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Congratulations to Jack Goode and Michal Szymonik who have both taken up positions at Relitect Ltd which is a biotechnology and engineering spin-out from the University of Leeds. Relitect Ltd are developing a new technology for the detection of binding events, which can be used for the analysis of proteins, small molecules and nucleic acids....
On 24/01/2018 Professor Lars Jeuken was interviewed by Channel 5 News Tonight about how Leeds researchers are developing diagnostic devices so that GPs can test blood and find out almost instantly if you have a virus or a bacterial infection.
The Medical Research Foundation has invested £4m to create the only national PhD training programme that will train new researchers to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the greatest emerging threats to human health. Two cohorts of students have taken up their interdisciplinary PhD studentships within UKRI-funded AMR research consortia in 14 universities and institutions...
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Tomlinson, who has been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship for her project ‘Understanding the role of allostery in antibiotic resistance’.
On the 03/12/2017 The Guardian published an article in which a research programme from the University of Leeds was discussed: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/disposable-chip-gps-write-perfect-prescription-viral-bacterial-infection
Healthcare leaders in Leeds have made a pledge during World Antibiotic Awareness Week (13-19 November 2017) to tackle antibiotic resistance in an effort to combat the growth of ‘superbugs’. See here for more information.
In support of the advertising campaign by Public Health England to reduce antibiotic misuse, Professor Mark Wilcox (LIBACS - Medicine & Health), Professor Christoph Wälti (Electronic & Electrical Engineering) and Prof. Lars Jeuken (Biomedical Sciences) have appeared and given interviewed to a number of BBC programmes. In this press coverage on 23/10/2017, they discuss the...
The Medical Research Foundation, charitable arm of the Medical Research Council, has launched its first ever national antimicrobial resistance doctoral training programme. Leeds is among the participating universities and will recruit fully-funded PhD students to specialise in research in the field. They will contribute to the drive to find new antibiotics or ways to improve...
The University secured a £3.9million grant funded by the Antimicrobial Resistance Cross Council Initiative, which is a collaboration of all seven UK research councils, to carry out this work. Experts from the Faculties of Medicine and Health, Engineering, and Biological Sciences are collaborating on the project, which will start in December 2016. This programme, led by Prof. Christoph Wälti, will result...