"postgraduate" blog posts
![Eleanor Hargreaves and friends at the conference BBQ](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Eleanor,Hargreaves,EMBL,684,x,355.jpg)
Microtubules: from atoms to complex systems
Eleanor Hargreaves is a third year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. Eleanor discusses her research and her recent trip to Germany for an EMBO symposium on microtubules.
Posted on: 19 July 2024
![A photo of Chania harbour by night](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Chania,684,x,355.jpg)
Investigating RNA quality control using omics
Stuart Fulton is a final year PhD Student in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. He recently attended The Focused Meeting on Integrative Omics of Nuclear Functions in Chania, Crete, and told us about his trip and current research.
Posted on: 23 April 2024
![Yang Hao in London](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Yang,Hao,684,x,355.jpg)
Exploring the intersection of AI and drug design
Yang Hao is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology and is supervised by Professor Luning Liu. She recently attended the Bio-IT conference in London and told us about her trip.
Posted on: 13 March 2024
![Piotr Darski at the London Festival of Genomics and Biodata](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Piotr,Darski,684,x,355.jpg)
London Festival of Genomics and Biodata
Piotr Darski is a PhD student in the department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. He recently attended the London Festival of Genomics & Biodata and told us about his trip.
Posted on: 13 February 2024
![Rowena Sison-Young and Georgina Gregory in the laboratory at Karolinska](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Image,3,-,684,x,355.jpg)
Culturing liver cells at Karolinska
Georgina Gregory is a Research Associate in the Copple Lab within the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She recently spent three weeks in Sweden at the Karolinska Institutet and tells us about her trip.
Posted on: 20 October 2023
![Sara Chowdhury standing behind the McMaster University sign, under a large tree with flowers to the foreground](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/McMaster,University,684,x,355.jpg)
Fellowships and falls at McMaster University
Sara Chowdhury is a final year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. She was recently selected for a Turing Fellowship, spending the summer conducting research at McMaster University in Canada. Here she tells us about her trip.
Posted on: 6 October 2023
![Wenhao Cai Travel Award Blog](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Wenhao,Cai,684,x,355.jpg)
Presenting pancreatic research in the Alps
Dr Wenhao Cai graduated this summer with a PhD from the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB). He recently attended the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club in Austria and tells us about his research and the trip.
Posted on: 1 August 2023
![Filippo Dall'Armellina presenting his poster at a neuroscience conference](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Filippo,684,x,355.jpg)
BNA2023 Festival of Neuroscience
Filippo Dall’Armellina is a first year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. He recently attended the British Neuroscience Association Festival in Brighton and told us all about his trip.
Posted on: 25 April 2023
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My First Paper: Michael Cearns
We continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with Michael Cearns, a Tumour biology PhD candidate from ISMIB.
Posted on: 9 November 2022
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My First Paper: Laura Bracun
This week we continue our 'My First Paper' Campaign, showcasing researchers and their research - with Laura Bracun from the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology.
Posted on: 7 October 2022
![View of Paris with Eiffel Tower in the distance](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Sophie,Rustidge,Paris,684x355.jpg)
Neurosciences en Paris
Sophie Rustidge is a second year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology. She recently attended the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Conference 2022 in Paris and tells us about her trip.
Posted on: 20 September 2022
![Lake view](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Lake,view,1,684x355.jpg)
Lysosomes and lake swimming in New Hampshire
Katy McCarron is a third year PhD student in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended the 2022 Lysosomes and Endocytosis Gordon research conference 2022 in New Hampshire, USA and tells us about her trip!
Posted on: 1 September 2022
![Gaia Bellomo in a laboratory](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Gaia,Bellomo,684,x,355.jpg)
An immunological lens for cancer
Gaia Bellomo is a PhD student in the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended a workshop at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 30 August 2022
![Rhianna standing with her poster presentation](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Rhianna,Hill,684,x,355.jpg)
CRUK symposium: Hypoxia in head and neck cancer
Rhianna Hill is a second year PhD student in Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. She recently attended the Cancer Research UK PhD/Postdoc Symposium at the Francis Crick Institute in London and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 23 August 2022
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Talking proteomics at BSPR 2022
Megan Ford is a PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She recently attended the annual British Society for Proteome Research conference in Oxford and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 19 July 2022
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My First Paper: Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat
As part of our new initiative across the Faculty, are showcasing research and their researchers across the board engaging with the future generations of researchers. This week we continue our My First Paper campaign with Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat from ISMIB, telling us all about her first research paper.
Posted on: 6 July 2022
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The 5th European NFkB Subunit Workshop Report
Fasanya Temitope is a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. She recently attended the 5th European NF-kB Workshop in Porto and told us all about her research and the trip.
Posted on: 1 June 2022
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Spring SciX Conference Report 2022
A couple of weeks ago, the University of Liverpool hosted the Spring SciX Conference, a 3-day conference in which early careers researchers present their research and provides them opportunities for oral and poster presentations with the aim of establishing career mentors for early careers researchers. Daniel Smaje, Sara Sadia Chowdhury, and Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat all attended the conference and here is what they said about it.
Posted on: 28 April 2022
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Meet the Scientists: A first time experience
Hopefully if you’re reading this blog you’re interested in public engagement (PE) and want to know more!
Posted on: 26 April 2022
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Hosting the UoL Plant and Photosynthesis Symposium 2022
A group of PhD and postdoc students got together and organised a Plant and Photosynthesis Symposium which was held on the 17 March 2022. We spoke to Jessica Pritchard, one of our PhD students, who organised the event to find out what it was all about and her experiences before, during and after the symposium.
Posted on: 30 March 2022
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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month – a personal account
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, and one of our PhD students, Tanya Horne wrote about her own experience when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with ovarian cancer six months ago.
Posted on: 22 March 2022
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PhD Students Insight to studying Biochemistry - Biology Week 2021
Thanyaporn Tengsuttiwat, 3rd year PhD student provides an insight to her experience and PhD journey studying Biochemistry at the University of Liverpool.
Posted on: 7 October 2021
![Beth Heaton in the laboratory](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Beth,Heaton,684x355.jpg)
Student wins prize at British Pharmacology Society conference
Beth Heaton, a PhD student in the department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has won an award at the annual British Pharmacological Society (BPS: Pharmacology 2020) conference for her work on glucose uptake transporters in human immune cells.
Posted on: 8 January 2021
![Rebecca Jensen in University Square after her MRes graduation ceremony](/media/livacuk/systemsmolecularandintegrativebiology/blogimages/Rebecca,Jensen,after,MRes,ceremony.jpg)
Life as a PhD Student in Lockdown
Rebecca Jensen is a PhD student in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. During the first national lockdown she was unable to continue her original research from home, and so she decided to volunteer for the ISARIC/WHO CCP study which looks at the urgent questions posed by Covid-19. Here she tells us what that was like, and how she is coping with the second national lockdown.
Posted on: 16 November 2020