Huge congratulations to brand new Dr Jo Renaut from the Frances Pearl lab at @sussex.ac.uk who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled ‘Exploiting cancer vulnerabilities: A predictive approach to synthetic lethality via dependency mapping and metabolic disruption.’ 👏🎓👊

Many thanks to all the co-authors at @sussexbcr.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk who contributed to the study, funders for kindly supporting our work, and all our patients who selflessly donate samples for research. 7/7

🗞️ New pre-print posted🗞️ Dr Okan Sevim from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk begins the publication of his doctoral work examining Wnt/B-catenin crosstalk with the RNA Binding Protein LIN28B and its potential for dual drug targeting in acute myeloid leukaemia. 👏

📖 Network pre-print notification!📄 New pre-print posted from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @sussex.ac.uk led by Drs Hyun Park from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social and Okan Sevim from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social revealing a new regulator of leukaemia and stem cell growth; a deadenylase known as TOE1.

Happy new year from Sussex Biochem/Biomed! If you’re an ambitious scientist/clinician in seeking Fellowships in 2026 to establish your own research lab why not consider @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences as your host? Information, support and policy 👇👇 www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...

Lots of exciting PhDs here in Biochem/Biomed through the @ukri.org BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) DTP. Projects available with Drs Ben Towler, @francespearl.bsky.social, Mark Paget, Edward Wright, or Leandro Castellano. Application deadline: 23rd January 2026 👇 www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...

Tonight was the U.K. premier of ‘Goodbye Breasts’ written, directed and produced by Joanne Callaghan, documenting her remarkable breast cancer story. A must see! @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org @sussexbcr.bsky.social sussexcancerfund.co.uk

How wonderful that our thermal stress research from the University of Sussex is having such fantastic reach around the world with this latest piece for kids in The Week Junior 😃 #kidsinstem #stemeducation #biology #stress #wellbeing

Delighted to see our study finally out in "print". Thanks to all the (many) contributors, collaborators and reviewers! Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Well done to Drs Hyun Park and Aaron Goff from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexbcr.bsky.social who’ve both had abstracts accepted for presentation at the @ash.hematology.org 2025 meeting in December, and been awarded ASH achievement awards! See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸

We are very sad to say goodbye to Dr Ethan Morgan from our department. Ethan has made fantastic contributions to our virology/cancer teaching and research portfolio here in Biochem and enhanced research culture. Wishing him all the best at his new home at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics

Fantastic news that our Bioinformatics Lab head Dr Frances Pearl & Prof @laurencepearl.bsky.social from @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social have recently received @ukri.org Proof of Concept funding for their new Pearl AI tool for developing targeted treatments for cancers of unknown primary. www.pearlai.co.uk

Congratulations to our Dept Head Dr Leandro Castellano and Prof Florian Kern at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social for forging a new partnership with Kindling Bio for exploring new ways to reprogram tumours and improve treatment outcomes across multiple cancer types. 🙌 www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...

We are delighted to welcome Dr Lidia Vasilieva as a new Assistant Professor in Translational Science in our department. Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk www.vasilievalab.com

Huge pleasure for me and Tim Chevassut to host Prof Yang Shi from @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk for a @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social research seminar on his pioneering work dual targeting LSD1 and GSK in AML, and epigenetic dysregulation in diffuse midline glioma.

Our Co-Directors Prof @chrispepper68.bsky.social and Dr @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social explain the mission and vision for the Sussex Blood Cancer Research network. @sussexcancer.org @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social

💰New funding update💰 Congratulations @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social in @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social for obtaining funding from @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social to target abnormal cell signalling mechanisms in AML. This is now 1 of 6 active Blood Cancer UK grants in our growing network at Sussex. 👊 🔬🧬🥼🩸

Jo is a final year @socobiodtp.bsky.social sky.social PhD student in the department of @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social

Congratulations to one of our Biomed Sci finalists Anya Kakkar on completing her BSc degree here in @sussex.ac.uk Life Sciences with a first class honours! 🎉🥳🍾🙌 Now gaining some summer research experience with @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social before graduation ahead of a sparkling scientific career!

Many congratulations to Jo Renaut, final year @socobiodtp.bsky.social PhD student in the F Pearl lab, who won the People’s Choice category at the @sussexresearcher.bsky.social 3 Minute Thesis final last week presenting ‘Synthetic Lethality: Finding Cancer’s Hidden Vulnerabilities to Save Lives’. 👏👏👏

#3MT Finalist: Jo Renaut from Life Sciences is tackling some of the deadliest & most neglected cancers Jo’s work explores “synthetic lethality” that could kill tumours while sparing healthy cells. Her research paves the way for personalised cancer treatment. Come see the final tinyurl.com/t8y9b22k

We're hosting our 4th annual research away day on Fri 26th Sept 12.30-17.30 at the AmEX stadium in Falmer, Brighton. If you're a local blood cancer patient, industry leader or healthcare professional in the region and you'd like to attend please reach out: [email protected] 1/n

