The awesome trio of @lmescu.bsky.social @fpichaud.bsky.social and Fernando Casares (and their teams) are on fire Fly eyes represent 'programmable metamaterials'; human engineering principles pre-exist in biology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are recruiting! We are seeking a Research Technical Specialist in Mass Spectrometry. The main purpose of this position is to provide general and specialist research support including leading on method development in relation to Mass Spectrometry.

Next up in our #ListerPrize2026 showcase: @lautenschlagerlab.bsky.social at @ucllifesciences.bsky.social. Her group studies how phase separation of alpha-synuclein and associated proteins influences precise 3D layouts and dynamics at nerve terminals. Janin's lab 👉 www.lautenschlager-lab.com

Applications are still open for the Biodiversity Futures Summer School at UCL. Spend four days working with the tools shaping modern #ecology, from #AI to #environmental DNA. 14–17 September. Applications close on the 15th July - find more information on the website! www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

Prof Gail Taylor at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition this week - exploring how scanning technologies are creating digital twins of museum specimens, unlocking new science, widening access, and safeguarding Earth’s biodiversity for future research. On until 5 July! Free to enter.

UCL’s Lunch Hour Lectures are returning with a fascinating deep dive into ancient DNA. Dr @lucyvandorp.bsky.social will explain how genetic traces from mummies, museum objects and even Bentham’s auto‑icon are reshaping our understanding of human history and disease. www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at our Science Fair in June. Your curiosity, enthusiasm, and willingness to dive into hands‑on science made the day truly special. #FLSSciFair #UCL200 youtu.be/JcBEHfZCias?...

We received a lot of support for our @royalsociety.org #SummerScience exhibit without which none of this would have been possible. So time to recognise our sponsors! First, many thanks to @ucllifesciences.bsky.social and @ucllccos.bsky.social for their very generous support! (1/7)

Just one more day until our @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibit opens!

In other public engagement news, our exhibit representing @ucllifesciences.bsky.social in the UCL200 launch back in February was recently featured by @uclengage.bsky.social as one of their Stories of Engagement: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/public-engag...

Meet the 11 teams we’re funding in Sustained Viral Resilience 💥 Backed by £57m, they’ll unlock a new class of medicines that provide durable, broad-spectrum protection against respiratory viruses by engineering the innate immune system. Read more: link.aria.org.uk/svr-creators-bs

Just a normal day at work with @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and the team from @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social getting thigns for our @royalsociety.org #SummerScience exihibition to the Royal Society...

A summer exhibition opens tomorrow on safeguarding natural history collections 🌿 It highlights work using 3D scanning to create digital “twins” of specimens—protecting fragile material while opening access and unlocking new science. @laurabporro.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

Met Office tips for keeping cool in hot weather www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/me...

Many congratulations to @lautenschlagerlab.bsky.social on her #ListerPrize2026 Fellowship. A fantastic recognition of her groundbreaking work in Parkinson’s research. We’re excited to see what comes next! www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social #ListerFellows

📣 Have you heard? Thanks to incredible minds from every corner of the globe, from curious first-years to Nobel prize-winning researchers, we’re now joint #8 in the QS World University Rankings. We are University College London. And here, it can happen. #QSWUR 🔗: https://bit.ly/4vlW4w2

We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled. Please do not travel to campus for these events. For the latest updates, please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/open-days/undergraduate-open-days

Really excited about this work with the awesome Will de Cothi & @shipleysj.bsky.social, out in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. We propose acetylcholine is an analogue of dopamine — tracking not reward prediction errors but state-transition prediction errors. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-026-01058-w

We are more than delighted to welcome our new #ListerPrize2026 Fellows! These eight inspiring researchers are set to pursue ambitious biomedical science, thanks to our flexible funding. Bravo! 👏 Meet the new #ListerFellows (read thread) and repost ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...

I will be talking about The Tree of Life at the Linnean Society on 25th June. If you are interested you can find out a little more and sign up for a ticket at the link below. Hope to see some of you there! members.linnean.org/events/69f21...

UCL’s Lunch Hour Lectures are returning with a fascinating deep dive into ancient DNA. Dr @lucyvandorp.bsky.social will explain how genetic traces from mummies, museum objects and even Bentham’s auto‑icon are reshaping our understanding of human history and disease. www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...

🎉🌍 Thanks to the brilliance, curiosity and ambition of our global community, UCL is now joint 8th in the QS World University Rankings! 🥳 Congratulations to all in our community.

New UCL-led research reveals the long-term impact of fetal growth restriction (FGR). Tracking children from 14 weeks gestation to age six, the study shows how early differences can persist beyond birth. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ju...

