Lovely evening talking moths to a group of interested and interesting people at Kentish Town City Farm yesterday. Definitely taking this feedback. Thank you to Susannah Hall for organising. #TeamMoth
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A fantastic week at the Biodiversity Futures Summer School 🌍 Thank you to all our speakers, organisers and students who explored how science, technology and evidence can help protect biodiversity and planetary health. #BiodiversityFutures #PlanetaryHealth #UCLLifeSciences #UCL200
Today's UGI seminar was from Prof Nikolas Maniatis on dissecting complex inheritance at fine-scale resolution focusing on the GBA1 locus, a risk factor for Parkinson's Disease. More in the preprint here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....
Could targeting CD1d make immunotherapy more effective? New research from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social , @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and the @crick.ac.uk points to a promising new approach for breast cancer treatment. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
Researchers identify potential target to boost anti-cancer immunity in breast cancer
Researchers have identified a potential target to make the environment surrounding breast tumours more favourable to anti-cancer immune responses.
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Huge congratulations to Professor Ziheng Yang, winner of a Balzan Prize for his internationally recognised work in molecular evolution. Read the full story here: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/se...
UCL geneticist wins global prize for molecular evolution research
UCL Professor Ziheng Yang has won one of four annual Balzan Prizes, which are awarded to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level.
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How do organs communicate across the body? A new Nature study from @gatsbyucl.bsky.social and collaborators used WHOLISTIC to reveal previously unknown body-wide cellular circuits in living vertebrates. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
New imaging method reveals cellular activity across the whole zebrafish body
A new imaging platform developed by researchers at UCL and Janelia Research Campus can track cellular activity across almost the entire body of a living zebrafish, revealing how organs communicate.
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Latest preprint now online! doi.org/10.64898/202... Veronika Lachina generates a vertex model to integrate active cellular forces and passive extracellular mechanics to produce rapid, cyclical tissue remodelling Collaboration with the brilliant @yanlanmao.bsky.social at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social
Interested in becoming a Nature-Smart Challenge partner in 2027? 📅 Join our information webinar on 21 September, 4pm: Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... 🌱 Ready to make a difference? Learn more about our UCL People and Nature Lab Master's courses: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
🎙️ We're launching our new podcast - Life Sciences at UCL: The Big Questions. How can we feed a growing population sustainably? Professor Simon Gaisford talks to our Dean, Professor Gail Taylor about food security, climate change, and the future of farming. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4xfLOWb
🎙️ We're launching our new podcast - Life Sciences at UCL: The Big Questions. How can we feed a growing population sustainably? Professor Simon Gaisford talks to our Dean, Professor Gail Taylor about food security, climate change, and the future of farming. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4xfLOWb
UCL’s Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB) is seeking outstanding researchers interested in group leader fellowship sponsorship. Shape your research vision in a world-leading molecular and cell biology community. 📅 Deadline: 12 October Find out more: bit.ly/4xnY1Iu
Just a few more days to go! We're so excited! Stay tuned for a super podcast.
UCL Faculty of Life Sciences@ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 2w ago🚀 One week to go. Big questions. Brilliant minds. Groundbreaking science. The UCL Life Sciences: Big Questions Podcast launches on 14 September.🎙️ Stay tuned. #UCLBigQuestions
An animal’s body is in constant conversation with itself — & HHMI Janelia scientists have built a way to listen in. WHOLISTIC simultaneously records real-time activity from nearly every cell in a living larval zebrafish, a 1st step in understanding more complex bodies like ours: bit.ly/4xMR1Ww.
Today's the day! 🎓 We are so proud to be celebrating with you all. Congratulations to every single graduate! This is a huge milestone, and you should be really proud of yourselves. Wishing you all the best, in your careers and in life. Do keep in touch! #UCLGrad #ClassOf2026 #UCL200
Celebrating Keith Barnes MBE as part of #FacesOfUCL. From summer worker to Senior Management Technician, Keith devoted 45 years to the UCL School of Pharmacy, supporting generations of staff and students. Read his story: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search... Photo: Barnes family.
🚀 One week to go. Big questions. Brilliant minds. Groundbreaking science. The UCL Life Sciences: Big Questions Podcast launches on 14 September.🎙️ Stay tuned. #UCLBigQuestions
We're really looking forward to welcoming you to our Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 5 September. You'll be able to attend life sciences course information sessions, tours, live demonstrations and more. 🔗View the full programme of life sciences activities: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
Behind every scientific breakthrough is a question. In two weeks, we'll be launching the UCL Life Sciences: Big Questions Podcast to explore the questions that drive discovery. #UCLBigQuestions
Every scientific breakthrough starts with a question. What are the biggest questions in life sciences right now? We're bringing them to leading researchers in the new UCL Life Sciences: Big Questions Podcast.🎙️ Launching 14 September. #UCLLifeSciences #UCLBigQuestions
Still time to join our ecology, biodiversity, and conservation programmes. Gain the knowledge and skills to tackle biodiversity loss, conserve species, and address pressing environmental challenges. Applicants who do not require a visa can apply until 28 August. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4hLhGOz
Opportunities
The Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research (CBER) is one of the world’s leading research and training centres in ecology and biodiversity science, supporting the next generation of scholars.
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What does a typical workflow look like for @ugiatucl.bsky.social researchers studying pathogen diversity? See our microbial genomics theme poster featuring the groups of @lucyvandorp.bsky.social @proffballoux.bsky.social @gemmamurray.bsky.social & Marina Escalera-Zamudio. Poster: Phoebe Cunningham
Are wasps feeling the heat this summer? Be kind to wasps at your picnic this summer: share your meal & tell us what they're after. Is it Ham (protein-rich)? or Jam (sugary) @uclnews.bsky.social @theconversation.com @femi-benny.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social theconversation.com/where-have-a...
Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
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🔦 Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Sara Abad Guaman As a Lecturer in Robotics, Control and Autonomous Systems at UCL, Dr. Sara Abad Guaman is advancing the field of bio-inspired adaptable robotics. Read more about the Centre's people here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
🧠 Dr. Arantza Barrios, Associate Professor at UCL, studies the neural mechanisms that give brain circuits the flexibility to learn, adapt, and make decisions based on changing needs and environments. Explore other Group Leaders in our department: 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
A couple of second records for me amongst 102:42 in the Kentish Town moth trap last night - Helcystogramma rufescens (NFY), and Ptocheuusa paupella (not many Middlesex records). Also Vestal and Clancy's Rustic, which would have been major highlights a couple of years ago. #TeamMoth
