associations between soft drink consumption and depression mediated by gut #microbiome changes. Read Rachael's expert opinion here! www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

expert reaction to study on association between soft drink consumption and depression mediated by gut microbiome | Science Media Centre

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 23d

Next stop: Silver in 2026 🚀 – with plans to expand lab plastics recycling, build shared chemical/reagent inventories, and embed sustainability into every aspect of lab work.

Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to their hard work, BLS research spaces have achieved LEAF Bronze accreditation – a recognised standard for driving #sustainability and efficiency in laboratories. The process has also strengthened collaboration across departments and encouraged sharing of best practice.

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · 23d

On 3rd September, Dr Jayde Whittingham-Dowd, Lisa Butler and Dr Elisabeth Shaw represented the BLS technical team at the Lancaster University #LEAF accreditation celebration.

Jayde, Lisa and Elisabeth with the LEAF accreditation certificates

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 3

BLS Professor Roger Pickup @rogerpickup.bsky.social and Dr Manoj Roy (Lancaster Environment Centre) have released a video showcasing their involvement in making Africa’s youth aware of the value of #waste #recycling

www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/meet-th...

Meet the children ‘lighting up’ their classrooms – with a little help from science - Lancaster University

Children in parts of urban Africa are powering change in their communities with the support of a major international research partnership led by Lancaster University.

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Biomedical and Life Sciences - Lancaster University @blslancasteruni.bsky.social · Sep 3

The first results of a UK wide inflammatory bowel disease survey 'Geographic distribution of inflammatory bowel disease in the UK: A spatially explicit survey’ have been published in PLOS ONE, led by Peter Atkinson and Roger Pickup @rogerpickup.bsky.social #IBD

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Geographic distribution of inflammatory bowel disease in the UK: A spatially explicit survey

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with two main forms: Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). While CD can affect...

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Sana Hannan @sanahannan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to share that our lab website is now live! Take a look to find out more about what we're working on in the NEON Lab. 🧠📈💤💭

wp.lancs.ac.uk/neonlab/

NEON Lab – Network Electrophysiology, Oscillations & Neurobiology

The NEON Lab studies the brain's neural dynamics in health and disease using interdisciplinary methods, focusing on sleep, epilepsy, memory, and dementia.

wp.lancs.ac.uk

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