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Switch off for Easter break: UCL spends almost over £3,000/hr overnight on #electricity. Sustainable UCL & Estates have been working hard centrally to reduce our #energy. Please help us to make a difference. #SwitchOff non-essential equipment/lights to reduce our C emissions.

TOMORROW! Sign up now for a lecture from Professor Francesco Saverio Tedesco, a world-leading researcher in #muscle regeneration and #neuromuscular conditions. Saverio is lead investigator on two research projects funded by the The Francis Crick Institute. Details at: musculardystrophyuk.org/support/events…

Roberto Mayor's lab, with researchers from Dresden and the The Francis Crick Institute, 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. UCL Faculty of Life Sciences nature.com/articles/s4146…

Your X-editor has #justsponsored Michael Wright, UCL Research Dept of Cell & Developmental Biology's Executive Assistant, who's fundraising for British Heart Foundation on JustGiving. Donate now at: justgiving.com/page/michael-w… British Heart Foundation #cycling #bicycle #charitycycle #hearthealth Sustainable UCL UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy

Our #Patel lab published on Ca++/#Parkinson’s disease, indicating a new #pharmacological route to impede the disease. Funded by Wellcome and Parkinson's UK; collaborated with scientists from Brazil, York, UCL, #KCL, California, Germany, India doi: 10.1083/jcb.202412055

Congratulations to several CDB people, who have been ranked highly in Research.com's Best #Scientists in the field of #Biology and #Biochemistry 2025 in UK and world-wide, based on papers and citations. More here: research.com/careers/world-… UCL Faculty of Life Sciences UCL News

It's #PrideMonth UCL! June – a month's celebration and acknowledgement of #LGBTQ+ communities and culture: come together in joy & friendship, whilst acknowledging that there is still much work to do towards #equality and #inclusion UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy #edi UCL News ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/may/…

The London Open #gardens scheme is 07-08 June 2025, giving access to private or secret hidden beauty spots, including our Michael Duchen's #allotment at Branch Hill in Hampstead. londongardenstrust.org/whatson/london… #allotmentlife #sustainable Sustainable UCL

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)! lauderdalehouse.org.uk/camden-music-j…

The Duchen Lab has published research signposting a potential #treatment of childhood #Vici syndrome, including neurodegeneration and max life expectancy of10 years: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… Funded by Action Medical Research and driven by post-doc Kritarth Singh. Action Medical Research

Roberto Mayor's lab, with researchers from Dresden and the The Francis Crick Institute, 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. UCL Faculty of Life Sciences nature.com/articles/s4146…

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

@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 British Neuroscience Association UCL News

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. lister-institute.org.uk/a-warm-welcome… UCL UCL Faculty of Life Sciences UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy #biology #brain UCL News The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

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

For some reason the link isn't imaging properly - here is another one to the prizewinners! lister-institute.org.uk/2025-prize-win…

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: youtube.com/@uclcellanddev… UCL Faculty of Life Sciences

Following up on a very recent post on #wasps Grant Museum of Zoology, we thought we'd mention #bees: Marius Didziokas designs custom LEGO sets as a hobby, which, if enough support, will be made & offered for sale: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/… UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy - what do you think, anatomically?!