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https://www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/life-sciences/research/biochemistry 21-01-2025 22:02:51
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Had a great time at #EUROGIN in Porto earlier this month - thanks for inviting me to speak! Now time for #MicroSoc Annual conference in Liverpool! Microbiology Society


Last month Dr Ethan Morgan was invited to the EUROGIN Congress in Portugal to present his research targeting HPV driven head and neck cancers. Look out for him at the Microbiology Society annual meeting this week in Liverpool too! 👊

Congratulations double star George Hooper from Edward Wright who presented both a poster AND a talk showcasing his research on a pan-lyssavirus vaccine and an African swine fever virus pseudotype at the annual Microbiology Society annual meeting in Liverpool this week. 👊 #microbio25



A huge congratulations to Dr Benjamin Towler who has recently been awarded a 3 year research grant from the The Leverhulme Trust to investigate molecular mechanisms regulating stress-induced RNA dynamics. Sussex Life Sciences University of Sussex Sussex RNA Network Sussex Cancer Research Centre profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p247980-benjam…

Major congrats to Dr#3 from our group Okan Sevim who passed his PhD viva yesterday. A super talented researcher, it’s been a privilege to serve as Okan’s supervisor from MSc to PhD in Biochemistry & Biomedicine @ University of Sussex Sussex Life Sciences Thanks to examiners Simon Mitchell BSMS & Faraz K Mardakheh Department of Biochemistry at Oxford University


👨🎓New Dr announcement! 📖 Congratulations to new Dr Okan Sevim Okan Sevim from Rhys Morgan in Biochemistry & Biomedicine @ University of Sussex for successfully defending his PhD thesis last week! Many thanks to the Turkish 🇹🇷 Ministry for Education for sponsoring his studies at Sussex Life Sciences University of Sussex 👏👏


Presenting our latest work out now in Oncogene Journal driven by Megan Wagstaff in Sussex Life Sciences University of Sussex Sussex Cancer Research Centre Sussex Blood Cancer Research Wnt UK. We show the oncogene β-catenin interacts with a Wnt mRNA network in myeloid leukaemia cells Quick tour🧵👇 1/ nature.com/articles/s4138…

📖 New publication! 🗞️ Dr Megan Wagstaff from Rhys Morgan in Sussex Life Sciences Biochemistry & Biomedicine @ University of Sussex University of Sussex have shown a potentially novel role for the oncoprotein β-catenin in myeloid leuakaemia cells in post-transcriptional processes with RBPs, out in Oncogene Journal today.👇

I am delighted to share our new paper published in Molecular Cancer! molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… As always, the credit goes to my great team and to all our collaborators! Interested in joining our lab: glare.bio #breastcancer #Immunotherapy #exosomes University of Sussex

Congratulations to Dr Mark Samuels from Georgios Giamas Sussex Life Sciences University of Sussex who has published his PhD research on LMTK3 regulation of EV biogenesis in breast cancer and its impact on the immune system in BMC Molecular Cancer. Sussex Cancer Research Centre

A bit late to post but glad to see our review on novel oncogenic mechanisms of the HPV oncoproteins. Great work from undergraduate student Denise in my lab Biochemical Society Biochemistry & Biomedicine @ University of Sussex #HPV portlandpress.com/biochemsoctran…

Congratulations to our #Omani colleague, Dr Maryam Al Barashdi, a previous QUB Blood Cancer Research PhD student, on her new publication mjournal.squ.edu.om/home/vol25/iss…



Many congratulations to Jo Renaut, final year South Coast Biosciences DTP PhD student in the Frances Pearl lab, who won the People’s Choice category at the University of Sussex 3 Minute Thesis final last week presenting ‘Synthetic Lethality: Finding Cancer’s Hidden Vulnerabilities to Save Lives’. 👏👏👏


Congratulations to one of our Biomed Sci finalists Anya Kakkar on completing her BSc here at University of Sussex Sussex Life Sciences with a first class honours! 🎉🥳🍾🙌 Now gaining some summer research experience in the Rhys Morgan before graduation ahead of a sparkling scientific career!
