Austin Smith

Multi-million project to ‘crack the code’ of cilia – tiny structures with big impact on human health An international team of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award grant of almost £5 million to investigate one of the body’s most fascinating microsc...

Excited to share that we have received significant funding from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social for a new interdisciplinary consortium project on #cilia coordination and function across scales and organisms! 🎉🥂@lsiexeter.bsky.social

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Exciting postdoc opportunity in our group to develop new pluripotent stem cells
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Terribly saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Pete Coffey. Pete was a true pioneer in regenerative medicine, overcoming many challenges to develop a cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration. A greatly under-rated scientist and a genuine down to earth person.

Reminder: deadline to apply for the Stem Cell Summer School is 30th May. And it's May already! So you have to apply this month!

A limited number of bursaries are available.

p.s. this year, the summer school coincides with the Spetses Armata Festival, so there will be a big party on the island 🙂

Exciting postdoc opportunity in our group to develop new pluripotent stem cells
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Are you a Biophysicist who would like to work in an interdisciplinary institute? Then do not miss this opportunity. More information on the LSI website: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

Applications for LSI-funded PhD studentships starting Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 are open now!
For more information, check our website: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

Poster listing the faculty for the 2025 stem cell summer school on Spetses. Check our website (URL in bio) for full details.

The 2025 European Summer School in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine will take place 12-19 Sept 2025, on the beautiful Greek island of Spetses.

Keep an eye on our website www.stemcellsummerschool.org for updates, or give us a follow 😀

Deadline for applications: 30th May 2025

Prof Stefano Pagliara, LSI/Biosciences, will give his inaugural lecture with the title "How do things get in and out of cells?" today, Friday, 14th March 2025, at 18:00 in the Forum Alumni Auditorium Lecture Theatre at the University of Exeter.
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Inhibition of PRC2 enables self-renewal of blastoid-competent naive pluripotent stem cells from chimpanzee Naive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are counterparts of early epiblast in the mammalian embryo. Mouse and human naive PSCs differ in self-renewal requ…

New insight into naïve pluripotency – great work by Tao Huang with thanks to Hideki Masaki and colleagues in Japan for a fantastic collaboration
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Science under threat | Royal Society The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.

Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...

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We are delighted to join the BlueSky community.
The Living Systems Institute at University of Exeter is a pioneering interdisciplinary research centre focused on understanding the fundamental principles of living systems and applying this knowledge to address challenges in health and life sciences.

We offer two fully-funded PhD studentships to investigate ribosome hibernation in stem cells via cryoET. If you are interested, please apply here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
or here: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin.... If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch!

Interdisciplinary PhD studentships at the Living Systems Institute
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PhD studentship opportunity - Decoding signal computation in pluripotent stem cells
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