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We recently spoke with Dr Alessandra Vigilante, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, to find out about her passion for bioinformatics, how she balances work and family life, and why 2024 has been a particularly special year for her ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-with…

Wellcome has awarded Professors Maddy Parsons and Simon Ameeer-Beg £500k each to developing bioimaging tools to study how cells and tissue work These tools have potential to revolutionise the field kcl.ac.uk/news/1m-fundin…

As part of our Ageing Well campaign, Dr Oliver Witard tells us about age-related muscle loss and shares some tips for how older adults can help to maintain their muscles with advancing age. Read more from Olly on this topic ➡️ kcl.ac.uk/why-do-we-lose… King's College London

Continued global warming will lead to more parts of the planet becoming too hot for the human body over the coming decades, finds a new assessment, led by researchers in King's Social Science & Public Policy and King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/half-a-de… King's Global Affairs

Congratulations to Michael Antoniou, Professor in Molecular Genetics in our Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, who delivered his inaugural lecture yesterday 👏 kcl.ac.uk/events/inaugur…

A new study has identified an enzyme that plays an important role in breaking down unneeded or damaged proteins in the heart – an important process for maintaining heart health ⬇️ Max Planck Society School of Basic & Medical Biosciences King's College London King's BHF Centre kcl.ac.uk/news/disrupted…

Congratulations to Professor Sergio Padilla-Parra from our Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics who delivered his inaugural lecture earlier this week 👏 His lecture was titled 'Illuminating virus entry'

New research by Dr Christos Tziotzios, from St John's Institute of Dermatology, and colleagues has found an interaction between genes that increases the risk of developing frontal fibrosing alopecia. Read more below ⤵️

Read about recent work from Dr Julien Bergeron from our Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics on a newly identified bacterial protein which could help with design of cancer drug delivery system 🦠⬇️

Congratulations to Professor John McGrath, Mary Dunhill Chair in Cutaneous Medicine at St John’s Institute of Dermatology King's College London, who is recipient of the BSID Medal 2025, awarded for his contributions to dermatological research. Read more: bsid.org.uk/the-bsid-medal…

“Understanding the biology of how a treatment works is essential for bringing treatments closer to patients" - Professor Sophia Karagiannis. Read more about a new study that looked at how a new type of antibody treatment interacts with different immune cells in ovarian cancer ⬇️

Research from Prof Snezhana Oliferenko's group King's College London The Francis Crick Institute shows that the transfer of genes from bacteria to more complex organisms like yeast can give the new host a survival advantage, but it requires rewiring of the host’s biology ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/beneficia…

Read this #Review from Oliver Witard (School of Basic & Medical Biosciences) et al., who featured as a runner-up for our 2024 Mid-Career Researcher prize! His review focusses on nutrition interventions to improve muscle mass & functional outcomes post-orthopaedic surgery! 📖 buff.ly/8g4nCdZ

New research from King's College London School of Basic & Medical Biosciences has found that fat stored around the abdomen is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/study-fin…

📢 Applications are open for a PhD studentship looking at modelling respiratory physiology during acute exposures to altitude to enable digital test and evaluation of future fast-jet environmental control and life support systems. Deadline: 4 June Apply: kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/f…

Congratulations to Professor Carsten Flohr King's College London School of Basic & Medical Biosciences who has received a pump-priming award from National Eczema Society as part of its first-ever research grant round. Read more about the project ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/news/professor…

Many congratulations to Professor Sophia Karagiannis 👏

A team led by University of Exeter, in collaboration with Prof Carsten Flohr & Dr Helen Alexander from St John’s Institute of Dermatology King's College London, has been awarded £3.3m from Medical Research Council to investigate the role of fungi in the development of eczema kcl.ac.uk/news/3.3m-awar… Paediatric & Population-Based Dermatology

Congratulations to Professor Jody Rosenblatt on being elected to the EMBO Membership 👏

Researchers from King's College London have used the world’s most advanced electron microscope to reveal the complete architecture of the bacterial flagellum - a molecular machine essential for bacteria to cause infection, that could be a target for antibiotics kcl.ac.uk/news/scientist…