Congratulations to Professor Reem Kayyali who has been recognised with a Fellowship by the new Royal College of Pharmacy and is among the first Fellows of the Royal College of Pharmacy for Distinction in the Profession of Pharmacy. Read the full article here: www.rcpharm.org/news/first-f...

🆕Part-time Senior Lecturer Microbial Genomics We are seeking to recruit a Senior Lecturer in Microbial Genomics to support our undergraduate and postgraduate Biological and Biomedical Science programmes. Closes 13 Sept Ref: R09585 Apply: ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...

Last month, Katie Turk (SOAS Partnership PhD student supervised by Dr Tim Craig) presented her work at FENS, the premier European Neuroscience conference. Katie's project is examining the neuroprotective effect of function mushroom extracts (concentrating on Lion's Mane).

Last month Dr Daniel Turnham, Dr Catherine Shelton & UWE MRes student Andreea Cruceanu attended the Nottingham Early Career Prostate Cancer Symposium. Dr Turnham was invited to chair the opening session, while Dr Shelton also gave a poster presentation on some of the other work ongoing in the lab.

Congratulations to Rebecca Braund who successfully defended her DBMS thesis last month! 👏 Her research centred on investigation of variables impacting quality of blood components at NHSBT, and was presented at the British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS) Congress.

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Science Chatters Episode 10 - Award Winning Wildlife Filmmaking

In this episode of Science Chatters, we celebrate an award winning film from one our UWE Bristol alumni as we explore the power of conservation storytelling.  We sit down with Peter Venn, leader of th

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🆕Publications GE. Clayton, RMS. Thorn, BG. Fox, M. Reddy, JL. Raharison, JF Ranaivoarisoa, J. Shepherd, MD. Steer, DM. Reynolds. Delivering biologically safe stored water in low-resource settings using in-situ electrochemical activation. doi.org/10.1016/j.jw...

Applications are open to join our online CPD course on Conservation Communications & Marketing! 📅 Course runs Sept 2026-Jan 2027 Find out more and apply: courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSYHC30M/co... #conservation #appliedsciences

Applications are open for our Masterclass in Science Communication! 📅30 Nov - 3 Dec 2026 📍Bristol The course in #sciomm is designed to equip participants with knowledge, confidence & practical skills to communicate science clearly, creatively & effectively. ⬇️ courses.uwe.ac.uk/Z51000095/sc...

👏 Congratulations to Marcus Palmer who last month successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Development and validation of a low-cost embedded soil-gas sensing platform for real-time monitoring of agricultural soil processes”.

Thinking about stepping into #conservation leadership? Our fully online MSc Conservation Leadership designed to help you build real, applied experience while you study. Find out more at our upcoming webinar! 📅 Wed 8 July 2026 12:00 BST (UTC+1) lnkd.in/eGabyEXV courses.uwe.ac.uk/C1N21/conser...

We were delighted to welcome Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Director of Aeolia Ltd., to kick off discussions under the Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) programme, which supports knowledge exchange between higher education providers and the wider world.

Dr Sotirios Oikonomou, as an invited speaker, presented the team’s latest research at the RME2026 Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a leading international event focused on rapid measurement technologies and analytical science.

Last week Mo Salehan, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, was invited to We The Curious (WTC) to deliver a session celebrating National Volunteers' Week, highlighting the role of volunteers and their contribution in the UK. He has volunteered for WTC for more than 10 years in a variety of roles.

Congrat to Laura Hobbs (SRF in the @scicommsuwe.bsky.social) who has taken up the School of Applied Sciences Public Engagement Lead role, aiming to increase our public engagement & external facing activities to promote #AppliedSciences research, teaching, knowledge exchange & equity activities.

Congratulations to Eric Leung on being appointed as the new Graduate Outcomes Lead for the School of Applied Sciences! #appliedsciences

🆕Publication Hancock, J, Corpas, F.J, Kolbert, Z, Silveira, N M & Gupta, J( 2026) Nitric Oxide (in press) The interactions of nitric oxide with intracellular redox status & the influence of molecular hydrogen. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nitr.... uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/16193...

🆕Publication Michael Ladomery is happy to report the publication of his new textbook, “The Molecular Biology of RNA”, Oxford University Press Primer series. global.oup.com/ukhe/product...

🆕Publication Saidykhan, J., Harlow, S., May, J., and Killard, A.J. (2026). Effect of platelet activation on capillary flow in paper-based lateral flow devices. Analytical Letters, 1–9. doi.org/10.1080/0003...

Effect of Platelet Activation on Capillary Flow in Paper-Based Lateral Flow Devices

Platelet disorders cause hemorrhage and pathological thrombosis, making platelet function testing crucial in the diagnosis of hemostatic dysfunction. However, current platelet function tests such a...

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Join the SCU! We're seeking to appoint a part-time L/ SL in Science Communication. We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate expertise in #sciencecommunication & research experience in quantitative &/or qualitative methodologies. Apply ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web... Closes 7 Sept

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Job opportunity Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics & Molecular Cell Biology, F/T for 12 months. Closes 24/06/26 Apply: www.uwe.ac.uk/about/jobs Job ref: R09408 #BiomedicalScience #HumanGenetics #SeniorLecturer #Biologicalscience #MolecularCellBiology #Genomics #AppliedScience #humangenetics

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Congratulations to John Hancock who has just been appointed to the Research Awards Panel for Coeliac UK.

David McCalley gave a lecture entitled 'Ananlysis of oligonucleotides by HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS with using toxic organic solvents and additives or involatile buffers in the mobile phase.' at the 42nd international conference on capillary chromatography held in Riva del Garda in May 2026.

🆕Publication Ibad S et al, 2026. Enhancing Crop Biomass & Disease Resistance Using Moringa oleifera-Derived Copper & Copper (I) Oxide Nanoparticles for Sustainable Food Security. Biocatalysis & Agricultural Biotechnology. doi.org/10.1016/j.bc...

As part of outreach & public engagement for the partnership PhD project with Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum, Carrie Brady & PhD student Helene Kile took part in the Westonbirt 10K. The route took them through the old & new arboretum & past some of the rarest tree species in the world.

Carrie Brady & the Tree Health research group were pleased to host Dr Milan Pernek from the Croation Forest Research Institute as part of an ongoing collaboration on oak decline. The team took Dr Pernek to the Forest of Dean looking for native oak with symptoms of acute oak decline.

🆕 Publication David V. McCalleya, S.M.C. Buckenmaierb, J.C. Heatonc Per aqueous liquid chromatography and/or weak ion exchange chromatography as a green analytical technique for the separation of neutral, acidic and basic solutes J. Chromatogr. A 2026 1777 466904 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

Research events this month! ▪️Applied Sciences End of Year Celebration Event - Students talks, poster displays, networking & awards. 📅 11 June 2026 ▪️College of Health, Science & Society Postgraduate Research Conference - celebrate the breadth of doctoral work taking place in CHSS. 📅23 June 2026

£1m research project into agricultural pollution in River Wye. Project led by Dr Rounaq Nayak with expertise in water quality (Dr Robin Thorn), soil health (Dr Adrian Crew), nutrient management (Dr Mark Steer) & participatory research (Prof Angelina Sanderson-Bellamy). www.uwe.ac.uk/news/river-wye

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Thank you to all that attended our Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement event at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social on behalf of @alzheimersresearchuk.org South West Network Centre. Brilliant research pitches met with incredible enthusiasm. Thank you @uwesoas.bsky.social for supporting us.