We welcome Neelima Sharma to CDB from the University of Chicago. Neelima joins the Centre for Integrative Anatomy as Lecturer of Computational Biology. She combines theoretical tools from systems, geometry & mechanics, with developmental biology, embryology & biomechanics. @ucl

Was this the FLUFFIEST #dinosaur!? 🦖 🦕#paleontology https://t.co/F9tSHvPSjr. Our Laura Porro was interviewed by TV presenter Maddie Moate in the @GrantMuseum, resulting in fun, educational segments on #reptile teeth, dinosaur #diets and animal #brains!” @CIA_UCL @uclnews

Design a #Christmas card - final day to enter (noon, 29Oct2025): MRC/MRF Festive Science Image competition. Award max. £500. Submit a digital #image, #drawing, #painting, or a #photograph, that combines striking #scientific imagery with a festive theme. https://t.co/2oD6GZw8ld

Calling all @ucl Early Career Research staff! Applications close 03 November 2025 for UCL's #Career Aspiration Programme. Get expert #careerguidance, #coaching and other tools and support for your #careerdevelopment within and beyond academia. https://t.co/Pntb5mzfD0 @CIA_UCL

A reminder that @The_MRC has introduced a new flexible #research #grant and has removed closing dates from their board #funding opportunities. @UKRI_News Questions to rfpd@mrc.ukri.org @UCL @uclbiosciences @CIA_UCL

Today, UCL officially launches its new Sustainability Plan (2025–2035) and the accompanying Be the Ripple campaign. #sustainability #leaf #greenimpact #greendisc @ucl @UCLLifeSciences @uclbiosciences @SustainableUCL #climatechange #climate #ESG @CIA_UCL

Our Barbara Conradt and affiliates from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität have just had their study, relating to fluorescent protein tagging of core #apoptosis pathway components from the #worm, C. elegans, published: https://t.co/njeS3NyORm

Congratulations to Barbara Conradt, just elected to the @EMBO Membership. EMBO promotes excellence in #LifeSciences. Barbara said “I feel very honoured and ... look forward to interacting with other members to have a positive impact.” @ucl @CIA_UCL https://t.co/e0ii3ZFIsU

Following up on a very recent post on #wasps @GrantMuseum, we thought we'd mention #bees: @MariusDidziokas designs custom @LEGO_Group sets as a hobby, which, if enough support, will be made & offered for sale: https://t.co/Q4R7wWbRVE @CIA_UCL - what do you think, anatomically?!

A friendly reminder that we have @YouTube channel on which we upload, when we have the #speaker's permission to do so, recordings of the #talks given by invited, external #experts in the #Cell & #Developmental #Biology field. It's here: https://t.co/B9OpM8eFg9 @UCLLifeSciences

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For some reason the link isn't imaging properly - here is another one to the prizewinners!

Congratulations to our Vilaiwan Fernandes, 1/8 of the 2025 Lister #Prize winners ... a significant honour that recognises #researchers in the early years of running their own groups. https://t.co/d4oSee4Kc4 @ucl @UCLLifeSciences @CIA_UCL #biology #brain @uclnews @ListerInstitute

Delighted to note that our Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes, Principal #Research Fellow, is 1/8 prizewinners this year. As our Head of Research Department, Sandip Patel, remarked: ... This is a significant honour that recognises #researchers in the early years of running their own groups

Congratulations to our Vilaiwan Fernandes, 1/8 of the 2025 Lister #Prize winners ... a significant honour that recognises #researchers in the early years of running their own groups. https://t.co/d4oSee4Kc4 @ucl @UCLLifeSciences @CIA_UCL #biology #brain @uclnews @ListerInstitute

@UCLCDB's annual Postgraduate Research (#PGR) #Student #Symposium is on Thurs,19th. There'll be 9 posters & 18 PGR speakers ending with CDB alumnus Prof Narender Ramnani, Professor of Neuroscience, @rhul, & President of the British Neuroscience Association @BritishNeuro @uclnews

Many congratulations to Anna Franz, who has just accepted a proleptic appointment in @UCL CDB. Anna is a @wellcometrust & @royalsociety Sir Henry Dale Fellow, contributing: excellent #research on #fat cells, an UG module, public engagement, and input to @uclbiosciences policy.

Roberto Mayor's lab, with researchers from Dresden and the @TheCrick, has published (Nature Comms) a theory of cell migration called ‘frictiotaxis’. Instead of relying on adhesion, cells sense a gradient of friction within the substrate. @UCLLifeSciences

The @DuchenLab has published research signposting a potential #treatment of childhood #Vici syndrome, including neurodegeneration and max life expectancy of10 years: https://t.co/o4pTVO9mGl Funded by Action Medical Research and driven by post-doc Kritarth Singh. @actionmedres

Camden Youth Jazz bands play @ Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, London from 14.30, 29 June 2025. It's a *free* event - bring a picnic, sit on the grass and listen to enthusiastic young #jazz musicians, including our Michael Duchen's youngest son (alto sax)! https://t.co/XEK2E7tUE1