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Congratulations to Patrick Chinnery, member of our Mitochondria Cluster and Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council, who has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society: https://lnkd.in/dbwqfZKv
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Congratulations to Patrick Chinnery, member of our Mitochondria Cluster and Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council, who has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society: https://lnkd.in/dbwqfZKv
Thinking of involving public voices in your research? Here’s three lessons learned from Dr Rhiannon Thompson, Research Associate at Imperial College London College of Science, Technology and Medicine, and part of the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) team. SCAMP looks at how mobile phones and social media impact how young people think and their mental health. It’s the largest study of its kind in the world, so far working with over 10,000 teenagers from 55 London schools. To help recruit new schools and students for the study, SCAMP developed a public involvement approach by introducing the “The Research Challenge” where students could co-lead the research at their school. Not only did this speed up recruitment, but it also gave students valuable work experience and new skills. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7QxpCC5 📸 credit: SCAMP study team.
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Congratulations to Andrew Carter, Group Leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, who is elected Fellow of the The Royal Society . Congratulations also to the #LMBAlumni joining him as new Fellows and Foreign Members: David Bentley, David Komander, William Wisden & Ruth Lehmann! Read more on the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/efArpTZS #LMBNews #royalsociety
Missed the webinar for this opportunity? The recording is now available on our funding call page ➡ https://lnkd.in/dzf57TaF ⏰ Opportunity closes 18 June 2024 at 4:00pm
We've launched an exciting new funding opportunity, in collaboration with the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research), to enhance biomedical and health-related data and digital platform resources. Register for our webinar on the 25 of April to find out more: https://orlo.uk/xljSx We're investing £15 million in projects that will support, manage, link, share and access data at scale for biomedical, health and care research, including: 🔹 enhancing platforms, environments and their operations 🔹 capabilities for users, for example data ingress or egress tools, analytics 🔹 mechanisms to manage findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR Principles) data 🔹 technical approaches to managing interface between secure health and social care data and biomedical research data
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The brain’s ability to rid itself of toxins may be reduced during sleep, surprising new UK DRI research reveals😴 Over the past decade, a dominant theory as to why we sleep has been that the brain’s ability to clear toxins improves during sleep, or under anaesthesia. Until now it’s been thought that sleep clears toxins from the brain via the glymphatic system, a mechanism that flushes waste from the brain. In a new study, led by Prof Bill Wisden (UK DRI at Imperial) and Prof Nick Franks (Imperial College London), researchers used a fluorescent dye to study the brains of mice, seeing how quickly the dye moved from one area of the brain to another, and was cleared from the brain. The study showed that the clearance of the dye was reduced by about 30% in sleeping mice, and 50% in mice that were under anaesthetic, compared with mice that were kept awake. Study co-leader Prof Bill Wisden, Interim Centre Director of the UK DRI at Imperial, said: “There are many theories as to why we sleep, and although we have shown that clearing toxins may not be a key reason, it cannot be disputed that sleep is important. Disrupted sleep is a common symptom experienced by people living with dementia, however we still do not know if this is a consequence or a driving factor in the disease progression. It may well be that having good sleep does help to reduce dementia risk for reasons other than clearing toxins." Read the full story ⬇️
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We welcome the National Action Plan for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) launched today by the Department of Health and Social Care. AMR is a large, complex problem that can’t be tackled by solely developing more antibiotics. Which is why through our continued investments we’re committed to supporting research across disciplines that looks at all aspects of the problem – from human behaviour and how we grow crops and rear animals for consumption, to how we manage the environment or use technology, clinical management strategies or challenge established cultural norms. This new national action plan will ensure the UK better restricts its use of antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals – in both humans and animals – identify drug resistant infections before they emerge, and support industry in developing the next generation of treatments. Read the action plan ➡ https://lnkd.in/e9Xj6NxM
Today we have launched a new plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This national action plan commits the UK to: 🔵 reduce use of antimicrobials 🔵 strengthen surveillance of drug resistant infections before they emerge 🔵 incentivise industry to develop the next generation of treatments See our plan on Confronting Antimicrobial Resistance: https://lnkd.in/e9Xj6NxM #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance UK Research and Innovation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Health Security Agency, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Cabinet Office
⭐ Programme Manager – Chemical Safety Assessment ⭐ National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), London Work with scientists from the chemicals industries (including from agrochemicals and industrial chemicals, cosmetics and consumer products, pharmaceutical and contract research industries), academia and regulatory agencies to initiate, lead, support and deliver programmes of work that accelerate the 3Rs in the safety assessment of chemicals for the protection of human health and the environment. You will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. https://lnkd.in/gTAfGTwc ⏰ Closing 2nd June 24 #biology #toxicology #medicalresearch #JobsAtUKRI
Do you have a keen interest in animals, and are you looking to start a career in scientific research? Take a look at our Animal Technician roles at Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell: https://lnkd.in/ePXZrc47 #animalcare #researchjobs #JobsAtUKRI
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Exciting news!✨ We are set to lead a new £8.2M Medical Research Council-funded medicine career development programme with Queen Mary University of London, University of Glasgow, The University of Manchester and industry partners. The fellowship programme is set to strengthen interactions between academia and industry to deliver world-class #medicine development. Programme lead, Professor Munir Pirmohamed said "This truly unique scheme offers an exciting opportunity for medically-qualified trainees at all levels, to undertake the best science in an environment that will foster joint working between universities and industry." Read more about the fellowship programme ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21wJovr AstraZeneca │ GSK │Optum │Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool
“Our communities, my community, and other communities that are under-served, are still being disproportionately harmed by or dying from preventable health conditions. It's not acceptable." "Inclusivity is essential for equitable health research. This is a principle close to my heart personally. "When I was asked if I would like to be part of co-developing the MRC's public partnerships strategy it was an easy yes. It’s so important that diverse voices are included in initiatives that are driven by what I often refer to as ‘dominant’ institutions." Dr Nadine Fontaine-Palmer PhD, CEO of Mabadiliko CIC, shares a personal perspective of co-developing the MRC public partnerships strategy that aims to help improve how we involve people in research to benefit the health of everyone. https://orlo.uk/u0LUj wearevocal