Postdoc appreciation week
Celebrating MDR's postdocs
As part of Postdoc Appreciation Week, we met with some of MDR's fantastic postdocs and fellows to discuss their research, experiences and COVID-19.
Stories written by Benjie Coleman
Alcoholic hepatitis
Collaboration to identify novel treatments for alcoholic hepatitis
MDR researchers and CN Bio are collaborating to identify novel treatments for alcoholic hepatitis.
Female promotions
Women in MDR celebrated in the latest round of academic promotions
The Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction is proud to announce four academic promotions, three of which are women.
Virus assembly mechanisms
HIV particles assemble ten times faster than previously estimated
Imperial researchers have developed a correlative life imaging technique that visualises real-time morphological changes when virus particles form.
FMT to remove MDRO
Disease prevention not decolonization
A new study has found that faecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can be used to try to remove multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDRO) from the gut.
News in brief
Exploring the sun and targeting cancer: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Scrubs donations
Surgeon helps get thousands of scrubs and gowns donated to St Mary's Hospital
An Imperial surgeon has worked with fashion retailers and clothes manufacturers to get thousands of scrubs and gowns donated to St Mary's Hospital.
Novel enzyme discovery
Newly discovered enzyme may hold the key to childhood inflammatory bowel disease
Imperial researchers have discovered a novel enzyme that may explain some of the underlying immune mechanisms associated with a range of diseases.
Multitasking surgeons
How do surgeons’ brains respond to multitasking in the operating theatre?
New research shows that dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex disrupts surgical performance when multitasking in the operating theatre.
Liver regeneration
How do proliferating liver cells ‘rewire’ metabolism in regeneration and cancer?
A new paper demonstrate a coherent remodelling of metabolic pathways in hepatocytes during liver regeneration and in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
