Catarina Henriques was awarded a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society. Catarina is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Oncology and Metabolism. Her work bridges the interests of the Bateson Centre and the MRC/ARUK Centre for Integrated Research in Musculoskeletal Ageing. Catarina was the first person to characterise ageing…
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You are warmly invited to attend an inaugural lecture, as part of the Faculty Lecture Series, on Thursday 24th November 2016 to be given by Professor Steve Renshaw, Sir Arthur Hall Professor of Medicine, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The lecture will be held at 5:30pm in Lecture…
Continue reading →Congratulations go to Professor Stephen Renshaw who has now been appointed by the Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Keith Burnett to the Sir Arthur Hall Chair of Medicine in celebration and recognition of his achievements in creating the Renshaw Lab, his research and teaching contributions in the fields of respiratory medicine and inflammation and his role…
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Dr Iwan Evans from the Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease has contributed to a paper in collaboration with Will Wood and Paul Martin at the University of Bristol, which has been published in the prestigious journal Cell! The paper entitled “Corpse Engulfment Generates a Molecular Memory that Primes the Macrophage Inflammatory Response” describes how…
Continue reading →Scientists reveal how birds can carry potentially fatal infections to humans but not get ill. White blood cell in birds blocks growth of fatal infection. Discovery could help in preventing humans from contracting diseases including bird flu. Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal…
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