Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology

University of Glasgow's rugby team have hugely successful year and do a triathlon to raise money for foundation

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:07:00 BST

IMCSB PhD student Samantha Donnelly's rugby team participate in charity triathlon for the Doddie Weir Foundation for motor neuron disease and have a hugely successful year

IMCSB Early Career Research Committee hosts grant writing workshop

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:46:00 BST

The ECR committee hosted the grant writing workshop in May, with particular attention given to fellowship applications and the elements of successful grant proposals.

Student team wins awards at SensUs competition

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:28:00 BST

Student team wins awards at SensUs competition.

Success at the Scottish Karate Grand Prix 2018

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:42:00 BST

Join us in congratulating researcher Dr Anir Pandit's daughter on winning Gold at the Scottish Karate Grand Prix 2018!

Glasgow Imaging Network Optical Microscopy Symposium.

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:14:00 BST

MCSB researchers attend imaging symposium

Young Life Scientists Symposium 2018

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:23:00 BST

Young Life Scientists Symposium 2018 to take place on 15th November at University of Strathclyde.

News from the Bulleid group

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:26:00 BST

Conferences and go-karting!

2018 Royal Society Summer Exhibition

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:11:00 BST

The Centre for Cell Engineering present biomaterials research at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, in conjunction with Professor Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez’s group from School of Engineering.

Explorathon Extravaganza returns to Glasgow!

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:10:00 BST

Tobin group take part at this years Explorathon Extravaganza at Riverside museum.

UofG Worldchanger

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:44:00 BST

Congratulations to Jaynee Hart on passing her PhD viva!

Building connections between MVLS and Mahidol University

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:13:00 BST

A delegation from MVLS visited Mahidol University, Bangkok in preparation of a joint PhD programme.

Welcome to our newest staff members

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:58:00 BST

IMCSB welcomes it's newest members to the Institute.

Glasgow collaborators visit new Heptares Therapeutics site

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:50:00 BST

Dr Sarah Mancini, Prof Graeme Milligan and Prof Andrew Tobin recently visited the new site of Heptares Therapeutics in Granta Park, Cambridge.

Institute coffee catch ups

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:21:00 BST

#cakewars

iGEM 2019 funding call now open

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:14:00 GMT

Funds have been obtained from BBSRC, EPSRC and Wellcome Trust to fund UK wide iGEM teams.

New opportunities for green biotechnology

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:19:00 GMT

Prof Anna Amtmann will be co-director of Algae UK, one of six Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy (NIBB) funded by a joint £11 million BBSRC-EPSRC investment with the aim to move the UK to low carbon economy.

Young Life Scientists' Symposium 2018

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:46:00 GMT

The YLS 2018 was a great success!

IKEA at Home with Life Sciences

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:08:00 GMT

A team of students, researchers and support staff represented the Institute at IKEA on Saturday 24th November as part of the MVLS at IKEA event.

Welcome to our newest members of staff!

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:36:00 GMT

The Institute welcomes new researchers and support staff!

Cell Block Science at HMP Shotts and HMP Low Moss Prison

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:57:00 GMT

Professor Andrew Tobin, Dr Sophie Bradley and Claire Osborne visit HMP Shotts and HMP Low Moss Prison as part of the Cell Block Science outreach programme.

Johanna competes in Powerlifting Competition

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:25:00 GMT

Our very own Johanna from the admin team takes silver at the Fife Open Powerlifting Championships.

Winter Graduation

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:35:00 GMT

Congratulations to our 2018 Winter Graduates!

Academy of Medical Science Springboard Success

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:11:00 GMT

Brian Hudson recently awarded a Springboard Award.

Dr Rucha Karnik awarded a Royal Society Public Engagement Grant

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:45:00 GMT

Rucha plans to engage pre-school children in the power of plants to protect themselves from disease, and share what plants can teach us about harmful pathogens.

EPSRC-SFI Centre for Doctoral Training

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:12:00 GMT

Applications being accepted for the EPSRC-SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine.

Science Den: Call for Applications

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:31:00 GMT

MVLS will be hosting a 'Science Den' event on Thursday 26th September 2019 where teams of postgraduate students and post-doctoral research staff will pitch their innovation to a panel of judges.

Karen Thompson awarded BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Account grant

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:15:00 GMT

Karen was recently awarded the grant to visit collaborators at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Australia for three months.

Recent news from the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:01:00 GMT

Recent news includes papers, vivas and prizes!

Dr Lucy Alford awarded MSCA Individual Fellowship

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:46:00 GMT

Lucy will study ecosystem service provision at the Université de Rennes 1 in France.

Helen Walden runs the Virgin Money London Marathon!

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:47:00 GMT

Helen is raising funds for HeartUK, the UK's cholesterol charity.

Prof Neil Bulleid visits Weizmann Institute, Israel

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:32:00 BST

Neil invited to speak at the Weizmann Institute.

Latest Doctors of Philosophy from IMCSB!

