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We are pleased to announce the first of our 2024 Cheney Fellows - Prof Kwang-Hyun Cho! The Cheney Fellowships Scheme, supported by Peter and Susan Cheney, brings world-leading international researchers to Leeds to foster innovation, and collaboratively push the forefront of high-impact global research challenges. Cancer arises from complex interactions among biomolecules characterised by genetic alterations, making it a network disease. Boolean dynamics, with its binary states, offer insights into stability, attraction domains, and sensitivity to perturbations, crucial for identifying drug targets. This Fellowship aims to develop computational tools and mathematical verification for analysing large-scale cancer networks efficiently. Prof Cho from KAIST is hosted by Dr Jongrae Kim at the University of Leeds and together they are making significant contributions to Systems Biology research worldwide. As one of the earliest Control Engineers working on Systems Biology in the early 2000s, Dr Kim mainly used eg. differential equation tools developed with Prof Cho; however significant obstacles prevented further breakthroughs. The fellowship has provided a new opportunity to revive the collaboration, already resulting in promising theoretical results. Jongrae and Kwang-Hyun will host a Systems Research workshop in October 2024, aiming to attract researchers to form strong research networks and make significant advances in systems biology. Watch this space for more news! (Read more about Cheney Fellow, Prof Kwang-Hyun Cho - https://lnkd.in/eNNsp5eb) #CheneyFellowship #ResearchCollaboration #Booleandynamics #systemsbiology #UniversityofLeeds #ResearchFellowship

Excited to share that I have graduated from the University of York with a BSc (Hons) in Molecular Cell Biology! Grateful for the invaluable lab experience I gained and the support from my lecturers, family, and friends. I'm looking forward to be starting my masters in Biomedical Sciences, specializing in Hypoxia-Inducible Factors within blood cancers, where I can apply my undergraduate knowledge and skills. #graduation #biotech #molecularbiology

Prof. Jason King has travelled the country from Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow to Sheffield from his undergraduate degrees to his current role as a Cell Biology Professor. He has held 2 fellowships, following a long postdoctoral period at the The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research. Jason shares how building a research team can sometimes feel quite haphazard, and is shaped by the opportunities that arise. As a new PI eager to start a new research group, it can be difficult to not take opportunities to recruit team members quickly. However, finding your feet when you are transitioning from a Postdoc into a fellowship may takes slightly longer than you anticipate. There is a fine balance between the eagerness of recruiting team members, the availability of opportunities and having things set up for your group to be functional. His advice to new PIs would be to take their time at the beginning of their fellowship and not recruit too many people at the same time. Research teams are always in flux with team members joining and leaving. One of Jason’s concerns is the challenge of retaining critical technical skills in the team. Thinking about the transmission of key skills within a team is an important consideration for retaining research expertise. Listen: https://buff.ly/49Nd3ME

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The Government of Ontario is investing nearly $200 million over the next three years in advancing research and innovation at six research institutes. The institutes receiving this funding include the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research ($144 million), the Perimeter Institute ($36 million), Ontario Genomics ($5 million), Clinical Trials Ontario ($4 million), the Fields Institute ($4 million), and Compute Ontario ($3 million). In addition to supporting the institutes' research, this funding will be used for outreach efforts and the creation of experiential learning opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. #OntarioResearch #InnovationInvestment #CancerResearch #PerimeterInstitute #OntarioGenomics #ClinicalTrials #FieldsInstitute #ComputeOntario #STEMEducation #ExperientialLearning #ResearchFunding #ScienceOutreach #TechInnovation #Engineering #MathEducation

Excited to share that two Technion PIs were awarded an ERC Advanced Grant! Congratulations to Prof. Jackie Schiller and Prof. Michael Glickman, Technion, for winning the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant, awarded to outstanding PIs by the European Commission. It was a special pleasure working with them on these inspiring and exciting grants, since both were close to heart - they were both in the field of neuroscience. I enjoyed working with both PIs starting from the discussion of the idea, providing feedback on the drafts, and then helping them prepare for the interview. Prof. Schiller's grant, "Dendrite assemblies as the core cortical computation module for continual motor learning," proposes a new hypothesis for how new memories avoid running over older ones, focusing on motor learning. This research has implications for better mechanistic understanding of memory in health and disease, such as Parkinson's disease, as well as AI. Prof. Glickman's grant, "The origin and impact of impaired ubiquitin signaling in the degeneration of neurons," proposes a new hypothesis where ubiquitin malfunction plays a causal role in Alzheimer's disease. This research has implications for better mechanistic understanding of Alzheimer's disease and its causes, and identifying novel therapeutic targets.   Both projects are groundbreaking and ambitious – well deserved! Michael Glickman Jackie Schiller

It is British Science Week 2024! To celebrate, we would like to tell you more about our research themes! Today is Cellular dynamics and compartmentalisation theme: Virtually all cellular functions in animals and plants – including division, differentiation, migration, adhesion and secretion – are dependent on cytoskeletal and membrane dynamics. MCF researchers use the very latest approaches in cell manipulation, biological imaging and proteomics to explore how the functions of cellular membranes and the cytoskeleton are governed, and the impact of impaired cell dynamics on numerous common and rare diseases.  Learn more about researchers from the School of Biological Sciences associated with cell dynamics research: https://lnkd.in/e4F8ExJQ #BritishScienceWeek2024

Deadline: June 21st, 2024 Welcome to the International Max Planck Research School for Immunobiology, Epigenetics, and Metabolism (IMPRS-IEM) – a joint international PhD program of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and the University of Freiburg. #EPIGENETICS #METABOLISM #BIOPHYSICS #CELLBIOLOGY #BIOCHEMISTRY #PROTEOMICS #BIOINFORMATICS #FUNCTIONALGENOMICS

🎉 Celebrating the successful PhD defenses! We are pleased to congratulate Minh Tran and Tamas Lakat on the successful defense of their PhD theses. Minh, under the supervision of Judit Hodrea, achieved a significant milestone in ophthalmic research with her dissertation "Investigations of Sigma-1 Receptor as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Glaucoma in Preclinical Models", introducing new therapeutic approaches for fibrosis-associated eye diseases. Tamas, mentored by Adam Hosszu, opened new avenues in biological sample preparation with his work "Lyophilization: A Novel Sample Preprocessing Method to Improve the Quantitative Evaluation of Tissue Fibrosis". His research contributes to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of tissue fibrosis and develops a novel method for biological sample processing, leading to more reliable results and improved quality. 🙌 Congratulations, Minh and Tamas! #phdstudent #phdthesis #Sigmadrugs