Friday 21 July 2023

July 2023

Images from the lab went on display at the NHS 75: Shaping the Future exhibit at the Sheffield Winter Gardens.  Thanks to Lynette Hodges for organising production of the posters, and to members of the public for their interest and insightful questions!


Nahal gave a series of talks on her undergraduate and PhD work to Year 10 students as part of a Careers Day at High Storrs School, Sheffield.

It was lovely to hear from former Research Technician Mar Marzo, now working as a Research Assistant in the lab of Saskia Hogenhout at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Tanya attended the 12th European Zebrafish Meeting, held in Kraków, Poland.  Tanya chaired a session and presented work on cell shape changes in the developing ear from Ana's PhD project, while King's PhD project work on olfactory rod cells was presented by her co-supervisor Suresh Jesuthasan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).  

Ahead of the meeting in Poland, Suresh visited Sheffield to give a seminar and to run some pilot experiments imaging ciliary motility and fluid flow in the zebrafish olfactory pit.

Congratulations to Anzar, Sarah and Nahal, and our collaborators Antonio de la Vega de León and Giselle Wiggin, on the publication of a screen for modulators of Adgrg6 signalling in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology:




June 2023



Everyone admiring the beautiful imaging generated by Marvin and Isabella, with help from Nick van Hateren.  An anti-acetylated tubulin antibody stain (magenta) was used to highlight peripheral nerves in the head.

The C21 labs took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went for a woodland walk on the Chatsworth estate.

A warm welcome to Isabella Russell-Smith, who joins us for a 7-week undergraduate summer research project, funded by the Genetics Society.

Nahal gave an excellent talk on her project in the 3rd year PhD symposium for the School of Biosciences.