We held our department research day on 5th June! Bringing together staff and students from across the institute @mcschmid.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social You can read about it here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/systems-mole...

Tomorrow's @livuni-ismib.bsky.social seminar is a special one! Please join us! Guest Speaker: Prof Alexei Tepikin (26 years at UoL) Title: From Ca2+ signalling to bioenergetics, autophagy and pancreatitis Host: Michael Schmid Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

1 week to start🔥 New @focalplane.bsky.social webinar series focused on #CellMigration, register & join us▶️, it will be fun! pls spread the word, in the next one, ECRs could apply to show their work ;) ▶️ to register: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/29/n... @dgz.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social

Tomorrow we have our department research day! Please feel free to share any photos or insights you have from the day 🤩 look forward to seeing you all there! #mccm #cancerresearch

Our NWCR-sponsored seminar this Tuesday 2nd June, 1-2pm! All invited! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social "Understanding organelle contact sites in neuronal health and disease" Guest @abelljonny.bsky.social Host @drlornayoung.bsky.social

Jonny Nixon-Abell (@abelljonny.bsky.social)

Group Leader @TheCIMR. Organelle Interactions and dynamics in neurons. Wellcome CDA Fellow. prev: @NIH, @UCL, @HHMIJanelia. 🧠+🔬 (AbellJonny on X) https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-jonathon-nixon-abe...

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Today, May 12th, we have a North West Cancer Research-sponsored seminar: “Exploring primary resistance of colorectal cancer to chemoradiation” by guest speaker, Maria Hawkins. 1-2pm, Physiology Seminar Room, Nuffield Building Join us if you are able to!

Huge congratulations to our colleagues @msciacovellilab.bsky.social & @drlornayoung.bsky.social on being recognised at the Liverpool Guild Awards as @livunihls.bsky.social Teachers of the Year!

Today, 7th May, @livuni-ismib.bsky.social 's seminar is hosted by Roy Goodacre. 1-2PM - join us if you can! Guest Speaker: Dr Karen Faulds Title: Sensitive and Selective Bioanalysis using Raman and SERS Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

Next DSNE: 6th May 2026, 12:00 PM(BST) Speaker:Iwan Evans-Sheffield University Talk:”A several nations army -dissecting macrophage heterogeneity in Drosophila” Interested in presenting your work? Contact me- pranab.paul@liverpool.ac.uk A friendly space for fly biology & open discussion --Organisers

Tomorrow 30th April 1-2pm, the @livuni-ismib.bsky.social seminar: Guest Speaker: Grace Zhao (AstraZeneca) Title: CfDNA epigenetics for the earlier detection of therapy-induced multi-tissue toxicity Host: Amy Chadwick Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

The next ISMIB seminar is tomorrow, 23rd April 1-2pm (staff and students welcome) Guest Speaker: Dr Natalia Jimenez Moreno Title: Liquid condensates link autophagy to pancreatic cancer cell invasion via RhoA sequestration Host: @mcschmid.bsky.social Take a break from the sunshine & join us 🌞

Today's ISMIB seminar 16th April 1-2pm Guest Speaker: Dr Paolo Annibale Title: GPCR signalling behaviour in unconventional settings: from swollen cells to altered gravity. Host: Peter McCormick Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

Join us this week for our ISMIB Seminar, Wednesday 15th April 2026 12:00-13:00. Guest Speaker: Aditi Borkar Title: GPCR signalling behaviour in unconventional settings: from swollen cells to altered gravity. Host: Chris Goldring Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

📅 Deadline: 15 April 2026 To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to: 📩 marisa.merino@liverpool.ac.uk 🌍 Train across two leading research environments 🔬 Study neuronal cell competition and genome architecture 🎓 4-year programme (UK + India)

MCCM department members - join us for a little 🚶, ☕️ and ☀️ today 8th April, 2pm! Check your inbox for details 📧

NEWS | @liverpooluni.bsky.social has joined the WHO Global Clinical Trials Forum, a global network launched by WHO in 2025 to strengthen clinical trial systems worldwide. 🔗 bit.ly/4bZndMN #ClinicalTrials | #TeamLivUni

Want to learn #Python for #ImageAnalysis? 🐍 Supported by the #EVOLVEproject, four #EuroBioImaging Nodes are offering a distributed training course for beginners on Python - it's free! Join the course in 4 in person locations - 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇨🇿 🇸🇪 Apply before April 15⤵️ www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/evolv...

Enter our photography competition in partnership with Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University “Stories of Sustainability”. Open to staff, students & alumni across both institutions, winners will be featured in exhibitions in Liverpool and China on Earth Day 22 April: www.liverpool.ac.uk/about/sustai...

🎓 Fully funded dual PhD opportunity (UK + India) within our department (Marisa Merino & Harish Poptani) How does chromatin shape neuronal fitness? 🧬🧠 Recruiting a PhD student for a fully funded dual PhD between the University of Liverpool and NIMHANS (India) (UK students only)

MCCM's @pkpaul.bsky.social hosts these online seminars, Drosophila Seminar from the North of England (DSNE) Next 25th March 2026, 12:00 PM (BST) Interested in Drosophila biology? Contact Pranab!

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📅 Next DSNE: 25th March 2026, 12:00 PM (BST) 🎤 Speaker: David Clancy -Lancaster University 🧬 Talk: “Drosophila microbiome: what kills also makes stronger” 🔬 Interested in presenting your work? Contact me- pranab.paul@liverpool.ac.uk A friendly space for fly biology & open discussion 🪰 --Organisers

Tomorrow, 19th March 1-2pm, join us for a seminar with MCCM's Manolis Papamichos Title: Chromatin Regulation of RNA Quality Control: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Health and Disease Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

You can join us tomorrow in person for another exciting seminar: Thursday 5th March 2026 13:00-14:00 Guest Speaker: Dr Amaya Viros Title: Metabolic cues that constrain cancer behaviour. Host: Tim Budden Location: Physiology Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Nuffield Building

🪰 Fly people, this one’s for you...! The Drosophila Seminar from the North of England (DSNE) is an online seminar series created to share exciting fly science in a format that’s short, accessible, and genuinely enjoyable.

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Did you know there is a sustainability fair on campus tomorrow? 26th Feb 11AM-3PM It’s an opportunity to: • See the breadth of sustainability activity across the University • Connect with colleagues and external partners www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainabi...

Sustainability Week Fair

As part of Sustainability Week and Feel Good February 2026, staff and students are invited to attend our Sustainability Fair 2026.

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Tomorrow @livuni-ismib.bsky.social 26th Feb, slightly later time 2-3pm Guest Speaker: Professor Henrike Niederholtmeyer Title: Engineering life-like systems from the bottom up Host: Luning Liu Location: Physiology Seminar Room

Read about our latest public engagement event here. To mark World Cancer Day UoL 3rd year undergraduate students presented outreach activities to widening participation school pupils, helping to raise awareness & education around cancer & STEM education www.liverpool.ac.uk/systems-mole...

Tomorrow's ISMIB seminar, 12th Feb! Guest Speaker: Professor Alessio Ciulli Title: Protein degraders: New insights and twists of molecular mechanism and drug design Host: Samar Hasnain Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Life Sciences Building

We’re excited to share our latest preprint! We identify SKT, a mechanosensitive adhesion protein that recruits mTORC2 to cell–matrix adhesions, linking metabolic demand to matrix stiffness. Disrupting this axis strongly inhibits PDAC tumor growth. shorturl.at/V0tpK