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Read more at: Joshua Western is the 2022 H.E. Woodman Prize runner-up
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Joshua Western is the 2022 H.E. Woodman Prize runner-up

Congratulations to Joshua Western on being the runner-up for the 2022 H.E. Woodman Prize

The H.E. Woodman Prize –in memory of H. E. Woodman, M.A., Reader in Animal Nutrition— rewards the best PhD or M.Phil. thesis submitted to the University of Cambridge relevant to the chemistry of foods. The Prize is awarded...


Read more at: Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
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Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

The yellow fever mosquito ( Aedes aegypti ) has evolved to become an efficient vector for arboviruses, but the mechanisms of host-pathogen tolerance are unknown. The findings in this recent study thus explain how upregulation of Spz1C in the midgut and Toll5A in the salivary gland shape the concomitant immune response.


Read more at: £19 million to investigate bold ideas in bioscience research
Scientists awarded BBSRC sLOLA

£19 million to investigate bold ideas in bioscience research

Five world-class teams are set to receive a total of over £19 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to support adventurous research aimed at tackling significant fundamental questions in bioscience.


Read more at: Small G proteins in cellular signalling and disease
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Small G proteins in cellular signalling and disease

Scientific Meeting, 12-15 September 2022, at the Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool.


Read more at: Jammy plants!
A gosamt1 gosamt2 mutant Arabidopsis plant in a pot of 'Dupree Lab'-branded jam.

Jammy plants!

The Dupree Group and their collaborators have identified genes that regulate the properties of pectin, with their mutants causing pectin to gel as jam in the plant cell wall.