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Driving innovation in health and life sciences research and education at the University of Liverpool. #TeamLivUni

💻 liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-life-sciences
🌍 Liverpool, UK
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We recently celebrated the tenth annual Science Jamboree, featuring STEM fun and discovery with members of our Faculty and our friends in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Activities included planetarium stargazing, the chemistry of 'dragons snot' and more!

🔗 bit.ly/48ECa55

#TeamLivUni
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December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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We are proud to back the @thenhsa.bsky.social’s letter to the Chancellor calling for investment in the health of the North as route to boosting economic growth

Read more ➡️https://bit.ly/48dFSm1

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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Meet the Scientists turned ten years old! ✨

In partnership with National Museums Liverpool, our latest event attracted 900 visitors, with family-friendly activities taking place at three venues across Liverpool

🔗 bit.ly/4nGZdlr

#TeamLivUni | @livuniengagehls.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Autistic people experience health inequalities in #cancercare. Dr Gemma Cherry and Dr Jennifer Kirton from the @livuni-iph.bsky.social are leading a collaborative study with Dr Lynda Appleton from @cccnhs.bsky.social to improve treatment outcomes bit.ly/47AvNAx #autismawareness
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Join us for an exciting Science and Society lecture with Professor Patrick Chinnery on Monday 3 November, who asks, should we let scientists follow their noses as the most transformative medical advances have emerged from the minds of inquisitive scientists.

🔗 bit.ly/42VhVhD

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October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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🔊Join us on a fascinating 'walkshop' through the streets of Liverpool on Friday 31 October at 12 noon to uncover the links between science and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. #BlackHistoryMonth ▶️ bit.ly/4qsiidO
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🎉Join us for the spectacular #TeamUoL2025 Charity Talent Show featuring our staff & students on Thursday 6 November in support of @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social Charity. Expect an unforgettable evening with Battle of the Bands, Stars in their Eyes, Lip Sync Battle and more! ▶️https://bit.ly/3L3DS83
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🎉 Tomorrow we're celebrating 10 years of our Meet the Scientists public engagement programme, in partnership with National Museums Liverpool!

Join us for a day of family-friendly fun with VR, insects, robots, dinosaurs, screen printing + more! 👾🦖🖌️

More info 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/13/u...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Congratulations to Konstantinos Prokopidis from @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social and Theano Kyriakou from @livuni-ismib.bsky.social, who have received the prestigious Professor John Glover Memorial Award 🎉

➡️ bit.ly/42wwOXI

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October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Five Faculty alumni have been honoured at the fifth @liverpooluni.bsky.social Alumni Awards for their outstanding impact on community, healthcare and innovation in their respective fields

➡️ bit.ly/47hQqRT

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October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🚨 LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER 🚨

As part of our Liv to Give fundraising activities, we are hiking Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) to raise vital funds for The Walton Centre Charity

💷 Entry is £20 with all participants to aiming to raise a minimum of £100

📆 Register by Sunday 17 August: bit.ly/46U4od7
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August 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🌟 You’ve made it! 🌟

Congratulations to all our students graduating this week, your hard work and dedication have got you here and we’re so proud! 🎓

Find the ceremonies livestreamed on our website: bit.ly/40DUacM

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July 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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NEWS | We've launched a new app to help dog owners monitor and better understand their pet's mobility and wellbeing. DogMA (Dog Mobility App) was created by a team from @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social and @livuniit.bsky.social 🐕🐩

➡️ bit.ly/44dSDfN

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July 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki and Dr Paraskevi Kritsiligkou @parikki.bsky.social who won the Leopold Flohé Redox Pioneer Young Investigator Award and Catherine Pasquier Award respectively at the 2025 Society for Free Radical Research International meeting
▶️ bit.ly/4ebZ9XN
June 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Come to the 8th Annual Symposium of the Centre for Preclinical Imaging. Meet your peers and experts in this field and discover the latest advancements in preclinical technologies at the University of Liverpool

📆 Wednesday 4 June
🕤 9:30 - 16:30

➡️Register- bit.ly/43weY6G
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May 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The Liverpool Shared Research Facilities voucher scheme is now open for applications. Aimed at University staff and PGR students, the scheme is designed to fund small pump-priming projects that could develop new areas of research.

➡️Apply here: srf-voucher.liv.ac.uk

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May 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This spring saw the launch of Toddler Science Club, a partnership between @livuniengagehls.bsky.social and @evertoninthecommunity.org where 3-5 year olds from across Liverpool got a first taste of scientific discovery with songs, messy play and storytelling!
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May 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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💉 The Centre for Drug Safety Science have identified unpredicted T-cell immune responses to the adenoviral (Oxford/AstraZeneca and Janssen) COVID-19 vaccines, but not to the mRNA vaccines.

➡️ bit.ly/4m4iAFF (6/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🥼 In a collaboration with the University of Oxford, we have been able to estimate the current burden of Lassa fever, project the impacts of a vaccination programme and demonstrate how it may help avoid the next pandemic.

➡️ bit.ly/42Eugat (5/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🩹 In a University-led study, inequalities in childhood vaccination are widening in England, with uptake rates of five key vaccines consistently lower in young children living in areas of higher deprivation from 2019 to 2023.

➡️ bit.ly/41woRBP (4/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🧪A strategic partnership with the University and myNEO Therapeutics is supporting a Phase 1 clinical trial aimed at developing a personalised therapeutic cancer vaccine for patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

➡️ bit.ly/4hbg25o (3/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🌍 Our researchers have conducted a large-scale analysis that sheds light on the critical steps needed to combat the vertical transmission of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Africa.

➡️ bit.ly/3EYxpbw (2/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Over the last year, the Faculty has been spearheading vital research into vaccines, and to finish #WorldImmunisationWeek we're showcasing our research highlights in this 🧵 (1/7)
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April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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NEWS | A delegation from the Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) recently visited @liverpooluni.bsky.social. The two institutes came together to discuss advancements in research and further cemented their commitments to improving health outcomes.

➡️ bit.ly/42GXjde

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April 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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🌍To mark this year’s #WorldHealthDay, we're focusing on the Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) study, a ground-breaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families in the Liverpool City Region.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Learn more on their website ➡️ www.cgullstudy.com

@liverpooluni.bsky.social
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April 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM