Podcast chat about Immune Health with Liz Earle lizearlewellbeing.com/listen/healt...

🌍 Africa’s wildlife has lost over a third of its ecological energy since pre-colonial times, with elephants, rhinos & lions hit hardest. A new Nature study by Imperial’s Professor Joe Tobias & Oxford reveals dramatic declines shaping ecosystems. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271193/... #Biodiversity

🧬 Imperial researchers have linked COVID-19 control measures to a surge in serious infections in children after the pandemic. The study, with Prof Shiranee Sriskandan, found lockdowns & school closures may have delayed children’s immunity. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270153/...

🧫 New study led by Prof Shiranee Sriskandan on mortality in invasive Group A Strep (iGAS) infections. Mortality remains strikingly high and similar between M1UK & M1global lineages. Rapid deaths highlight the urgent need for prevention & faster diagnostics. 🔗 academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

🧬 How does the body fight infections and what are the hidden costs of immune defence? Join Professor Marc Dionne, Professor of Innate Immunity as he explores why some immune responses succeed while others fail. 🗓️ Wednesday 3 December 🔗 Register here: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19788...

🔬🌿 New paper! Imperial researchers from @imperiallifesci.bsky.social , @imperialchemeng.bsky.social & @imperialphysics.bsky.social collaborated to uncover long-missing chlorophyll f pigments in Photosystem I, confirming their active role in solar energy conversion. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you missed Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day this year, take a look at this lovely editorial showcasing all the fun, science and activities that took place in Silwood this summer at the annual nature activity day! www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/bugs...

Excellent work Tom, well done!!

Interested in a new role as Head of Technical Operations in Life Sciences? Take a look at the opportunity below! www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Join @imperialsci.bsky.social for the FoNS Make-A-Difference Final on Wednesday🎉 Students have been working over the summer on low-cost tech with societal impact. Watch them as they go head-to-head in the final! 🗓️ 22 Oct, 16:00-20:00 📍 SAFB, South Kensington Register now 🔗 bit.ly/3KIn3PV

🌱🛡️ New paper out in The Plant Cell! First author Enoch Lok Yuen and Group Leader @tolgaboz.bsky.social uncover a hidden plant defense - chloroplasts move and anchor at pathogen entry sites to deliver targeted immunity. The find could help improve crop disease resistance! doi.org/10.1093/plce...

New speaker announcement! Dr. @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social, Researcher and Author, will join us as a panelist at the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 🧵 📅29 October 🕠 17:30–20:30 📍 South Kensington Campus (also livestreamed) buff.ly/4sEkBik

New paper just out from #OurImperial @tcostalab.bsky.social The assembly of a hybrid type IV secretion system by a Crohn’s disease-associated Escherichia coli strain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system

🚁 New paper worked on by #OurImperial @sarabssethi.bsky.social shows that robotics-assisted acoustic surveys using UAVs can deliver reliable, landscape-level biodiversity insights! zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Lovely time on Times Radio!

Delighted to congratulate Dr Lauren Cator and international colleagues on receiving a £1.47M Wellcome Discovery Award. This project will investigate how evolutionary dynamics can be harnessed to strengthen mosquito control strategies. Well done Lauren and team! www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268933/...

🚲 DIY journey - Imperial Biochemistry student Kidus Tesera, 24, is cycling 780 miles across the UK on a bike he built himself, made almost entirely from recycled parts and wood. 🌍♻️ #Sustainability #Innovation uk.news.yahoo.com/student-trav...

Check this out - our own Professor Daniel Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social has been named BSI Outstanding Ambassador for Immunology 🏆for his brilliant science and inspiring public outreach. You can read the interview here. Congrats Dan! #Immunology #ScienceComm www.immunology.org/news/bsi-out...

Thanks @ccpem.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today showing @imperiallifesci.bsky.social what we can do with #doppio on our new computing cluster funded by @ukri.org

New research in Cell from @tcostalab.bsky.social shows how ‘pirate phages’ hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for dangerous traits. Many congrats Tiago and your team! www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268213/...

New paper in PNAS from @dandavis101.bsky.social lab with Khodor Hazime & @bristolmyerssquibb.bsky.social shows how immune engagers, reorganise immune cells’ surface receptors at the tiniest scales to help it fight tumours more effectively. Congrats to the team! www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268793/...

In case you’re interested, my new book about immune health is on sale now for a short time for £15 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847...

New postdoc position available in my lab team! For microscopy of immune cells: please apply or repost or pass on: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

💫Thrilled to see our work on the front cover of Small! This work explores how #polymers empower #SyntheticCells with programmable dynamics, enabling fusion, contraction and interactions with biological cells. Huge thanks to Michela Vargiolu for the stunning artwork! @imperiallifesci.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that two of our papers with @jrpenades.bsky.social & GoogleDeepMind are now out in @cellpress.bsky.social 1️⃣Microbial piracy: tinyurl.com/yvf6t3b3 2️⃣AI co-scientist mirrors experimental science: tinyurl.com/2dym92kj @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social

I am looking for a motivated #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join my group at Imperial @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social. The project focuses on #Antimicrobial #Materials & #Biomimetic #Interfaces Please repost! @imperialsci.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Check out some of the PhD students speaking at the Natural Sciences Research Showcase 2025, taking place on Thursday 11 September at the South Kensington Campus. Register your place now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

Join us on 18 Sept for our Patient & Public Engagement Event on acute leukaemia. 💬 Talks & roundtable discussions on ALL, MDS & AML 📌Hammersmith Hospital Campus Sponsored by @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social. Find out more 👉 imperial.ac.uk/events/197770/engagement-event-on-acute-laeukaemia/

Read about our recently published paper on vancomycin-resistant enterococci and the gut microbiome in this news article from @imperiallifesci.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267313/...

🌟 Many congrats to Dr. Cris Banks-Leite on being awarded the Julia Higgins Medal at a special event marking 20 years of Athena SWAN! Cris' work has driven real change at Imperial which the department is looking forward to building on. Well done Cris! www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267373/...

🌿 Over 1000 signed up to join us at #OurImperial Silwood Park for Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day - our biggest turnout yet at this lively day of science, nature & family fun! From falconry to butterfly hunts, from an orchestra to 3D insects, this was a day out to remember! Thank you everyone! 🦅🐛💧

The #OurImperial Silwood Park Students’ Union hosted a Pride Brunch open to the entire Silwood community. With sunshine, rainbow cocktails, and a playlist of iconic queer artists, the event created a relaxed and welcoming space for LGBTQ+ students and allies!

A huge thank you to Sir Greg Winter for delivering this year’s Sir Ernst Chain Lecture. We were honoured to welcome the Nobel Laureate back to campus to share the story behind two groundbreaking antibodies and a revolution in therapeutics. 👏🧬 #OurImperial

Looking forward to this hidden disability workshop organised by a PhD student in @imperiallifesci.bsky.social . Find out how we can make our campuses more inclusive! 🗓️Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰13.00 - 14.00 🖥️Teams ⬇️Register now! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19573...

Delighted to share that our Head of Life Sciences @dandavis101.bsky.social has received his MBE from HRH Princess Anne in recognition of his contributions to science communication! Many congratulations Dan!

A lovely afternoon at our #Pride Picnic in Kensington Gardens. It was great to see the #OurImperial Life Sciences community join to celebrate Pride Month - good food, sunshine, and some amazing conversations. Thanks to everyone who joined us - can't wait until next year! 💛

And yet another publication, this time showcasing Harman Mehta's PhD project investigating artificial labour division in biosynthetic pathways in collaboration with Rodrigo Ledesma and @gbstan.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Delighted to share good news after a long embargo! We'll be part of C-Loop an EPSRC Bio-manufacturing Hub focusing on making value out of waste!! Looking forward to this project led by Stephen Wallace at Edinburgh #circulareconomy @imperiallifesci.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/new-res...

👏 Huge congrats to Sam Horrell #OurImperial Life Sciences for winning the Audience Favourite and finishing runner-up at the FameLab London Final scicomm comp! He delivered a complex science talk in just three mins - no slides, simply using his voice & a prop 🌟 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265081/...

In case you missed it - take a look at Head of Life Sciences @dandavis101.bsky.social on @sundaybrunchc4.bsky.social yesterday, discussing how we can better support our immune health, as well as his new book, SELF DEFENCE 📚 Check it out, 25 mins in 🔽 channel4.com/programmes/s...

My interview with @whippletom.bsky.social is in @thetimes.com today. What a last line! www.thetimes.com/article/73f8...

Signed books now available at @waterstones.bsky.social Ealing

Hot from the oven!! New publication joining forces with Leo Rios' group at @UCL reviewing the potential of Halomonas for #synbio @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperiallifesci.bsky.social microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

⚠️A small range size is the most important predictor of extinction risk as it makes species more likely to be wiped out. Most epiphyte diversity is also found in tropical rainforests, which are under severe threat from deforestation. 📰 Read the new study: ow.ly/7f2N50W8UVL

Research by @vidasplants.bsky.social, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Felix Forest and Tarciso C. C. Leão found that orchids and popular houseplants (aroids and bromeliads) tend to have very small range sizes, which means they only occur within a restricted area.

🪴 Epiphytic plants, including popular houseplants and orchids, may be at high risk of extinction across the globe, according to new research by scientists at Imperial College London and @rbgkew.bsky.social 🧵

🌈 Happy Pride Month to everyone in our #OurImperial Life Sciences! This month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues and community 🏳️‍🌈 In this Story, four of our staff and students share what Pride means to them at Imperial 💖 www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/prid... #PrideMonth #LGBTQ+

🌱 Join #OurImperial Fungal Science Network - Seminar Series 2025 🗓️ Thurs 3 July | ⏰ 15:30–16:30 📍 G47, Flowers Bldg, South Kensington (or online via Teams) No registration needed - just drop in! Hybrid event 🌍 | Mycology matters 🍄 #FungalScience #Mycology www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19405...

🔬 Exploring membrane protein-lipid interactions - Join Prof. Bernadette Byrne on 17 June 3pm for a free webinar hosted by Molecular Dimensions. ✅ Get insights on the RAMP Lipid Screen ✅ Learn lipid storage tips ✅ Boost success with nanodiscs 🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a01502...