🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study? Join our BLS Postgraduate Information Event on Monday 19 October to explore MSci, MSc, taught and research options at Lancaster. Exclusive to BLS students — and there’s free lunch! 🥪 Come along and find out what could be next.

New paper from Dr Nik Copeland's group!

Nik Copeland@nikcopeland.bsky.social · last mo.

Paper Alert! Here is a new paper from our group published in @narjournal.bsky.social from the excellent efforts of James Tollitt funded by NWCR. Please take a look: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Check out this new paper from the department! "Optimising electroporation protocols for Trypanosoma brucei using the Amaxa 4D-nucleofector system" by Dr Caroline Dewar, Dr Elizabeth King and Dr Federico Rojas, published in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Vacancy alert! We are recruiting a Research Laboratory Technician to join the Genome Stability and DNA Repair Lab. 📍Bailrigg, Lancaster 💷 £26,707–£30,378 📅 Closing date: 9 August 2026 🔎 Reference: 0607-26 Further details and applications: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Research Laboratory Technician

We are looking for a Research Technician to support our research studies exploring how a ubiquitin ligase contributes to DNA replication stress and repair. The position is funded by an Academy of Medi...

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Congratulations to Charlotte Sprason on publishing "C. elegans as an experimental model for resilience-boosting microbiota interventions in non-model ectotherms" in FEMS Microbiology Reviews! Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1093/fems...

Please come join us for our penultimate talk tomorrow at the Three Mariners. Come learn about how tiny creatures help us to research big questions, with talks from Lancster Uni @blslancasteruni.bsky.social and @unipampa.bsky.social Brazil

Prof. Roger Pickup was a co-author of an E-Poster at The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) LIVE’26 event, and published in BMJ Gut entitled ‘Old story, new angle. In-situ demonstration of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in lamina propria immune cells using IS900 fish in Crohn’s patients'.

To mark Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, we are excited to share a new preprint from BLS researchers Nadin Fathallah, Chloe Barnes, Rebecca Chatwin, Jayde Whittingham-Dowd, John Worthington, Neil Dawson, Lucy Jackson-Jones, and Mick Urbaniak. #brain #trypanosome #metabolism #sleepingsickness

How can data help us understand #cancer, #ageing, and #regeneration? Join our researchers for an informal evening of science, discussion, and big questions. Book your FREE ticket here! www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la... 📅Tuesday 23 June 2026 🕐6:30 PM 📍The Three Mariners, Bridge Lane, Lancaster

Where do #antivenoms come from? How do you remove #parasites from within your body? What is #chemotherapy? Have you ever asked yourself what steps go into discovering a new treatment? If so please join us for an evening of talks from researchers actively working to develop new #medicines.

The first pre-print from our @blslancasteruni.bsky.social collaboration linking #parasitology, #metabolism #neuroscience #behaviour and #immunology is now online www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... PhD work from @chloebarnes.bsky.social & Dr Nadin Fathallah #Trypanosomes #Immunometabolism

We are very excited to take part in a #Pride in #STEM event at The Gregson Centre, Lancaster on Sunday 7th June from 10am-3pm to celebrate LGBTQ+ contributions to the sciences! This will be a free event, with family-friendly science-based activities in the Main Hall, including:

Congratulations to Prof Roger Pickup on the publication of a new paper led by Associate Prof Pei Boon Ooi “Effects of Psychotherapy on Quality of Life among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis”. #InflammatoryBowelDisease #Psychotherapy #IBD

Proud PIs, with @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social. Well done Otto for completing your PhD viva! Another PhD flying the nest from @blslancasteruni.bsky.social. Thanks to the examiners @fieldinglab.bsky.social and Pierre Maillard!

We’re excited to have a fully funded PhD available starting in October >> Please direct any excellent MSc/MRes students interested in innate immunity, molecular biology and initiation of cancer to our project: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @unterholznerlab.bsky.social @blslancasteruni.bsky.social

Investigating chronic inflammation caused by asbestos-like fibres as a driver of mesothelioma at Lancaster University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating chronic inflammation caused by asbestos-like fibres as a driver of mesothelioma at Lancaster University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Professor Roger Pickup and colleagues have published ‘Influence of landscape on the distribution of inflammatory bowel disease in England and Wales’ in BMC Public Health. @rogerpickup.bsky.social

We’re pleased to share that Dr Panagiotis Kotsantis and Dr Stefanie Menzies @menzieslab.bsky.social have each been awarded £125,000 through the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard programme. 🧪 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/academy...

