Congratulations to UCL-supported startup, Camera Intelligence, on raising $2 million in seed funding to revolutionise content creation its AI camera. The founder, Vishal Kumar, was supported to grow his business through the Hatchery incubator programme. Read now: bit.ly/47I86XF #10YearsBaseKX

Micronutrients may have influenced human evolution more than previously understood, finds a new study by @ucllifesciences.bsky.social and @uclchildhealth.bsky.social researchers showing how some groups developed genetic adaptations in response to shortages and surpluses of minerals in their diets

A message of congratulations to our new graduates from the UCL School of Pharmacy’s director, Professor Cate Whittlesea. We hope you enjoyed your graduation day! Welcome to our #UCL alumni community!

What do wasps eat? First molecular data for native zone Vespula Yellowjackets. So happy to see this out, finally! Started in 2018.. or maybe 2017.. 🫣involving @uclcber.bsky.social MRes (Ben Bellekom) and MSci (Georgia Law) students @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @dr-bob-brown.bsky.social

Great piece today by Simon Barnes, one of last to see a Slender-billed Curlew observer.co.uk/news/science... following research confirming extinction @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

[Join us on 19 Sep, 2-3pm] Webinar: Fragment Screening using 19F NMR at the UCL School of Pharmacy, @ucllifesciences.bsky.social Register now to join our speakers to delve into the subject and interact with research fellows: bit.ly/4lpBftT

Celebrating ten years of BaseKX – UCL’s Entrepreneurship Hub🎉 Today on #WorldEntrepreneursDay, we’re celebrating some of the remarkable achievements of those who received entrepreneurial support from UCL. Read about some of UCL’s inspiring entrepreneurs: bit.ly/45sLTeI

The Centenary Special Issue of The Annals of Human Genetics is now available! First published in 1925, this special issue celebrates recent advances in human genetics, and features contributions from 13 @ucl.ac.uk researchers. Check out the issue online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14691809...

Published version of our collaborative work! Congrats to @laskyjr.bsky.social @upenn.edu & Lua Lopez who lead the work, and to all the authors. tinyurl.com/mu8uht92 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social

🖋️"With unsustainable wildlife loss across the planet, we need to learn to live alongside all organisms – even wasps." Prof Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social gives a scientist’s guide to dining safely with insects. theconversation.com/what-to-do-w...

An experimental device that stimulates a key nerve connecting the heart and brain can improve fitness and exercise tolerance, according to a new study co-led by Prof Alexander Gourine @uclnpp.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social with @thebhf.bsky.social funding www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

The survey can be found at forms.gle/aRZY7uv5NL7G... and only takes a minute @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A-Level results today! If you’re joining us this September, welcome to UCL. 💜 Got questions about Results Day, visit our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

UCL, with @thesgc.bsky.social and scientists from 30 leading organisations, has published a landmark roadmap in @natrevchem.nature.com‬, outlining a global, open science strategy to scale up hit discovery efforts for every human protein. #Target2035 #DrugDiscovery www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🤝UCL @ucllifesciences.bsky.social and @zslofficial.bsky.social have renewed their longstanding partnership, reinforcing their commitment to innovation in #conservationscience and #biodiversity.  www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Wasps on BBC Breakfast 🐝 Our expert joined BBC Breakfast to talk all things wasps - why they're essential, misunderstood, and worth celebrating. Discover the Grant Museum’s fascinating new exhibition on wasp diversity. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #UCL #GrantMuseum #BBCBreakfast #Wasps

Research is crucial to inform better interventions for #diagnosis, #prevention & #treatment of viral #hepatitis for different people in different settings. Global collaboration essential! #WorldHepatitisDay #NoHep #HBV @crick.ac.uk @ahri-news.bsky.social @cnwl.nhs.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social 🧪

We're thrilled that this week ZSL and @ucl.ac.uk signed a Memorandum of Understanding, advancing our 200-year partnership to build upon, enhance and develop the research, impact, teaching, and public engagement at both institutions 🌍🎓 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Our latest work out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social on what happens to PETase functions at the Solid‐Liquid Interface. With excellent work by my PhD student Shuang Chen @ucllifesciences.bsky.social Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Super proud of my PhD student, @idrisadams.bsky.social who 100% rocked #WaspLove messaging on #BBCBreakfast yesterday! 🥳🥳 Look out for more wasp media from Idris, as wasps flourish in our #climate-change driven hot summer! @uclcber.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

Why neuroscience? UCL neuroscience students Jieun Yum and Yutong Liu discuss their reasons for choosing this course. Find out more about our neuroscience programmes ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/...

The inaugural Tsinghua-UCL Summer School on Artificial Evolution brought together brilliant young minds from around the globe for an immersive experience in cutting-edge science, cultural exchange and collaboration. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

A study from @crick.ac.uk and @ucllifesciences.bsky.social reveals how timing mechanisms, not just spatial cues, shape cell identity during spinal cord development. The findings open up new avenues for both basic developmental biology and clinical applications. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PUBLICATION ALERT -Increased neuronal protein synthesis can delay ageing, new paper in @plosbiology.org examining the repressor of RNA polymerase III Maf1 from Alic and Partridge labs at the IHA concludes, with funding from the BBSRC dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

New School of Pharmacy studentship: Global Epidemiology Network for Enhancing Systems and Innovation in Regulatory Science. The student stipend will be paid at UCL normal rates, and the deadline for applications is 31 July 2025. Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/stu...

