Faculty Of Biological Sciences At University Of Leeds

To all our staff and students celebrating Chinese New Year, we’re wishing you good fortune, happiness and good health! Year Of The Pig 2019

It's World Cancer Day... and scientists at University of Leeds have found a new way to identify people with the most aggressive types of lymphoma, which are less likely to respond to standard drugs. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Bjfrgi

There’s still time to book on to our postgraduate open day on Friday 8th February, and find out what we offer on our masters programmes. http://ow.ly/bQ4530nlRfi

Visit our postgraduate open day, on Friday 8th February, to find out more about masters and PhD study. Meet our student ambassadors and lecturers who are happy to answer your questions. Register your place now: http://ow.ly/NvR930nlLuQ

We are proud to announce that graduates from University of Leeds are in the UK's top ten most targeted by leading employers including Deloitte, Unilever, and the NHS!
Discover the full story: bit.ly/LeedsGradTopTen

City spaces such as gardens and allotments could be potential sanctuaries for declining pollinator populations, finds a study co-authored by Bill Kunin, Professor of Ecology from the School of Biology.
Discover the full story: bit.ly/ConservingPollinators
Image credit: Nadine Mitschunas

“Global warming will have the biggest effect in the most vulnerable area of the world, Antarctica. We must understand the challenges facing species living there because they may provide an indicator of responses to be felt in the rest of the world.”
With this year marking his 30th year of exploring the Antarctic, Professor Stuart Egginton, School of Biomedical Sciences, has witnessed first-hand the effect climate change is having on our planet.
A research paper co-authored by... Professor Egginton has also been named Paper of the Year by the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Discover the full story: bit.ly/AntarcticEcosystems
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“It really isn’t possible to continue the way that we are going.” Professor Christine Foyer from the Faculty of Biological Sciences comments on recent research that is working to improve photosynthesis by genetically engineering plants.
Climate change and global population increase could pose a significant threat to food production. Could genetically engineered plants help to combat food insecurity? Discover the full story: https://lat.ms/2TwrJsd

“I am passionate about enabling everyone to succeed in the science they’re doing.”
Get to know Professor Sheena Radford, Astbury Professor of Biophysics at the University of Leeds, as she discusses her Life in Three Objects and dispelling stereotypes.
Read the full story: bit.ly/SheenaRadford

The BBC FOUR TV programme, The Secret Life of the Farm, included a fantastic section filmed at the University farm earlier this year which features Professor Lisa Collins and Dr Mary Friel from the Faculty of Biological Sciences showing how pigs learn and adapt to tasks.
Watch from around 14.30: https://bbc.in/2AvV8f7

Staying in Leeds over the holidays? Here is everything that is happening on campus during the festive season. #SeasonsGreetings
https://students.leeds.ac.uk/outofterm

Are you interested in the areas of bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, big data or genomics?
Discover our brand-new, highly interdisciplinary Masters programme, MSc Precision Medicine: Genomics & Analytics. Designed to equip the next generation of scientists with the skills needed to revolutionise the way we diagnose and prevent genetic disease, this programme has been distinctively designed to meet industry needs.
Find out more: http://bit.ly/MScPrecisionMedicine

Massive congratulations to Rachel Coneys who has won the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Undergraduate of the Year Award! Rachel graduated from University of Leeds in July of this year with a degree in Neuroscience. The BNA awards just one undergraduate prize to student BNA members every year!
Asked how she felt about winning this prestigious award, Rachel said, "I’m really happy and grateful to have been awarded this prize. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Leeds, and I... was fortunate enough to have had Professor Ian Wood as my research supervisor, who really encouraged and helped me progress. The opportunities available at Leeds such as the summer research projects, getting involved with online neuroscience blogs and neural networks really helped me engage with neuroscience further and feel these extra projects helped me win."
Congratulations, Rachel!
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Congratulations to all our students graduating today. Well done to http://everyone. Watch our live ceremonies here: https://bit.ly/2sU5nnw
Don't forget to use #LeedsGrad18 on your Insta-snaps and come get your free prints from the Leeds Alumni stand in the Union

Huge congratulations go to FBS alumna Jess Buttress for winning the British Pharmacological Society 'BSc Pharmacology Prize'. Jess, who graduated with a 1st in Pharmacology this summer, tested the hypothesis that inhibitors of histones deacetylases reduced the activity of NF-kB in microglia cells to reduce their activation for her laboratory-based research project. This was a novel hypothesis, not previously tested, and involved very technically challenging experiments from w...hich Jess was able to produce some excellent data.
Asked how she felt about winning the prize, Jess said, "I felt immensely honoured to be recognised and nominated by my University for this award, and even more so to win as the BPS is such a prestigious society. A definite highlight of my course at Leeds was my industrial placement year, where I interned at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in California. This experience improved my independence both in and out of the lab, and allowed me to gain skills far beyond the scope of any I had previously learnt. It was also an incredible opportunity to explore a different country and over the year, I made both friends and contacts for life."
Congratulations, Jess!
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A new study led by Dr Christopher Hassall from Leeds' School of Biology suggests that climate change is affecting insects' ability to evade predators.
Many species have evolved to mimic the appearance of stinging insects, however new evidence suggests that global warming may compromise this defence.
Discover the full story: http://bit.ly/climagechangeaffectsinsects

12 Days of Christmas - here is a round up of the top 12 Christmas events happening in the Leeds and at the University. Seasons greeting to all our staff and students from the Faculty of Biological Sciences
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A new test created by scientists from across the University of Leeds in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton is able to identify people with the most dangerous types of lymphoma, which are less likely to respond to standard drugs.
Discover more: http://bit.ly/lymphomatest