🧬 Gain expert-led training in using k-mers and sequence graphs for pangenomes! #ScalableGenomics26 Join us on for hands-on training in how to design scalable genomics programmes, tailored to multi-genome and population studies. 📅 11–16 October ⏰ Applications close 22 June 🔗 bit.ly/4dcg8ur

Two strains of Aspergillus fumigatus on agar: green = wildtype white = mutant The difference? We removed the pksP gene - this is responsible for pigment and how the immune system detects it. Breaking genes helps scientists uncover roles in infection & drug resistance. 🧫 #immunology #sciencefact

🎓 Paid Summer Research Placements 2026! Undergraduates: gain hands‑on lab experience, build skills, confidence & networks in the biosciences. 👉 Apply now: www.swbio.ac.uk/undergraduat... Closing date: 25th May 2026 #undergrads #research

📢We are supporting the upcoming conference by the AIchemy Hub and the Leverhulme Research Centre by sponsoring 3 poster prizes, so get your abstracts in now! ✨Abstract deadline: 30 May 2026 📆 29 - 30 June 2026 📍 Spine Building, Liverpool, UK 🔗 aichemy.ac.uk/event/... Alchemy

📢New open training resource! We’ve launched a resource to support reproducible healthcare simulation modelling, helping make models more transparent, shareable & reusable. Great for analysts, researchers & anyone working in health data science👇 tinyurl.com/mpenn59v #OpenScience #HealthData #NIHR

An great opportunity to explore #PPIE in #healthresearch with the excellent @penarc.bsky.social team.

An exciting conference for global biologists! Join us for Epigenomics of Common Diseases 2026 to explore the advances enabling the translation of research into clinical and therapeutic applications. 🗓️ Dates: 4-6 November 📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK 📎 bit.ly/3ZTJI0a #Epigenomics26 🧬🔬

New project from @bristol-csr.bsky.social involving a wide range of stakeholders including surgeons, patients and device manufacturers.

Great pilot study led by researchers at NIHR ARC West/NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU).

⭐New blog:⭐ Research as a core pillar of #pharmacy - my experience on an NIHR internship Teresa Chan - a hospital #pharmacist - recently completed a NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Internship in Bristol. Read about the extensive development opportunities this offered. 👉 tinyurl.com/mtv2kfv8

Are you a brain disorders researcher or clinician looking to explore how the deployment of genomics tools and technologies accelerate research insights into clinical impact? Join us for Genomics of Brain Disorders 2026 🗓️16-18 September 📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK 📎 bit.ly/4q6NI7X 🧠🧬 #GBD26

📢 New research paper! 🫂Our review shows there's a lack of risk calculators to predict long-term #depression and #anxiety 👉 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/review-finds... #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch @sjfairweather.bsky.social @uob-ieu.bsky.social

We’re excited to share we're teaming up with @healthinnovwm.bsky.social to host a Black Maternity Matters course for the very first time in Birmingham! Registrations open soon but to be first to hear more & book your place sign up to our mailing list https://mailchi.mp/healthinnowest.net/49whg2e8h9

Still time to apply to the @gw4alliance.bsky.social open research prize.

Look - Funding for Imaging Studies! @ukri.org @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social

Applying for funding and grants are a continual part of academic life. Hear from Dr Pavan Mano @kingsinterhums.bsky.social as he unpacks his real-life experiences with funding throughout his career in Ep 2 of #ConfessionsOfAnECR with Dr Leonie Smith. 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjyH...

