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Embryonic cells sense stiffness in order to form the face
Cells in the developing embryo can sense the stiffness of other cells around them, which is key to them moving together to form the face and skull.
Tropical frogs can adapt to climate change, but rapid warming still a huge threat
A population of Seychelles frogs have adapted to a warmer climate over time, but as these adaptations have evolved gradually, the rapidly warming climate still poses a threat to species’ survival.
3D printed medication activated by smartphone screen
The light from a smartphone screen can be used to print medications, in a new 3D printing technique developed by UCL researchers.
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Biosciences
The UCL Division of Biosciences research is multi-disciplinary. Its activity spans structural and molecular biology through cells and tissues to organisms, populations and the environment.
LMCB
The UCL Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology is a world-leading research institute studying cell and tissue function through interdisciplinary, discovery-based science and technology development.
Neuroscience
Two of the world’s leading neuroscience institutes are based in the faculty; the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour. There are also Neuroscience departments in the Division of Biosciences and the School of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy
Research work within the UCL School of Pharmacy is organised into six research clusters. Research covers Pharmaceutical & Biological Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, and Practice and Policy.
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Achievements and strengths
A highlight among the many achievements by FLS researchers was the award of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Professor John O’Keefe. The Faculty is internationally recognized for its curiosity led and translational research in many life-science disciplines including neurosciences, genetics, structural, molecular, cellular, developmental, computational and environmental biology, biodiversity and drug discovery.
Among our greatest strengths is research addressing neural circuit development and function, how genomes encode phenotypes and the complex biochemical and molecular interactions that underpin cell functions and behaviours. Computational and modelling approaches are frequently conducted alongside experimental research programmes and much of our research spans across traditional disciplinary boundaries.