Latest Life Sciences News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/life_sci_viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2006-09-05T09:41:38Z Grant Museum wins Cultural Pros Award at Museums + Heritage Awards http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/130516-Grant-Museum-wins-Cultural-Pros-Award-at-Museums-and-Heritage-Awards The Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL has been voted the winner of the inaugural Culture Pros Pick at the Museums + Heritage Awards – the Oscars of the museum world – at the awards ceremony last night. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-05-16T09:42:10Z Behaviour of seabirds during migration revealed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/130501-behaviour-of-seabirds-during-migration-revealed The behaviour of seabirds during migration – including patterns of foraging, rest and flight – has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-05-01T12:44:45Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Search for new antibiotics advanced by discovery of key processes within bacterial protein http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/120413-bacteria-hair-transport-antibiotics Scientists have discovered how bacteria transport the tiny hair-like strands, called pili, which cover their outer surface from the inside of the cell, where they are assembled, to the exterior. Pili are a key target for a new generation of antibiotics, as without them the bacteria are unable to group together and to stick to human cells causing infection. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-12T15:02:29Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z UCL and Oxford unite to tackle challenge of sustainable medical innovation http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20032013-CASMI-launch UCL and the University of Oxford have come together to form CASMI - the Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-03-20T17:51:58Z UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z Animal model of evolution indicates thick hair mutation emerged 30,000 years ago http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/120215-animal-model-of-human-evolution-indicates-thick-hair-mutation-emerged-30000-years-ago The first animal model of recent human evolution reveals that a single mutation produced several traits common in East Asian peoples, from thicker hair to denser sweat glands, an international team of researchers report. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-02-15T10:25:18Z Graphene research chosen as EU Future Emerging Technology flagship http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/130212-graphene-appointed-an-EU-FET-flagship The European Commission has chosen the Graphene Flagship as one of Europe’s first 10-year FET flagship projects. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-02-12T10:56:48Z UCL News podcast: Getting Plastered at the Slade & Walking with Gosse http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/130201-UCL-news-podcast-getting-plastered-at-the-Slade-walking-with-Gosse 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 Clare S Ryan 2013-02-01T12:10:28Z Human Brain Project wins major EU funding http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/130128-human-brain-project-wins-major-EU-funding The Human Brain Project has been officially selected as one of the European Commission’s two FET Flagship projects. The new project will unite European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-01-28T11:47:08Z Community pharmacies could be NHS ‘third tier’ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/180113-community-pharmacies-could-be-NHS-third-tier At the 2013 UCL School of Pharmacy annual lecture, Sue Sharpe, the Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), presented a blue‐print for community pharmacies to serve as a ‘third tier’ in the NHS, alongside GP practices and hospitals. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-01-18T14:15:13Z Chemistry resolves toxic concerns about carbon nanotubes http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/130115-chemistry-resolves-toxic-concerns-about-carbon-nanotubes Safety fears about carbon nanotubes, due to their structural similarity to asbestos, have been alleviated following research showing that reducing their length removes their toxic properties. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-01-15T10:03:52Z Origin of life emerged from cell membrane bioenergetics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/201212-origin-of-life-emerged-from-cell-membrane-bioenergetics A coherent pathway which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bioenergetic properties of living cells has been traced for the first time in a major hypothesis paper in Cell this week. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-12-20T17:00:14Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 23 postdoctoral researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two years working with research teams across all schools at UCL. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z More than two hundred genes identified for Crohn’s Disease http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/141212-more-than-two-hundred-genes-identified-for-Crohns-Disease More than two hundred gene locations have now been identified for the chronic bowel condition Crohn's Disease, in a study that analysed the entire human genome. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-12-14T09:45:17Z UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20121123-grand-challenges-grants-available The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-06T15:08:49Z UCL Research Frontiers Contest results http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/06112012-research-frontiers-contest-results The results of the UCL Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of UCL from its foundation. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-06T13:21:36Z UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/23102012-behaviour-change-month-grand-challenge-human-wellbeing UCL Behaviour Change Month in November 2012 will comprise a series of cross-disciplinary talks, discussions and workshops, and lead up to a £10,000 research prize workshop in January 2013. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-23T13:29:58Z Evolution mostly driven by brawn, not brains http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/121016-evolution-mostly-driven-by-brawn-not-brains The most common measure of intelligence in animals, brain size relative to body size, may not be as dependent on evolutionary selection on the brain as previously thought, according to a new analysis by scientists. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-10-16T09:17:28Z UCL News Podcast - US Elections & Professor Steve Jones http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/121012-UCL-News-Podcast-US-elections 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 Clare S Ryan 2012-10-12T13:14:10Z UCL Discovery downloads surpass 2m http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/05102012-Discovery-open-access-downloads The total number of papers, reports and PhD dissertations downloaded from UCL Discovery , the university’s Open Access repository, surpassed 2,000,000 during September 2012. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-05T14:30:46Z New website calls for help from bat detectives http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/121002-new-website-calls-for-help-from-bat-detectives Scientists are asking for the public’s help to monitor bats across Europe and track changes in our environment by listening to their weirdly wonderful ultrasonic tweets on a new website. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-10-02T09:14:57Z UCL dementia scientists benefit from £1.5m charity funding boost http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/120921-UCL-dementia-scientists-benefit-from-1.5m-funding Dementia scientists at UCL are set to gain from a funding boost after Alzheimer’s Research UK committed a record amount of money to new research projects. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-09-21T09:17:36Z French Embassy funds postdoc workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/06092012-French-Embassy-funds-research-workshops The French Embassy has funded a series of UCL collaborative postdoctoral research workshops on topics in science or technology. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-09-10T11:08:34Z