From 17th to 23rd November, during Word Antimicrobial Awareness Week, join us at W5 Belfast to discover our exhibition Step Inside: The World of Antimicrobial Resistance, an immersive showcase of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics and their role in our everyday lives.

We are delighted to share that our researchers won the Irish Healthcare Awards as Best Cross Border Initiative, for the "Ensuring sustainability in diabetic retinopathy screening in Ireland" project. Congratulations!!! irishhealthcareawards.ie/2025/en/page...

Joins us tomorrow for the 2025 Barcroft Medal Lecture by Prof Barbara Casadei "Atrial fibrillation and stroke: a multidisciplinary look at an old problem" 🗓️Wednesday 15th October 3 PM 🏛️MBC Lecture Theatre 1

Step inside an immersive experience to learn about the global threat of antimicrobial resistant infections, how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics and the research from @wwiem-qub.bsky.social at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social to fight it. Where: W5, 2 Queens Quay Belfast When: 1st-15th Sep

Congratulations to Prof Frank Cassey on receiving the 2025 Newburger-Bellinger Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Award from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. cardiacneuro.org/newburger-be... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @qubstaff.bsky.social

🚨 Last chance to apply - Strategic Management & Leadership in Primary Care Short Course! 🚨 ✅ Fully Funded places available ✅ Build leadership skills to drive change in healthcare ✅ Workshops spaced over the year to suit busy schedules 📲 Apply now: www.qub.ac.uk/courses/shor...

We are delighted to share that Prof Miguel Valvano's research @valvanom.bsky.social has been featured in the BBSRC impact showcase. This showcase celebrates BBSRC's 30 anniversary - a three-decade journey driven by commitment, collaboration and innovation. www.discover.ukri.org/bbsrc-impact...

Yesterday, we were proud to launch a new research hub dedicated to tackling #MultipleSclerosis. The Northern Ireland MS Research Hub will bring together a collaborative team of experts to help accelerate globally leading research and improve the lives of people affected by the condition.

Transforming MS Research in Northern Ireland and globally! Our launch event will take place in the Great Hall of the Lanyon Building at Queen’s University Belfast today! Full information: lnkd.in/dgvHTg7v #MSResearch #ms #multiplesclerosis #multiplesclerosisawar

Congratulations to ReproGO, Start Up from @wwiem-qub.bsky.social ReproGo, named finalist at the Northern Ireland StartUp Awards 2025: 1. Medtech & Healthtech StartUp of the Year 2. Equity-Backed StartUp of the Year Looking forward to the finals in June! startupawards.uk #UKSUA

Our 3rd year PhD Symposium is ongoing today. Live scientific presentations, discussions, prizes, chats with our sponsors, leading biotech companies, and excellent networking opportunities.

@wwiem-qub.bsky.social Seminar Series Professor Michael Bauer, Jena University Hospital, "An ecological perspective on infectious disease: The 'hormesis' principle revisited" 🗓️Today, Tuesday 25th March , 1 pm Basement Seminar Room WWIEM

Closing soon!!!! Apply for our summer online student programme - iENGAGE 2025 Join us for 6 weeks this summer, working with our researchers and gain valuable experience on research across our areas of expertise Last days for applying shorturl.at/dygcF

We are proud part of UNiSTEM day, and delighted to welcome more than 80 students to @wwiem-qub.bsky.social, introduce them to stem cells and their potential for therapy. A day full of science, and inspiration for the next generation of scientists!👩‍🔬🧪🔬

Today's seminar: Dr Mirella Barboni, Semmelweis University, Budapest. "Visual psychophysics and electrophysiology as functional probing tools for gene therapy in congenital alterations and to detect neurotoxicity" Part of @WWIEM_QUB Seminar Series

Latest @valvanom.bsky.social article demonstrating for the first time that antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter bacteria (one of the WHO’s priority pathogens) can hide in macrophages without alerting the immune system published in the @jidjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Congratulations to Prof Cliff Taggart & Aoife Rodgers on securing a new MRC Grant -Gap Fund for early-stage development of new healthcare interventions- to work on the development of a novel parasite-derived peptide for the treatment of chronic bacterial lung infection and inflammation @ukri.org

Last few days to apply for our summer online student programme - iENGAGE 2025 Join us for 6 weeks this summer, working with our researchers and gaining valuable experience on research across our areas of expertise Apply now here: www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...

Do you want to know how scientists make new discoveries?🔬 Join us from 1-4:30pm tomorrow at our Experimental Medicine Showcase for live demonstrations and a chance to meet the experts! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 #NISF25 nisciencefestival.com/events/qub-e...

Latest paper from @valvanom.bsky.social lab: Stress adaptation under in vitro evolution influences survival and metabolic phenotypes of clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae El-Tor doi.org/10.1128/spec...

Latest paper on the effects of #IntermittentFasting for #diabetic liver disease. Dr Eleni Beli's lab found IF altered liver lipid metabolism, reduced reliance on lipid oxidation, increased insulin sensitivity and all effects without weight loss pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39911696/

Join us for the Experimental Medicine Showcase on Saturday 15th February, part of the @niscifest! 🎉 🌟 Discover groundbreaking research 🌡️ 🌟 Interactive sessions 🧬 🌟 Meet the experts 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 📍 WWIEM, QUB 🕐 1:00-4:30pm 🎟️ All welcome! #NISF25

Confocal, super resolution, electron microscopy... Yes, our facilities are so cool that we want you to discover them as part of the #NISF25 Come on a Tour of our Imaging Facilities Saturday 15th February 📍 WWIEM, QUB 🕐 2:00pm & 3:00 pm 🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET!!!!! nisciencefestival.com/events/imagi...

Ready to discover how our scientists grow and study human cells in the lab? Experience it with us: Inside the Lab - The Science of Cell culture nisciencefestival.com/events/insid... 📍 WWIEM, QUB 🌟 15 February 🕐 1:30pm, 2:30pm & 3:30 pm 🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET!!!!! #NISF25

Excited to join us for the Experimental Medicine Showcase on Saturday 15th February, part of the @niscifest! 🎉? 📍 WWIEM, QUB 🕐 1:00-4:30pm 🎟️ All welcome! #NISF25 Experimental Medicine showcase nisciencefestival.com/events/qub-e...

Do you want to join us for our Online Student Programme iENGAGE? Applications Open NOW!!!! You'll have 6 weeks of virtual summer student experience in our research areas across WWIEM

Had the privilege of chairing a session at the fantastic GRC Immunology of Fungal Infections conference last week.

Join us for the Experimental Medicine Showcase on Saturday 15th February, part of the @niscifest! 🎉 🌟 Discover groundbreaking research 🌡️ 🌟 Interactive sessions 🧬 🌟 Meet the experts 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 📍 WWIEM, QUB 🕐 1:00-4:30pm 🎟️ All welcome! #NISF25

Dr Bettina Schock together with the Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) and her co-applicants, was awarded a cross border grant to study the pulmonary microenvironment in the progression of systemic sclerosis interstital lung disease on a special HRCI HRB event in Dublin.