Aberystwyth students dominate Drug Discovery awards

Aberystwyth students dominated the PhD poster awards at the 3rd Annual Scientific Drug Discovery Congress 2016 in Cardiff. Congrats to @ibers_aber Gilda, Alessandra and Rafael for winning the 3 PhD poster prizes at #LSCongress16! Well done indeed! pic.twitter.com/GjADxJy2F7 — karl hoffmann (@ProfHoff1) November 30, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.jswatch The Boss Baby film online now Dr Lucy Akinmosin…

Professor Hoffmann keynote speaker at 3rd Annual Drug Discovery Congress

Professor Karl Hoffmann of IBERS, Aberystwyth University was the Keynote speaker at the 2016 Annual Symposium of the Lifesciences Research Network Wales held in Cardiff. He provided an insight into his expert area, Schistosomiasis. In its third year, the LSRNW Network has supported a range of activities including PhD students, individual research projects and platform technologies at…

Aberystwyth University hosts visit by Dr Rasha Mady

Aberystwyth Unversity is delighted to host a 2-week visit by Dr Rasha Mady, Assistant professor of Parasitology from the Faculty of Medicine at Alexandria University, Egypt. Her visit presents a unique opportunity to share knowledge in the fields of molecular biology, microbiology and immunology and Dr Mady will learn more about IBERS’ research on blood…

Dundee Researchers visit Aberystwyth University to plan new project on Anti-schistosomals

A new collaborative project is underway to drive the development of anti-schistosomals. The Wellcome Trust has funded Dundee and Aberystwyth Universities in this joint venture which began with a very productive visit by Dundees researchers to the IBERS laboratories. Schistosomiasis has affected almost 210 million people worldwide and is spread by contact with fresh water contaminated with…