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:17:00 BST

Congratulations to our most recent PhD viva successes!

Annual Postgraduate Research Student Symposium

Thu, 02 May 2019 09:58:00 BST

Our annual PGR symposium was held on 2nd April, showcasing our talented students with talks, posters and prizes!

Professor Shireen Davies awarded prestigious RSE Enterprise Fellowship

Thu, 09 May 2019 11:15:00 BST

Prof Davies was awarded the prestigious Fellowship in April.

Ruairidh Edwards presents at EMBO conference

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:05:00 BST

Ruairidh attended the EMBO protein translocation conference in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.

Pint of Science 2019

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:26:00 BST

Bringing science to the pub!

Huntington Disease Society of America Convention: Researcher of the Year

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:06:00 BST

Professor Darren Monckton awarded prestigious award.

StomaToys – learning Plant defence through play

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:30:00 BST

The StomaToy makes it's debut!

Glasgow Science Festival 2019

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:53:00 BST

Science Sunday: Fantastic Proteins and Where to Find Them

The Scottish Dementia Research Consortium Conference 2019

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:14:00 BST

Representation from the Tobin group at the SDRC.

Interview with Prof Mike Blatt on The Naked Scientists

Thu, 02 May 2019 12:14:00 BST

Mike features on the brilliant Naked Scientists podcast.

The Biochemical Society Awards 2020

Thu, 09 May 2019 12:16:00 BST

Professor Matt Dalby awarded Industry and Academic Collaboration Award

Huntington disease DNA growing throughout life and contributing toward disease progression

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:42:00 GMT

The region of DNA associated with Huntington’s disease has been shown to grow throughout life and contribute towards disease progression.

Institute podcast series

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:27:00 GMT

An interview with summer students Euan and Julia who have just completed a summer in the Stark-Colloms group.

Delegation from Mahidol University visit UofG

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:48:00 GMT

A delegation from Mahidol University visit the University for continued discussion on joint PhD programme.

Prof Marshall Stark interviewed for Science magazine

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:17:00 GMT

Prof Marshall Stark was interviewed by a journalist as part of a Genomics feature article.

Welcome to our new staff!

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:24:00 GMT

The Institute would like to welcome our new recent staff! Looking forward to seeing you achieve great things at IMCSB.

IMCSB representing at Explorathon 2019

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:30:00 GMT

A number of groups from the Institute participated this year at Explorathon, across three different venues.

IMCSB Health and Well-being Website Launch

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:52:00 GMT

A new Health and Wellbeing section of the MCSB web page was launched on Monday 2nd March 2020!

IMCSB New Eco Group

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:03:00 GMT

IMCSB is setting up a new Eco Group in light of the University declaring a climate emergency!

New Carnegie Trust Award

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:17:00 GMT

IMCSB recently welcomed Dr Claire Donald as a lecturer working with the Dow/Davies laboratory.

Lab Technician's attend conference in Japan

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:19:00 GMT

IMCSB Technician's Anir Pandit and Pablo Cabrero had the fantastic opportunity to attend and present their work at the Invertebrate Neuropeptide Conference 2020, held in Japan!

Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:46:00 GMT

Congratulations to Prof. Shireen Davies for winning the multi-party collaboration awards in Edinburgh!

New published study from Prof. Graeme Milligan

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:05:00 GMT

Prof. Graeme Milligan has recently published a study! (Cell Reports (2020) 30, 2934 - 2947)

Wellcome Trust Investigator Award

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:56:00 BST

Congratulations to Prof. Neil Bulleid, who has been awarded renewal of a prestigious Wellcome Trust Investigator Award!

A massive thank you to our COVID-19 testers

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:05:00 BST

We thank all our testers at the Lighthouse Lab who are testing for COVID-19 every day.

Certification of Good Clinical Laboratory Practise

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:25:00 BST

Congratulations to Julia Dunlop, from Prof. Kostas Tokatlidis' lab, for receiving training in GCLP!

Funding success from BBSRC

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:29:00 BST

Prof. Mike Blatt and Prof. John Christie have secured £865,948 from BBSRC for “Engineering the GORK K+ channel to enhance stomatal kinetics”.

New publication from IMCSB Associate Academic, Prof. Malcolm Kennedy.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:30:00 BST

'Stockpiling by pups and self-sacrifice by their fasting mothers observed in birth to weaning serum metabolomes of Atlantic grey seals'

Remote Viva success

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:31:00 BST

Congratulations to those who have been able to complete their online Viva.

Emily May Armstrong speaks at Wellcme Trust exhibition

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:33:00 BST

Emily May Armstrong speaks at new ‘Being Human’ exhibition at the Wellcome Trust.

ECR Chancellor's Fund application successful

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:34:00 BST

The ECR Committee has been successful in obtaining funds for the ECR Away Day.

Science from around the world - MCSB virtual seminars.

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:39:00 BST

The IMCSB have had their first every virtual seminars!

