Latest Life Sciences News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/life_sci_viewer/rss Nicholas Dawe 2006-09-05T09:41:38Z UCL News Podcast (18/05/12) - One Day in the City http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/180512-UCL-news-podcast The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-05-18T10:22:03Z Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: contractor appointed and building work begins http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/17052012-Sainsbury-Wellcome-Centre-contractor-appointment-building-work Building works for a new research centre at UCL will begin later this month, following the formal signing of contracts worth in excess of £70 million with Kier Construction. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-05-16T23:01:00Z Butterfly genome reveals a promiscuous past http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/12-516-butterfly-genome-reveals-promiscuous-past An international collaborative study to map the genome of a South American butterfly has identified the secret behind its mimetic nature. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-05-16T17:01:49Z Minister for Universities and Science, launches Imanova, a new public-private research centre for imaging science http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/slms/slms-news/slms/2012-15-05 Imanova, a new state-of-the-art imaging centre co-owned by the Medical Research Council and three of London’s leading universities, has been formally launched at a showcase event attended by representatives from the founding organisations and Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science. UCL News Fleur Adolphe 2012-05-15T17:07:51Z Men can rest easy – sex chromosomes are here to stay http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/120509-sex-chromosomes-here-to-stay Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens. The study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), looked at how genes on sex-linked chromosomes are passed down generations and linked to fertility, using the specific example of the W chromosome in female chickens.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-05-09T11:25:16Z UCL gives evidence to House of Lords Select Committee http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/02052012-ucl-evidence-stem-select-committee Professor David Bogle (Head of UCL Graduate School) gave evidence on 24 April to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry into higher education in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-05-02T10:18:11Z Ageing population could boost economy http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/24042012-Ageing-population-could-boost-economy Older people are a benefit, rather than a burden, to the economy and society according to a new report from the UCL School of Pharmacy. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-04-25T07:53:20Z New insight into pain mechanisms http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/120424-new-insights-into-pain-mechanisms Researchers in the UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research have made a discovery which could help the development of analgesic drugs able to treat nerve damage-related pain. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-04-24T16:02:01Z UCL News podcast – 18 April 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/19042012-UCL-podcast UCL News has launched a new podcast to give you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-04-19T13:22:48Z Pigeons’ homing skill not down to iron-rich beak cells http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/120412-pigeons-homing-skill-not-iron-rich-beak-cells The theory that pigeons’ famous skill at navigation is down to iron-rich nerve cells in their beaks has been disproved by a new study published in Nature. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-04-12T09:31:30Z DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/120327-cattle-traced-back-80-animals All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-03-27T12:58:27Z Women in Science: Nurturing Nobels http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/12032011-women-in-science-nurturing-nobels UCL scientists were involved in an event that celebrated leading women in science from across the world, held on International Women´s Day (8 March) at the Science Museum's Dana Centre. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-12T11:50:11Z Specific antibodies halt Alzheimer’s disease in mice http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/06032012-specific-antibodies-halt-Alzheimers-disease-in-mice Antibodies that block the process of synapse disintegration in Alzheimer’s disease have been identified, raising hopes for a treatment to combat early cognitive decline in the disease.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-03-06T22:05:00Z UCL News podcast - 1 March 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/01032012-UCL-news-podcast UCL News has launched a new podcast to give you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-03-02T11:51:46Z Familiarity breeds contempt in cleaner fish http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/February2012/21022012-cleaner-fish Familiarity with your partner is usually thought to promote teamwork, but new research has found that on coral reefs at least, female cleaner fish are more cooperative with unfamiliar males than their breeding partner. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-02-22T10:35:52Z UCL and partners win £5.4 million for PhD studentships http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/January2012/120124-5.5million-for-bioscience-PhDs UCL has led a successful multi-institutional bid for £5.4 million to fund new PhD studentships in a competition run by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-01-24T12:37:17Z Platinum award for UCL synthetic biology competition student http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111219-iGEM-Platinum-award Thomas Deane, an A-level student and member of an interdisciplinary team from UCL, has been awarded an Exscitec Platinum Award for his work in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition in Amsterdam. Although Deane won the award, the achievement would not have been possible without the work of the rest of the UCL undergraduate iGEM team. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-01-12T09:34:23Z A million NHS users are suffering preventable or inadequately treated pain http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/January2012/10012012-nhs-users-suffering-preventable-pain At any one time a million people in England are living with long term pain which could have been prevented or be being significantly better treated, according to a joint UCL School of Pharmacy and UK Clinical Pharmacy Association report published today. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-01-11T09:40:38Z School of Pharmacy merges with UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111223-school-of-pharmacy-merged The School of Pharmacy, University of London, today merged with UCL. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-01-01T00:10:00Z UCL News review 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111223-ucl-news-review The past year at UCL has seen a landmark larynx transplant, a lecture from Noam Chomsky, simulated missions to Mars and a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, among many other groundbreaking developments. UCL Communications has created the digital review of the year below: click on the images to discover more. RSS Feed Nicholas Dawe 2011-12-22T09:47:27Z Wolfson Foundation awards £20million to UCL for experimental neurology centre http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111219-wolfson-experimental-neurology-centre A new centre dedicated to the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases will be established at UCL following the award of a £20million grant from the Wolfson Foundation, it was announced today. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-12-19T09:49:31Z UCL Research Strategy published http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111213-UCL-Research-Strategy-published The 2011 UCL Research Strategy calls for a transformation of the understanding of the role of our comprehensive research-intensive university in the 21st century. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-12-14T10:16:54Z Mitochondria and the great gender divide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111208-Nick-Lane-mitochondria Why are there two sexes? It’s a question that has long perplexed generations of scientists, but researchers from UCL have come up with a radical new answer: mitochondria. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2011-12-08T18:18:57Z Personalised treatment for Crohn’s Disease a step closer following gene mapping http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111208-Crohns-genes Three new locations for Crohn’s Disease genes have been uncovered by scientists at UCL using a novel gene mapping approach. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2011-12-08T18:13:54Z Obituary: Professor Jon Driver http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/slms/slms-news/slms/2011-11-30 UCL reports with great sadness the death on 28 November of Jon Driver, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and one of the world’s leading psychologists and neuroscientists. UCL News Nicholas Dawe 2011-11-30T12:17:24Z