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10 October is #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍💜 Today, we celebrate the importance of connection, support, and community within the life sciences. Get involved and find resources/support here: https://t.co/BhsF7ecSjU @mentalhealth | #WMHD25 #MLSFF26

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With applications now coming in for Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) 2026, we caught up with @edwintapiwa, the very first delegate to sign on the dotted line. 🖊️

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Present your work at #MLSFF26 - abstract submissions are now open! Abstract presentations are at the heart of the conference and a great way to build connections and collaborations for the future. 📝 Submit your abstract today: https://t.co/3PCCRCesvP

Registration is officially open for #MLSFF26! Join us in Edinburgh (23–25 March 2026) for three days of connection, collaboration, and change. Secure your spot at MLSFF26 and be part of an inspiring community shaping the future of science. Register now: https://t.co/btAyQaybZ9

A chemical found in mushrooms can be teamed with bacteriophages to deliver a one-two punch to antibiotic-resistant infections, reveals a study presented at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum 2025. https://t.co/fRaFRjq0Hj #AMR #Bacteriophages

A poster presented at MLSFF 2025 illuminated the important role of lubricin in patients with Camptodactyly-Arthropathy-Coxa Vara-Pericarditis (CACP).

Watch now: #MLSFF25 Highlights Reel ▶️ Our 2025 Future Forum brought together an inspiring community of researchers, students, and advocates in Birmingham earlier this year. Check out our official highlights reel and relive the event:

Hospital superbugs that cause sepsis and meningitis could be hitching a ride on mobile phones, allowing them to escape out of healthcare settings and into the community, according to research presented at the MLS Future Forum earlier this year.

New research shared at the MLS Future Forum has uncovered a prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) connection that could offer new targets to help with managing inflammation-driven colorectal cancer (CRC). Read the full article here:

A research study presented at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum has revealed that clove essential oil could offer potential as a sustainable alternative to conventional antimicrobials. https://t.co/agXHcCWryX @AstonUniversity

A research study presented in a talk at the @MLSFutureForum has uncovered some intriguing patterns that suggest our current understanding of breast cancer may not apply to pre-menopausal women.

Vitamin D supplements are often recommended to patients with chronic kidney disease, but a new study presented at the @MLSFutureForum suggests they may not be helping.

A new study being presented at the Letters in Applied Microbiology ECS Research Symposium 2025 reveals that lavender and lemongrass essential oils are effective against thrush - even at low levels. https://t.co/YLYXFFDdZz @MLSFutureForum @AstonUniversity

They may be more familiar as a room scent but a new study presented at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum reveals that lavender and lemongrass essential oils are effective against thrush, even at low levels. Read more:

A study presented at the MLS Future Forum this spring investigates the underrepresentation of ethnic minority groups in breast cancer clinical trials: https://t.co/dMUOfyi5C3

Shaken and stirred: A new study presented at @MLSFutureForum has uncovered the secrets of the bacterial strain Klebsiella pneumoniae strain 007, revealing a potentially deadly genetic capacity for both antimicrobial resistance and virulence. https://t.co/Pwk4F1De6D @MyBCU

Hypoxia was thought to have a protective effect on cells affected by acute myeloid leukaemia, but a new piece of research presented at the MLS Future Forum suggests that the picture isn’t quite so straightforward. Read the full story: