The newly appointed URFs are working on a wide variety of projects including new stem cell research; understanding exploding Supernovae; a study of neurodevelopmental disorders; and developing clean energy materials. ... Dr Kevin Chalut - University of

Professor Alicia J El Haj – Keele University. Engineering cells and tissues for regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies. ... Professor Christopher Thompson – University of Manchester. Using Dictyostelium to understand cell signaling during

Rosalind Franklin Award. Professor Rachel McKendry, for her scientific achievement, her suitability as a role model and her project proposal to promote women in STEM. ... Leeuwenhoek Lecture (2014). Professor Jeffery Errington FMedSci FRS, for his

Dr Elisa Laurenti (Wellcome Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow) from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will talk to you about blood stem cells, explain why they are among the most ... powerful cells in our body, and why cooperation between different

Gabor Medal. Professor Benjamin Simons for his work analysing stem cell lineages in development, tissue homeostasis and cancer, revolutionising our understanding of stem cell behaviour in vivo. ... Rosalind Franklin Award. Professor Lucy Carpenter for

The Royal Society regularly evaluates developments in stem cell and embryo research through its independent stem cell group. ... This document summarises the Society's position on stem cell and embryo research, including on interspecies embryos with

Discover how easily solar cells can be made with low-cost sustainable materials and how they can be powered by everyday substances like berry juice. ... cells into the body, steering them to a specific location and remotely activating them.

cells into the body, using magnets to steer them to a specific location and remotely activating them. ... Meet the researchers who are developing “injectable treatments” for diseases like Parkinson’s, osteoarthritis, or even a broken leg, by

Rosalind Franklin Award. Professor Polly Arnold for her scientific achievements and her proposal to promote women in STEM. ... Kavli Medal and Lecture. Professor Neil Greenham for his exceptional work on hybrid materials combining polymer semiconductors

Cells often need to change properties and acquire new identities: whether it is a pluripotent cell differentiating towards a given germ layer in the early embryo, an adult stem cell dividing ... Her research has focused on studying cell state transitions,