Tanya gave a talk at the International Developmental Mechanics online seminar series on morphogenesis of the semicircular canal ducts in the zebrafish ear. Many thanks to Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Priti Agarwal and Lance Davidson for organising the seminars and for the invitation to speak.
We enjoyed a visit from Nicolas Daudet (UCL Ear Institute) and his talk on the patterning of sensory epithelia in the developing amniote ear, sponsored by the Biochemical Society.
Happy New Year!
We are sorry to say goodbye to Emily Glendenning, who is leaving us to take up a post at the Environment Agency. We wish her well in her new role!
Many congratulations to Anzar on passing his PhD viva with minor corrections - and
thanks to examiners Richard Mead (Sheffield Medical School) and David Lyons (University of Edinburgh). Anzar gave an excellent pre-viva talk in the morning and we all enjoyed a post-viva celebration in the afternoon!
Tanya and Nick attended the Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium 2021 online.
Congratulations to Tania Mendonca, Ana, Sarah and our collaborators in the Frangi group - Tania's image analysis paper is now published in PLoS Computational Biology:
Nahal started a 6-month placement at Sosei Heptares, Granta Park, Cambridge, as part of her PhD project on the adhesion GPCR Adgrg6 (Gpr126).
Tanya, Sarah and Nahal gave a talk on the Adgrg6 drug screening project at the Neuroscience Institute Autumn Conference, University of Sheffield.
Congratulations to Anzar, who has submitted his PhD thesis. We wish him well for his future career and new job at Sosei Heptares, Cambridge.
Nick led a discussion session on 'Sample Preparation and Experimental Set Ups for Pushing the Limits of Live Imaging' at the Zeiss Half Day Online Symposium 'Future Perspectives in Live Imaging'.
Sarah gave an excellent short talk on the adhesion class GPCR Adgrg6 and the ongoing small molecule screening work in the lab at the BMS Research Away Day. This was the last departmental event before the merger to form the School of Biosciences, which launches in September.
Anzar gave an excellent talk at the Adher'n Rise COST action meeting on Adhesion Class GPCRs. The Adher'n Rise network promotes research on aGPCRs across Europe.
Many congratulations to our undergraduate research project student Rita Dapaah, who has graduated with a First Class degree and the Brian Clarke Prize for enhancing the learning experience of BMS undergraduates.
