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Luciane Vieira de Mello

Professor Luciane Vieira de Mello
(Lu Mello) publishing as Mello, LV

Deputy Dean, School of Biosciences. Professor of Bioscience Education.
School of Biosciences

Contact

Luciane.Mello@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 795 4443

Professional activities

Selected Professional Activities

Conference Role

  • Science Education at International Congress of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Brela, Croatia, 2022) (Conference Role)
  • Developing skills within a bioscience curriculum at Evolving molecular bioscience education 2021 (online, 2021) (Conference Role)
  • Sharing best Practice, networking in Europe and educational research at Evolving molecular bioscience education 2018, by Invitation (University of Chester, 2018) (Conference Role)
  • International Speaker, by Invitation (2016 - 2017) (Conference Role)

Editorship

  • Emerging Topics in Life Sciences (Invited Guest Editor, 2025 - 2026) (Editorship)
  • FEBS Open Bio: In the Limelight Education (Invited Guest Editor, 2024 - 2025) (Editorship)
  • Essays in Biochemistry (Invited Guest Editor, 2021 - 2022) (Editorship)
  • FEBS Open BIO (Editor in chief - Education Section, 2016 - present) (Editorship)
  • Developing of Academic Practice (Associate Editor, 2020 - 2022) (Editorship)

Examination Role

  • Imperial College London, BSc Biochemistry (UG) (Examination Role)

Conference Roles

  • Science Education at International Congress of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Brela, Croatia, 2022)
  • Developing skills within a bioscience curriculum at Evolving molecular bioscience education 2021 (online, 2021)
  • Sharing best Practice, networking in Europe and educational research at Evolving molecular bioscience education 2018, by Invitation (University of Chester, 2018)
  • Bioinformatics tools for protein function prediction, by Invitation (University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand, 2013)
  • International Speaker, by Invitation (2016 - 2017)

Editorships

  • Emerging Topics in Life Sciences (Invited Guest Editor, 2025 - 2026)
  • FEBS Open Bio: In the Limelight Education (Invited Guest Editor, 2024 - 2025)
  • Essays in Biochemistry (Invited Guest Editor, 2021 - 2022)
  • FEBS Open BIO (Editor in chief - Education Section, 2016 - present)
  • Developing of Academic Practice (Associate Editor, 2020 - 2022)

Event Roles

  • Educational Research in the Biosciences, by Invitation (Workshop)
  • Educational Research in the Biosciences (Workshop)

Examination Roles

  • Imperial College London, BSc Biochemistry (UG)
  • Biochemical Society, Biochemical Society - Student Summership Grant (UG, 2014 - present)
  • Royal Society of Biology, RSB Accreditation Assessor (UG, 2018 - present)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Biochemical Society - Training Theme Panel (Chair) (Biochemical Society, 2018 - present)
  • FEBS Good Practice Working Group (Chair) (2018 - present)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • ISMIB PGT and CPD Lead (School / Institute, 2020 - present)
  • School of Life Sciences PGT Lead (School / Institute, 2019 - present)
  • UoL XJTLU Link Tutor (Chair) (University, 2018 - present)
  • Mentor -University Mentoring Network (University, 2018 - 2019)
  • International Education Working Group (Faculty, 2018 - 2019)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • University of Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, Thailand (2013 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • (FEBS Education Committee, 2019 - present)
  • Biochemical Society (Member of the Training Panel, 2016 - present)
  • Royal Society of Biology (Fellow, 2016 - present)
  • Biochemical Society (Member of the Education Comittee, 2015 - present)