New academic posts in @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk APPLY NOW! Deadline 10th July Work with us: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... Current academic opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... UCL Biosciences homepage: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

UK 16yr olds will soon be able to take a GCSE in Natural History. #DofE have released the curriculum specification for public consultation. My thoughts on how it performs in @uk.theconversation.com @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social theconversation.com/eco-literate...

Our exhibit "Immortalising Natural History in 3D" will be one of of the flagship exhibits at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition from June 30th - July 5th! @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social with @leaveylab.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

I never in my life thought I'd see this animal in the wild, but this morning a Sudan plated lizard (𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟) walked about 4 meters in front of me, before heading into the bush. It stopped at one point and we eyeballed each other. Wow... wow... WOW

Great back-to-back short talks by Shayma and Eleanor PhD students in the labs of my former postdoc colleagues @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social and @trayon.bsky.social So special to see their trainees shine! #YEN2026 @yen-network.bsky.social

We had a fantastic day on campus with visitors from all over London and the South East. A brilliant day with many future scientists in the making. Thank you for coming. #FLSSciFair #UCL200

Applications are now open for the #Biodiversity Futures Summer School. You'll get hands-on training in AI, DNA tools & real-world #ecology. Where:📍 London | 📅 14–18 Sept Perfect for students & early-career environmental scientists Deadline: 15 July www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🦇 Even though UK bat species make up more than quarter of mammal species in the UK, no bat species have been shortlisted to feature in bank notes 😭. If you could vote for one, which of the 18 resident species which vote for? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're excited to announce that we're recruiting for new academic posts in #AI for #Biodiversity Science, Future #Food Systems & #Health, #NeuroAI, Computational #Neuroscience, and #Cardiovascular/Metabolic Neuroscience. 📅 Apply by 10 July 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

If you are one of the 500 or so visitors to @ucllifesciences.bsky.social fair on Saturday who is still desperate to know if you were closest to guess the number of "viruses" (beads) outside/inside the "cell" (jar) then... the answer is...(next post)

We had a fantastic day on campus with visitors from all over London and the South East. A brilliant day with many future scientists in the making. Thank you for coming. #FLSSciFair #UCL200

Outreach day @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #ScienceFair. Wasp nests, wasp paper art, wasp #VR! With @cintiaoi.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social, Alex Cequeira D’Araujo, Louisa Stefani, Peter Ayres & #DatascapesRealities @uclcber.bsky.social @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social

Lots of activities to see and people to ask your burning questions. Join us at our #FLSSciFair.

Some great talks at our #FLSSciFair. Come along to find out more. First up is Dr Hoang Anh Le with Why Do Cells Cross The Road.

Ready for the @ucllifesciences.bsky.social Science Fair!! #UCLlifesciences #Futurescientists

Delighted to welcome people to #FLSsciFair today! Hope to see you soon!

Delighted to welcome people to #FLSsciFair today! Hope to see you soon!

Congratulations to Joschua Geuter for his 2026 Education Award. Read all about it here: www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-lea...

And in February 2026, the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social represented @ucllifesciences.bsky.social at the #UCL200 launch events with 3D printouts, real animal skeletons and even a bio-inspired robotic dog!

So that's a round up of what's happened. Now looking ahead - the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social will be participating in the @ucllifesciences.bsky.social Science Fair taking place TOMORROW (June 13th) at UCL! Please come and find us! www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Are wasps EVIL or GENIUS?? Have a listen to #BBC's Russell Kane #EvilGenius #EvilAnimals episode on #Wasps. It was an absolute HOOT to record: Russell and Lindsay Santoro are sooo funny! @uclnews.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our new collaborative work on UCL Biosciences News @ucllifesciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yt9kdeh2 with tkarasovlab.org #MicroSky #PhageSky

👉 Fully Funded PhD (UK Students Only) 👈 I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at UCL to investigate how alpha-synuclein condensates contribute to synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson’s, for details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #Neuroscience #Parkinson @ucl.ac.uk @uclnpp.bsky.social

We are recruiting! We are looking for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry to join our diverse team in the School of Pharmacy at UCL. Please share and happy to discuss the role with potential applicants. @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The @ucllifesciences.bsky.social field course students are now running moth traps @fscblencathra.bsky.social to collect data for their mini-projects. Three NFY for me in today's sample in Satin Lutestring, Sallow Kitten and Pale-shouldered Brocade, bringing my year total to 425 species. #TeamMoth

A new review on the evolutionary genetics of ageing has been published in Nature Reviews Genetics by Professor Dame Linda Partridge. The article provides an authoritative synthesis of how evolutionary processes shape the biology of ageing. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...