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News and events from the School of Basic & Medical Biosciences @kingsmedicine #biophysics #bioscience #dermatology #genetics #medical #physiology #stemcells
Joined April 2018
🚀 We spoke with Lois Anderson about the Space 4 All Community. Read more: https://t.co/6DnMeByoV5 And the 2025 Space 4 All Challenge is now live 👉
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2025 Space 4 All Challenge
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Congratulations to Dr Robert Seaborne @KCLBMBioscience who has been awarded a New Investigator Grant from @The_MRC. The award will support his work focused on understanding the role of skeletal muscle in motor neurone disease. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/S8377E4ULf
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Researchers from @KingsCollegeLon have used the world’s most advanced electron microscope to reveal the complete architecture of the bacterial flagellum - a molecular machine essential for bacteria to cause infection, that could be a target for antibiotics
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Scientists have studied a new target for antibiotics in the greatest detail yet – in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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Congratulations to Professor Jody Rosenblatt on being elected to the EMBO Membership đź‘Ź
Jody Rosenblatt, Professor of Cell Biology at King’s and Principal Group Leader at the @TheCrick, has been elected to the EMBO Membership in recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements https://t.co/PCbUYAWqVK
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A team led by @UniofExeter, in collaboration with Prof Carsten Flohr & Dr Helen Alexander from St John’s Institute of Dermatology @KingsCollegeLon, has been awarded £3.3m from @The_MRC to investigate the role of fungi in the development of eczema https://t.co/vri0uL5grO
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A team led by the University of Exeter, and including researchers from King’s College London, has been awarded a £3.3 million grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study how fungi that...
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Many congratulations to Professor Sophia Karagiannis đź‘Ź
Congratulations to Professor Sophia Karagiannis on receiving the EAACI Research Fellow Award 2025 from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology @EAACI_HQ. The award recognises EAACI members who have excelled in the field of allergy and clinical immunology.
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Congratulations to Professor Carsten Flohr @KingsCollegeLon @KCLBMBioscience who has received a pump-priming award from @eczemasociety as part of its first-ever research grant round. Read more about the project ⬇️
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Professor Carsten Flohr from King’s College London has received a pump-priming award from the National Eczema Society as part of its first-ever research grant round, aimed at supporting innovative...
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📢 Applications are open for a PhD studentship looking at modelling respiratory physiology during acute exposures to altitude to enable digital test and evaluation of future fast-jet environmental control and life support systems. Deadline: 4 June Apply:
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Modelling respiratory physiology during acute exposures to altitude to enable digital test and evaluation of future fast-jet environmental control and life support systems.
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New research from @KingsCollegeLon @KCLBMBioscience has found that fat stored around the abdomen is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women ⬇️
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New research led by King’s College London has found that fat stored around the abdomen is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women. The findings could help to...
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Read this #Review from Oliver Witard (@KCLBMBioscience) et al., who featured as a runner-up for our 2024 Mid-Career Researcher prize! His review focusses on nutrition interventions to improve muscle mass & functional outcomes post-orthopaedic surgery! đź“– https://t.co/eBydyoNdG9
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Research from Prof Snezhana Oliferenko's group @KingsCollegeLon @TheCrick shows that the transfer of genes from bacteria to more complex organisms like yeast can give the new host a survival advantage, but it requires rewiring of the host’s biology ⬇️
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New research has shown that the transfer of genes from bacteria to more complex organisms like yeast can give the new host a survival advantage – but it requires extensive rewiring of the host’s...
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“Understanding the biology of how a treatment works is essential for bringing treatments closer to patients" - Professor @SophiaKaragiann. Read more about a new study that looked at how a new type of antibody treatment interacts with different immune cells in ovarian cancer ⬇️
Research led by @KingsCollegeLon @SophiaKaragiann has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment, called MOv18 IgE, reactivates patients’ immune cells to fight ovarian cancer ⬇️ https://t.co/NwHeEslCHD
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Congratulations to Professor John McGrath, Mary Dunhill Chair in Cutaneous Medicine at St John’s Institute of Dermatology @KingsCollegeLon, who is recipient of the BSID Medal 2025, awarded for his contributions to dermatological research. Read more: https://t.co/wRqI18izin
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Read about recent work from Dr Julien Bergeron from our Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics on a newly identified bacterial protein which could help with design of cancer drug delivery system 🦠⬇️
Researchers @KingsCollegeLon @UWMedicine have identified a previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome, which could help drug delivery in cancer treatment. Read more ⤵️
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New research by @DrTziotzios, from St John's Institute of Dermatology, and colleagues has found an interaction between genes that increases the risk of developing frontal fibrosing alopecia. Read more below ⤵️
Scientists @KingsCollegeLon @KCLBMBioscience have discovered an interaction between genes that increases the risk of developing a type of alopecia ⬇️
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Congratulations to Professor Sergio Padilla-Parra from our Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics who delivered his inaugural lecture earlier this week đź‘Ź His lecture was titled 'Illuminating virus entry'
Tonight, we’re celebrating the Inaugural Lectures of Professor Sergi Padilla-Parra and Professor Paul Taylor 🎓  Full details of the upcoming events in the series, along with recordings of previous lectures, can be found here: https://t.co/vOjzuxhv3u
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A new study has identified an enzyme that plays an important role in breaking down unneeded or damaged proteins in the heart – an important process for maintaining heart health ⬇️ @maxplanckpress @KCLBMBioscience @KingsCollegeLon @Kings_BHFCentre
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A new study has identified an enzyme that plays an important role in breaking down unneeded or damaged proteins in the heart – an important process for maintaining heart health.
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Congratulations to Michael Antoniou, Professor in Molecular Genetics in our Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, who delivered his inaugural lecture yesterday đź‘Ź
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Inspiring talks from one of our new professors about their work, their specialisations, and their journeys to where they are today.
Congrats to Professor Michael Antoniou who delivered his Inaugural Lecture this evening.  His talk, "Glyphosate herbicides: safer than table salt or deceptively toxic?", highlighted the need to reassess regulatory limits. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/vOjzuxi2T2
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Continued global warming will lead to more parts of the planet becoming too hot for the human body over the coming decades, finds a new assessment, led by researchers in @KingsSSPP and @kingsmedicine. ⬇️ https://t.co/I3SY7pC9aK
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As part of our Ageing Well campaign, Dr @OllyWitard tells us about age-related muscle loss and shares some tips for how older adults can help to maintain their muscles with advancing age. Read more from Olly on this topic ➡️ https://t.co/UKxlXA2iS3
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