Megan Wright promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Megan who has recently been promoted to Associate Professor following the completion of her University Academic Fellowship.
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Molecules could target cardio-metabolic diseases
A spin out company called CalTIC has been launched by the University of Leeds and its research partners in Germany – the Lead Discovery Centre, a specialist drug discovery laboratory in Dortmund; the Max Planck Society; and Heidelberg University – to commercially exploit the research. Research over the past two decades has culminated in a…
Congratulations to Fran Chandler who won best prize first mass photometry users meeting at the Kavli Institute in Oxford.
Fran Chandler (Zeqiraj lab) was invited to give a talk at the first mass photometry users meeting at the Kavli Institute in Oxford where she won a prize for best talk. Congratulations Fran!
Richard Henderson keynote speaker at the Astbury Conversation 2022
Richard Henderson – a molecular biologist and biophysicist – was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 for developing cryo-electron microscopy techniques to determine in high resolution the structure of important biomolecules. He delivered the keynote speech at the Astbury Conversation 2022. Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, said: “It is a…
The Astbury Centre joins scientists across the world in watching events in Ukraine with horror.
The Astbury Centre joins scientists across the world in watching events in Ukraine with horror. We’ve joined the EMBO #SolidarityList, and stand in solidarity with Ukraine and life scientists working there. We would be happy to support displaced Ukrainian scientists at any level, including hosting, in any way we can. If you think we can…
Dr Qian Wu wins 2021 Rising Talent fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Qian Wu who has been announced as a L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland for Women in Science 2021 Rising Talent Fellow. The programme, a partnership between L’Oréal UK & Ireland, the UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Irish National Commission for UNESCO, with the support of the Royal Society, offers grants to…
Leeds researchers chosen for prominent funding programme
Dr Viktoria Spaiser, Dr Tim Thurston and Dr Rene Frank have today been awarded Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Created in 2018, the Government-backed scheme is designed to promote ambitious and challenging research and innovative work by some of the UK’s brightest academic and business minds. Dr Frank is leading the…
Congratulations to Dr Christos Pliotas for successful achievement of the HEA Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Christos Pliotas for successful achievement of the HEA Fellowship. Gaining HEA Fellowship evidences commitment to and contributions to student education and thus serves to enhance our development of excellence in learning and teaching. Christos has an excellent research profile and this Fellowship not only enhances his CV, but shows his commitment to…
Senior Fellowship to explore immune signalling in inflammatory disease
Elton Zeqiraj has been awarded a Wellcome Senior Fellowship. The UK’s leading medical research charity – the Wellcome Trust – has announced that Dr Elton Zeqiraj is to receive a prestigious Senior Research Fellowship. Elton, who is currently a Wellcome/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow in the Astbury Centre, will now lead a multi-disciplinary programme that aims…
New Astbury Director appointed
Professor Neil Ranson has been appointed Director of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology. Professor Ranson joined Leeds as a University Research Fellow in 2002 and has been a member of the Astbury Centre ever since. He was previously Professor of Structural Molecular Biology and has helped establish the University as a major force…