The first week of the inaugural UCL & @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social Summer School on Artificial Evolution is over! 30 students performed C.elegans and Drosophila experiments, learnt bioinformatics, molecular dynamics simulations and image analysis, whilst also enjoying Beijing food and culture!

Last week we unveiled large-scale cyanotype prints created by artist Mary Yacoob in dialogue with Life Sciences researchers. From neuroscience to bee dances, these works reimagine scientific data as layered, aesthetic experiences. Find out more about the artwork: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

Congratulations to Barbara Conradt, just elected to the @embo.org Membership. EMBO promotes excellence in #LifeSciences. Barbara said “I feel very honoured and ... look forward to interacting with other members to have a positive impact.” @ucl.ac.uk www.embo.org/press-releas...

Fun start to the day, filming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for #WorldOfWasps with @cnn.com who are featuring the exhibition in #CallToEarth #PerpetualPlanet campaign. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... edition.cnn.com/interactive/... @uclnews.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @tannisdavidson.bsky.social

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 Learn more here: www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

Congratulations to Professor Zoë Waller @drzoewaller.bsky.social and Dr Guanjie He on being honoured by the @rsc.org for work on unusual but important DNA structures and for developing safer, greener batteries @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Absolutely delighted to be the recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry Jeremy Knowles Award. This prize reflects both the work of our group and also the support of colleagues, collaborators, mentors and funders along the way. @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

🌍💊 "Through periods of profound change, it takes all of us to work together in advancing big ideas and bold solutions to improve human health worldwide." – Prof Gail Taylor This week marked 10 years of partnership, innovation, and global collaboration in pharmacy education and research #PAWeek25

Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true: THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION! www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... ...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social... @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

Thrilled to work with @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social researchers to communicate their incredible work on wasps! Many thanks to @hannahcornish.bsky.social, Alice Holloway, @ucllccos.bsky.social wider team, @uclnews.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for all their support 🐝

🎉 Congratulations to Prof Zoë Waller and Dr Guanjie He, honoured by the @RoySocChem! 🏆 Prof Waller was recognised for her work on unusual DNA structures, and Dr He for developing safer, greener batteries. ⚡🧬 👏 A proud moment for @ucllifesciences and @uclchemistry. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Wasps are on @bbclondon.bsky.social this evening! @waspwoman.bsky.social and Datascape Realities talk about wasps and the brilliant new exhibition created in collaboration with the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. Go check it out!

🌍 Just launched: 2025 Sustainable Development Report A decade into the SDGs, the UK stays committed-but global progress is too slow. 💬 "The SDGs are not just targets0-they are a lifeline for people and for the planet.” -Prof Gail Taylor, UK Chair, UN SDSN 🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

By using virtual reality and AI we can achieve so much more in our online teaching - some nice examples from Steve Hilton about implementing these in undergraduate and outreach programmes #PAWeek2025 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @stevehilton.bsky.social

🚨🚨Job Alert🚨🚨!! Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology are recruiting a new lecturer/associate professor! an amazing opportunity to join our fantastic dept! @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnpp.bsky.social post here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Congratulations to our Vilaiwan Fernandes, 1/8 of the 2025 Lister #Prize winners. As dept. chief, Sandip Patel says, ... a significant honour that recognises #researchers in the early years of running their own groups. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco... @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Brain networks responsible for sensing and responding emotionally to pain develop at different rates in infants, with the conscious understanding of pain not fully developed until after birth, finds a new study led by Prof Lorenzo Fabrizi @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

A friendly reminder that we have a YouTube channel on which we upload, when we have the #speaker's permission to do so, recordings of the #talks given by invited, external #experts in the #Cell & #Developmental #Biology field. It's here: www.youtube.com/@uclcellandd... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Creating a buzz: prepare to appreciate those #picnic pests! Wasps purr!! @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social hosts the World of #Wasps from 25 June 2025. Evening and #family events. #summer #wasp #exhibition #science #FamilyFun #insect @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-cdb.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #nature

We are very proud to introduce our brand new 2025 #ListerFellows! This year there are eight Prize recipients. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welco...

🚨 We're inviting applications for the role of Pro-Vice-Provost (Inequalities). Help shape strategy and drive change across the university. Apply by 22 June. More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

Yesterday.. our #CLEM with Julia Gutjahr and Antal Rot was featured in the main Science webpage....☺️ Nice to see #correlativemicroscopy and #volumeEM up front and centre. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

See the life of wasps as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. Discover the delightfully relatable social goings-on inside our virtual nest at our upcoming exhibition from 25 June. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

@ucl.ac.uk Neuroscience Symposium 2025 is now underway! We are hosting a booth No. 11 in the exhibition space. If you’re a UCL researcher aspiring to bring your lab discoveries to therapeutic innovations for patient benefit, visit us and speak with our translational research managers.

A new project co-led by Prof Saul Purton @ucllifesciences.bsky.social seeks to develop the plants and food of the future, by harnessing the power of organisms that capture energy from sunlight for the production of valuable compounds for healthcare and manufacturing www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...