It was great to see so many faces at the second Student-Led Away Day at Queen Mary University of London on 9 May, which focused on networking and career paths outside academia.The day started with a networking workshop and keynote talk from @drstevex.bsky.social .
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-05-09T15:11:30.155Z
Congratulations to our alumna Rosa Alves Martins and colleagues on their review article published in Immunotherapy Advances!www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-ro…
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-03-11T12:15:57.493Z
Congratulations to our alumnus James Parkin and current PhD student Liam Edgeway! This is a fantastic achievement and an important contribution to the research, supported by our MRC DTP in Translational Biomedical Sciences.
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-02-14T13:33:12.348Z
๐ขJust 1 month left to apply for 2025 entry!
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) December 12, 2024
Hear from MRC DTP student Lucy Wilkinson about her project 'Cancer Immunotherapy by Targeting 4-1BB with Novel Immunostimulatory Bispecific Antibodies', supervised by Aymen Al-Shamkhani at the School for Cancer Sciences in Southampton. pic.twitter.com/8kWzE0Iznr
๐ข Fantastic news! Congratulations to MRC DTP student Ester Valero on her first publication in Nutrients:
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) December 5, 2024
"Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Traumatic Injury in the Adult and Immature Brain" https://t.co/TuN8capJUq #mdpinutrients via @Nutrients_MDPI #TBI #omega3
Meet MRC DTP student Alex Robinson who talks about his project 'Exploring the function of exosomes in Mtb host-pathogen interaction, and the effect on infection outcome.' supervised by Liku Tezera at the School for Clinical & Experimental Sciences.https://t.co/jjxuJWWsU0#tb
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) November 19, 2024
Congratulations to my fantastic PhD students Ella Proudley & Molly Rutt for their prize winning presentations on Endometrial organoids, EVs & cilia in pregnancy loss @EPG_Placenta in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. @IFPA_Official @unisouthampton @UoS_Medicine pic.twitter.com/b2TQzQfUXs
— Dr Jane Cleal (@ClealDr) November 8, 2024
Today, we hear from MRC DTP student Natasha Palmer about her project "Investigating the interaction between macrophages and natural killer cells in the tumour microenvironment" at the Salim Khakoo laboratory@adesoton in Southampton. #Cancer #Macrophages #KillerCells #KIR2DS2 pic.twitter.com/QorHGKeuBu
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) November 6, 2024
Meet Laura Knight, one of our MRC DTP students. Laura talks about her project ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ, supervised by @DrTanyaSoliman at @QMBCI pic.twitter.com/FBw218f1IE
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) October 23, 2024
Lara Graham, one of our iPhD students in the NK team in CES presented her poster on ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ at the Leukaemia UK Annual Science Seminar in London. pic.twitter.com/ORTCJZrBA6
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) October 22, 2024
โจOur latest review has been published in npjAging! We dive into the intriguing paradox of human tumours that exhibit high proliferation while also showing classic signs of senescence ๐งฌ
— Emily O'Sullivan (@EmilyOS97) September 16, 2024
Huge thank you to @FedeMossa, @RyanWallis20, and @CleoBishopLab ๐ https://t.co/RP6lVUjXO4
Anna Willis and Nur Zainal, two of our iPhD/MRC DTP PGRs, demonstrated the breadth of their research interests with excellent presentations at this year's Faculty of Medicine Research Conference. Well done! ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/gxjmw5RCQe
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) June 27, 2024
In the afternoon, students had the opportunity to talk to guests working in different fields at the Careers Fair, followed by the networking session.A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the event, especially the organisers Maria Moran, Charlotte McGuinnes, Sandra Olatz and Weronika Biala!
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-05-09T15:11:30.174Z
We are kicking off the first day of our iPhD/DTP Away Day 2025. Great opportunity to catch up with everyone, hear lots of great talks and see some great posters ๐
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-03-04T11:00:59.537Z
๐ข Exciting news! Congratulations to Thaneswari Karpanasamy on her publication in Trends in Cancer: "Cancer evolution: from Darwin to the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis" This is a fantastic achievement and an important contribution to the research.www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social) 2025-02-07T14:46:45.055Z
Exciting to see our iCASE student Elodie Wells and iPhD student Nur Syafinaz Zainal engaging at yesterday's @UoSDocCollege PGR Poster Showcase! It was a fantastic opportunity for them to expand their networks across the University and connect with interdisciplinary PhD peers. pic.twitter.com/nAwIYkRJTR
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) December 11, 2024
Congratulations to Lara Graham, an iPhD student from the NK cell team in the Centre for Cancer Immunology and from the School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, on being awarded a prestigious Career Enhancing Grant from the British Society for Immunology (BSI)! ๐๐๐ https://t.co/Qx4ZikY8S3
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) December 2, 2024
Are you looking for a PhD position in Biomedical Sciences? We are now recruiting for a series of studentships for our MRC DTP Programme in Translational Biomedical Sciences. For more info on the fully funded 4yr (1yr MRes + 3yr PhD) prog & to apply visit https://t.co/BAZatEyi9G pic.twitter.com/zhvd3nCu2R
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) November 13, 2024
๐ข๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ! Congratulations to our MRC DTP PhD student Rachel Lambert for her winning entry to our logo competition! Rachel successfully designed an attractive and creative logo and won a ยฃ100.00 Amazon voucher. ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/rQs2jWHx4X
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) November 7, 2024
Meet @TattertonDylan , one of our iPhD students at the @Forconi_Lab , who talks about his project
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) October 30, 2024
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ-๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐บ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด. pic.twitter.com/cbIQT5ulz6
The Doctoral Training Programmes @mrcdtpbiomed and the Wellcome DTPโs @hdip_dtp and ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด are running a Careers and Networking Day for our PhD students today. pic.twitter.com/APy9jIV6Gz
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) September 9, 2024
A big thank you to all the PGRs who volunteered as PhD supervisors for our 2-week UG summer placements this year!
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) June 26, 2024
These placements are designed to give undergraduate students a first-hand opportunity to gain greater experience of research in the biosciences. pic.twitter.com/2eYpVpCXmt
Two of our PhD students, Dorsa Abdolkarimi and Liam Edgeway, are representing our MRC DTP at the @imperial_mrcdtp Health Policy Forum. A great opportunity to learn how policy is made in the UK! https://t.co/Ewnz7WYVw7
— MRC DTP Translational Biomedical Sciences (@mrcdtpbiomed) June 18, 2024