Academy of Medical Sciences funding discovery-driven health research at Lancaster - Lancaster University

Two Lancaster University researchers have been awarded £125,000 each by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

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We’re pleased to see BLS Lecturer Dr Stefanie Menzies @menzieslab.bsky.social selected as a 2026 NC3Rs–OGA Antibody Champion. The initiative supports researchers working to improve #antibody validation and selection, helping to strengthen research quality and #reproducibility

Menzies Lab@menzieslab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m pleased to have been selected as a 2026 NC3Rs–OGA Antibody Champion. This initiative tackles a major challenge in preclinical research: the effect of poor-quality #antibodies on #reproducibility. 🧪

🚨 New paper alert Congratulations Dr Caroline Weight @weightcaroline.bsky.social and co-authors on their new paper in The Journal of Infectious Diseases: @jidjournal.bsky.social “Disease-Attenuated Pneumococcal Biosynthesis Gene Mutants Invade the Mucosal Epithelium and Induce Innate Immunity.”

We're excited to share the fabulous #bioart produced by our second year students on the Microbiological Techniques module, run by Prof. Jackie Parry. This year we have 4 winners as voted for by the students. 1st place🏆is Luke Pek's submission "Zooonosis - Don't kiss your dog!!!"

Sssssslither into science with us at Campus in the City 2026! 🐍 We’re delighted to be bringing The Sssscience of Sssnakes to More Music, Morecambe on Friday 10 April, 10.30am–4pm as part of Lancaster University’s Campus in the City 2026. www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/campu...

Campus in the city - Lancaster University

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Today was my first outreach session of #BSW26, visiting Broughton C of E Primary school with two new ‘Lovely Lungs’ activities. This year the theme for science week is CURIOSITY. KS1 made bubble art lungs KS2 made inflating lungs “I LOVE science week” - favourite quote of the day.

Day two of outreach for #BSW26 and our @blslancasteruni.bsky.social outreach ambassadors were at Furness STEM show 2026 - Wibbly Wobbly World of DNA 🧬 🍓 - Parasites in a box 🪱🪰🩸 - Spectacular Skin 🔬 Lots of excitement, lots curiosity and many, many strawberries squished @fieldinglab.bsky.social

📢 Happening tomorrow Dr Aro Nugawela will present “A New Very High-Content Imaging Approach for 3D Cell Models” in a ZEISS Microscopy webinar. 🗓 12 March 2026 ⏱ 12:00–13:00 GMT Register using the link below. zeiss.ly/hci

Our LUMICKS C-Trap Dynamo 300 is now installed and running, funded by BBSRC ALERT 2024. Huge thanks to Tomas Soolsma at LUMICKS for three great days of training. 🧪🔬

Explore #postgraduate study at Lancaster University by joining us for an online taster session, including #MSc #Biomedicine and MSc Health Data Science. Taking place on Wednesday 22nd April, you can find out more about the subjects we offer plus information on scholarships/funding (1/2)

Delighted to be co-chairing this symposium on late-onset epilepsy with Dr Francesca Chaloner, in partnership with @epilepsyinst.bsky.social! 🗓️ 30 April 2026 📍Liverpool, UK We have a great day planned with a fantastic line-up of speakers. Register here: epilepsy-institute.org.uk/eri/news/nav...

Navigator Symposium: Late-onset epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Institute

We are pleased to invite you to the next Epilepsy Research Institute Navigator Symposium, bringing together established and early career researchers to share findings and build collaborations in key a...

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📢 We’re recruiting in Pharmacology The Division of Biomedical & Life Sciences at Lancaster University is appointing a #Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in #Pharmacology (full-time, open-ended). 👉 Further details here: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Pharmacology

Biomedical and Life Sciences (BLS) within the Faculty of Health and Medicine, seeks to enhance its excellent research profile and expanding portfolio of degree programmes by appointing a full-time Lec...

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🧬Fully Funded PhD Mitochondria|Protein Homeostasis|Antibody Technologies 🤝In collaboration with @menzieslab.bsky.social and Nick Robinson @blslancasteruni.bsky.social 🎓UK students only ⏰6th March 2026 📩Enquiries: c.dewar1@lancaster.ac.uk www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #phdopportunity #mitochondria

Safeguarding the powerhouse: antibody-based characterisation of trypanosome mitochondrial quality control proteins at Lancaster University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Safeguarding the powerhouse: antibody-based characterisation of trypanosome mitochondrial quality control proteins at Lancaster University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📢 Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD studentship in the NEON Lab @lancasteruni.bsky.social on mapping brain network dysfunction in dementia using advanced EEG analyses! 🧠📈 📝Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🗓️ Deadline: 06/03/2026

Quantitative EEG-Based Characterisation of Network Dysfunction Across the Dementia Continuum at Lancaster University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Quantitative EEG-Based Characterisation of Network Dysfunction Across the Dementia Continuum at Lancaster University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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