IMTs, we want to hear from you 🗣️ What’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change in your training and day-to-day work? Join Professor Mumtaz Patel at our online Meet your president event and be part of shaping our voice for early-career physicians. 👉 https://ow.ly/y2lZ50XZzZA

Most research into youth anxiety and depression comes from wealthy countries. That’s not where the greatest need is. A new report shows why understanding how interventions work - and adapting them for different contexts - is key to improving outcomes globally. https://wellc.me/4a7CrPZ

👋 Happy #FollowFriday! Learn more about LSHTM's work to improve our shared health by following our centres, projects & groups 👇 Welcoming new addition @iced-lshtm.bsky.social! 🎉 #PublicHealth go.bsky.app/4FczAGW

UK-based researcher here 👋 Would you like to participate in online research about endometriosis pain? Taking part involves completing a short anonymous online survey (~15 mins). Link: psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #endometriosisuk #endowarriors #chronicpain #womenshealthresearch

🧑‍⚕️ How can we help patients and their families be better involved in decisions about #EmergencySurgery? 🚨 New project: The feasibility of investigating decision making about emergency surgery Read more 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/the-feasibil... #SharedDecisionMaking @leilarooshenas.bsky.social

🔬Beautiful but potentially deadly 😲

Newspaper headlines often share compelling quick fixes for health issues - but often the realities of what causes health conditions is more complex. In this blog post @mendelrandom.bsky.social explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong. www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...

Was your abstract accepted for SW SAPC 2026? Congratulations! 🎉 Fewer than 10 early bird packages left - register now before they’re gone! 🐦 ✅ Find details and register via the SW SAPC 2026 website 🌐 tinyurl.com/SWSAPC26 #sapcsw2026

Scientists have developed a new way of making specific versions of asymmetrical molecules, which could make manufacture of pharmaceuticals and advanced materials much easier and more efficient. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

Missed our Science in Health public lecture on 27th November? Don’t worry you can view the lecture recording here: www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/abo... 🔬🔬🧪🥼

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB) – the bacteria can hijack part of the immune system.

Handy new guidance for researchers on making patient information leaflets for clinical trials accessible. ⬇️ @nihrspcr.bsky.social @sapc.ac.uk

Summer research scholarship opportunity with @mrccmm.bsky.social 🍄🔬🧪at @exeter.ac.uk

Congratulations Professor George Davey Smith on being awarded the Medical Research Council Millennium Medal @uob-ieu.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social, @ukri.org

@drjudeharrison.bsky.social - Congratulations to the team at @newcastleuni.bsky.social on being awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education for their work on Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

📖New publication!📖 Recipient-focused interventions to increase #vaccine uptake in high and upper-middle income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. #publichealth Read the paper ➡️ tinyurl.com/mrtn6tp5 @sciencedirect.bsky.social

Over the summer, we ran a pump-priming funding call to support innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research with @ebibristol.bsky.social We are excited to announce 10 projects involving more than 30 researchers supported by this funding. Read more here: tinyurl.com/ybpzjctk

Great team science post-doc opportunities from @mrc-lms.bsky.social

Funding Opportunity!

Congratulations to @sarahibex.bsky.social and Team at the University of Exeter Medical school (@hls.exeter.ac.uk) on the breakthrough study on #diabetes pathology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Are you or do you have a PhD student who uses digital tools for monitoring any health condition OR who works in clinical psych or neuro, and who is interested in doing a research visit to Bristol? We have a small amount of funding available and I’m keen to host seis.bristol.ac.uk/~nb14397/phd...

Another publication from @drjudeharrison.bsky.social. 🤩🧠🧪🧬

I'm sure your passion and enthusiasm for research with @mrccmm.bsky.social and @universityofexeter.bsky.social shone through Eva! 🤩🧪🔬🍄

GW4-CAT HP was delighted to officially welcome our fourth cohort of fellows—Olivia, Leila, Sam, @paedsdr.bsky.social, and @sachalmoore.bsky.social —at their induction training day last week.

🎉🤞🎉Congratulations on being nominated as a finalist for this excellent award, Emma!

A great opportunity for AHP's and NMAP's and social workers interested in research training.

Coming soon: Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts. 📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw

GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social. Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found. News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d

🚀 Launch your academic career in surgery with the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship at the University of Bristol! Join world-leading researchers at the Centre for Surgical Research and gain hands-on experience developing studies that change practice. 🔗 www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Vacancy/...

🧪🧠Great to see your research in print, Jude! 🤩

NEW PODCAST: ‘A Question of Science’ with Professor Brian Cox. In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today. Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB