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Building new partnerships with Edinburgh’s two Synthetic Biology Centres

The BCHC has today hosted a fantastic visit by Professor Susan Rosser, Dr Liz Fletcher and Dr Gaynor Campbell of the SynthSys Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology and the UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology. Susan, Liz and Gaynor delivered a series of talks on the role, capability and technical specialisms of the two…

Snail’s DNA secrets unlocked in fight against river disease

Scientists at Aberystwyth University have contributed to international efforts to characterise the genome of a snail species responsible for passing on a parasite that kills 200,000 people every year. Researchers at the University’s Barrett Centre for Helminth Control (BCHC) at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences have been studying the snail Biomphalaria glabrata…

BCHC staff host groundbreaking meeting to re-direct EV research in helminthology

On 4th May 2017, BCHC staff and postgraduate students hosted a unique meeting of extra-cellular vesicle (EV) and helminth specialists to discuss new ways of progressing EV research in helminthology. The meeting was attended by colleagues at Leiden University Medical Centre (Prof. Ron Hokke, Prof. Hermelijn H. Smits and Marije Kuipers) and Cardiff University (Dr Aled…

Exposing the link between helminth infection and TB-susceptibility

What an exciting month for immunology research! May 2017 saw the BCHC hosting a very-interesting one-week visit by Dr Stephen Cose, Senior Immunologist from the MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS. As part of his permanent secondment from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Dr Steve Cose is Senior Immunologist to the MRC…

Aberystwyth student scoops top prize at British parasitology conference

David Cutress, currently studying for his PhD at IBERS Aberystwyth University, received one of the top five poster awards at the British Society for Parasitology Annual Spring Conference in Dundee in April. David’s poster was one of 106 submitted into the competition, with the award being sponsored by Plos NTDs, Parasites and Vectors and the Malaria…

BCHC’s visting Expert-in-Residence, Dr Ron Hokke, appointed Professor at LUMC

The BCHC is celebrating the recent appointment of visiting Expert-in-Residence, Dr. Cornelis C. (Ron) Hokke, as Professor at the Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), the Netherlands. Although based at LUMC since 2000, this award recognises Dr Hokke’s years of dedication to the international research community in the fields of glycobiology (known as…

Not one, but TWO exciting guest visits to the BCHC in March!

March was a busy month at the BCHC for exploring new collaborations and pushing on the UK’s national research portfolio in helminthology. At the beginning of the month, Prof. Mark Viney visited the Centre from Bristol University to share his knowledge on parasitic nematodes, delivering an excellent talk and generating some interesting discussions on what…

Dr Floriano Paes Silva Junior visits the BCHC

In February 2017, the BCHC was delighted to host a visit by by Dr Floriano Paes Silva Junior, Associate Researcher and Head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biochemistry of Drugs at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. Floriano’s areas of expertise are bio-organic & medicinal chemistry and structural bioinformatics & molecular modelling and his…

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…

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