Congrats to Dr Mark Samuels from Giamas lab in Life Sci @sussex.ac.uk on publishing on his PhD research on LMTK3 regulation of EV biogenesis in breast cancer and its impact on the immune system in @springernature.com Mol Cancer. @sussexcancer.org molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Join me + Dr David Palmer, Haematology Clinician at UHS NHS @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, for a 3.5yr School of Life Sci funded PhD (UK fees only) studying RUNX1 mutations in myeloid leukaemia here at @sussex.ac.uk @sussexbcr.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org Details 👇 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

A bit late to post but glad to see our review on novel oncogenic mechanisms of the HPV oncoproteins. Great work from undergraduate student Denise in my lab @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social #HPV portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...

Congrats to Dr Mark Samuels from Giamas lab in Life Sci @sussex.ac.uk on publishing on his PhD research on LMTK3 regulation of EV biogenesis in breast cancer and its impact on the immune system in @springernature.com Mol Cancer. @sussexcancer.org molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Our latest work out now in Oncogene by Dr Megan Wagstaff at @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk @sussexcancer.org @sussexbcr.bsky.social @wntuk.bsky.social. We show the oncogene β-catenin interacts with a Wnt mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells Quick🧵👇 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A huge congratulations to Dr Benjamin Towler who has recently been awarded a 3 year research grant from the @leverhulme.ac.uk to investigate molecular mechanisms regulating stress-induced RNA dynamics. @sussex.ac.uk profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p247980-benjam…

Congratulations double star @gl-hooper.bsky.social from the Edward Wright lab who presented both a poster AND a talk showcasing his research on a pan-lyssavirus vaccine and an African swine fever virus pseudotype at the annual @microbiologysociety.org meeting in Liverpool this week. 👊 #microbio25

Presenting Dr #2 from our group Dr Samuel Olaitan TET-funded student from Lagos State University. Been a pleasure watching you grow and develop as a scientist in your time with us. Many thanks Dr Coles @worcesteruni.bsky.social & Prof Crickmore @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social for examiner duties.

Congratulations to new Dr Samuel Olaitan from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD thesis last month! 👏👏👏

Last month Dr @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social was invited to the EUROGIN Congress in Portugal to present his research targeting HPV driven head and neck cancers. Look out for him at the @microbiologysociety.org annual meeting this week in Liverpool too! 👊

Had a great time at #EUROGIN in Porto earlier this month - thanks for inviting me to speak! Now time for #MicroSoc Annual conference in Liverpool! @microbiologysociety.org

Last month Dr @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social was invited to the EUROGIN Congress in Portugal to present his research targeting HPV driven head and neck cancers. Look out for him at the @microbiologysociety.org annual meeting this week in Liverpool too! 👊

Congratulations to new Dr Samuel Olaitan from @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social who successfully defended his PhD thesis last month! 👏👏👏

Our departmental highlight of the week! @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social and PhD student Louisa Wootton review the current understanding around Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in HPV-driven carcinogenesis in @natureportfolio.nature.com Oncogene out now!

Glad to finally see this online 🎉 Excellent work from PhD student Louisa in my group www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Out this week! Following their recent @nature.com paper, Dr @abousios.bsky.social and co-authors @hendersi.bsky.social and Tetsuji Kakutani review centrophilic transposons controlling eukaryotic gene expression out now in @annualreviews.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

On #InternationalChildhoodCancerDay read the latest scientific review paper in Trends in Mol Med from the Giamas lab in @sussexuni.bsky.social who attempt to unravel the complexity of brain tumours, a cancer very commonly found in young children. www.cell.com/trends/molec...

Following #WorldCancerDay 2025 read more about the cancer research here in Biochem & Biomed at @sussexuni.bsky.social ! @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social was recently awarded funding by @worldwidecancer.bsky.social to study new ways of targeting Wilms Tumour 1 gene mutations in acute myeloid leukaemia 👇👇👇

On #WorldCancerDay 2025 and as part of the #UnitedByUnique campaign we are proud to partner with @worldwidecancer.bsky.social on a new project targeting WT1 mutations in leukaemia We begin April 1st @sussexuni.bsky.social @sussexbcr.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org www.sussex.ac.uk/research/ful...

Congratulations to @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social, Lecturer in Biochemistry & Biomedicine, who was recently awarded the 2024 Early Career Recognition Award by the International Papillomavirus Society for exceptional contributions to the field of papillomavirus research! www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

Congratulations Dr @abousios.bsky.social a @royalsociety.org funded academic in our department who has published his latest groundbreaking research showing the impact of transposable elements in gene expression and evolution in Arabidopsis in @nature.com journal! 👏👏👏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We exhibited at Lewes STEM Festival 2024 on Sunday 17 November. Lovely venue! Great turnout! Fantastic participants! Thank you Curiosity Sussex! curiositysussex.github.io/lewes/24.html

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