New Wellcome Trust Award

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:46:00 BST

Professor Kostas Tokatlidis awarded new grant from the Wellcome Trust to host Mitochondria dysfunction by viral hijacking as a key pathogenicity mechanism in COVID-19.

Johanna Platt in the MCSB Admin Team was recently a guest on a podcast

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:47:00 BST

Have you gone through all of Netflix, Prime and other streaming platforms' content during lockdown?

MVLS College Update

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:34:00 BST

The MVLS College is now ten years old, and we have collectively made outstanding achievements across teaching, research and professional services during this time.

Early Career Researchers (ECR) Committee Introduction

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:35:00 BST

The Early Career Researchers (ECR) Committee - here to serve you!

Emily Armstrong - a guest speaker on a podcast

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:47:00 BST

Emily Armstrong, a PhD student of ours, was a guest on the CeMi Serious Science podcast!

New breakthrough research led by UofG Scientists

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 03:50:00 BST

Prof. Graeme Milligan and Prof. Andrew Tobin have had a new breakthrough in research!

BBSRC funding awarded

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:55:00 BST

BBSRC funding awarded to coordinate photo receptor engineering for improved biomass production in plants.

New publication from Christie/Kaiserli groups

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:57:00 BST

Congratulations to PhD student Thomas Waksman for his contribution to a study published in Plant Journal!

Professor of Cell Engineering featured in blog

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:59:00 BST

Insights from Matthew Dalby, Professor of Cell Engineering, in Sphere Fluidics blog.

Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement Awards

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:00:00 BST

Prof. Shireen Davies is a joint winner; Glasgow Entrepreneur of the Year 2020!

Science paper: Amoebas and cancer cells can solve mazes by breaking down attractant gradients

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:02:00 BST

Robert Insall and team, over at the ICS, has had a new science paper published that was tweeted over 2500 in under a week!

New publication from the Milligan and Tobin teams

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:04:00 BST

The Milligan and Tobin teams have recently published.

CeMi Fundraising & Virtual Symposium

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:52:00 BST

The Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment are raising funds for the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation and organising a joint symposium with University College London.

New publication in Insects

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:58:00 GMT

Dr Claire Donald recently has an article, title: "Toxorhynchites Species: A Review of Current Knowledge" published in Insects.

IMCSB Mentorship Scheme

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:40:00 GMT

The Institute runs an internal mentoring scheme. All current and new staff are eligible to 'opt-in' to the scheme by completing the online mentor form.

BBSRC Grant Success

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:16:00 GMT

New BBSRC Award to study reverse modification.

9th GDR3545-GPCR International Meeting Poster Prize

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:24:00 GMT

Miriam Scarpa, one of our PhD students, won the Poster Prize.

Nature Publication

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:45:00 GMT

The Milligan and Tobin laboratories have recently contributed to a paper in the prestigious Journal, Nature.

Collaborative grant successes for NMR

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:11:00 GMT

Dr Brian Smith, IMCSB's and the UofG's biomolecular NMR expert announced as co-investigator on two funded grants with Prof. John Christie & Prof. Neil Bulleid.

ECR Highlights

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:15:00 GMT

Recent highlights from our Early Career Researchers

New publication by the Colloms and Starks Groups

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:38:00 GMT

Making catenanes to study topoisomerase activity in vitro.

IMCSB ECR Committee acknowledgment

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:42:00 GMT

Acknowledgment of the contribution of iMCSB ECRs and technicians to the Glasgow Lighthouse lab.

PGT Courses Royal Society of Biology Accreditation

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:51:03 GMT

Our IMCSB PGT courses have been accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

Plant Science growth facility revamp

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:50:00 GMT

Great strides towards reducing the university’s CO2 emissions in the Plant Science department.

New publication from the Milligan Lab

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:11:00 GMT

Dr Laura Jenkins and Prof. Graeme Milligan's recent publication.

Mitochondrial Awareness Week

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:23:00 GMT

Prof. Kostas Tokatlidis organised an international online webinar for the Mitochondrial Awareness Week.

Image Manipulation Workshop

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 02:34:00 GMT

Dr John Pediani, an MCSB technician, presented an image manipulation workshop.

ARUK David Hague Early Career Investigator of the Year Award

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:04:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Bradley.

New publication

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:12:00 BST

Atlantic Grey Seal Milk Shows Continuous Changes in Key Metabolites and Indicators of Metabolic Transition in Pups From Birth to Weaning.

FEBS Letters accepted

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:15:00 BST

Congratulations to Erika Fernandez-Vizarra.

Grant Success

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:19:00 BST

£1M Awarded to Julian Dow, Shireen Davies and Pawel Herzyk.

New IMCSB Staff

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:21:00 BST

Welcome to new IMCSB staff!

Accreditation by the Royal Society of Biology

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:25:00 BST

MSc courses are now formally accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

Congratulations to Prof. Woolhead and her team

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:27:00 BST

A second accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Management (CMI) has been awarded.