Helena Cocheme

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 6 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences Team Science Project

📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs!

Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.

Find out more and download our brochure below

The FlyBoard is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Drosophila Community Service Award. Please submit your nomination by 01/16/2026 by email to: drosophilaserviceaward@gmail.com. Please repost.

LMS awarded £1m to boost life science partnerships in White City The Medical Research Council (MRC) has made a major investment in a series of industry collaborations with eight diverse teams from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) to accelerate innovatio...

We’re excited to share that we’ve been awarded £1 million from the Medical Research Council to strengthen partnerships between researchers and industry – helping turn discovery science into real-world health innovations.

#LifeSciences #Innovation #LondonLifeSciencesWeek

Congrats Christina! 🤩

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/47zrzYZ

⚡️PhD Relay Race is coming!
Ready to submit your abstract?
🗣️Your flashtalk = 5 min → keep it punchy, clear & exciting.
🎯Think of it as your pitch to the redox crowd!
🚨Deadline: Friday 31 Oct
#phd #science #redox #abstract #tips

'Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds'

Comment by M. Yang & Z. Du, published in @natcellbio.nature.com

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Join us tomorrow to hear Dr Isabel Torres speaking live on maternity bias in STEMM. 📢 Spread the word & share your story anonymously to help us raise awareness: https://forms.gle/y99a5RnBCD879c1P6
Register now👇https://www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats
#BreaktheBiasSTEMM

🎯✨ ECR Webinar: Career Transitions
🗓 Tue 21 Oct | 15:00 CEST
📍 Zoom | ID: 864 6973 1540 | PW: 433382
🔬💼 Hear diverse career stories from researchers!
🚨 Save the date & join us!
#SFRRIWebinars #ECR #ScienceCareers

FULLY FUNDED PhD - Identifying Critical Periods for Mitochondrial Function in Drosophila Development and Lifespan at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - Identifying Critical Periods for Mitochondrial Function in Drosophila Development and Lifespan at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

There is a PhD Studentship in my laboratory starting in March 2026. Please contact me if you are interested.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Excited to share that we are hiring a research assistant for my lab at UTSW in Dallas (www.nils-burger-lab.com). Please share with your mentees.
utsw.taleo.net/careersectio...

We are also looking for motivated, curious, and enthusiastic postdoctoral fellows!

Also wonderful to catch up with Ivana, Jenny, Cathy & Teresa 🥘🦐 Formerly postdoc contemporaries, now successfully leading the Bjedov, Regan, Slack and Niccoli labs!

#WomenInScience #Drosophila #IHA

@jennyregan.bsky.social
@niccolilab.bsky.social
@cathyslack.bsky.social
@ihaucl.bsky.social

Great to participate at #EDRC2025, which gathered together an impressive 750 researchers from 40 countries! 🌍🪰🔬 With strong representation from the #LMS by Nsikan, Miriam & Isabel ⭐

#Drosophila #Redox #Ageing #Cancer #DiseaseModels

LMS receives gold award for sustainability Achieving Gold LEAF accreditation marks a significant milestone in our commitment to making research at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) more sustainable and signals the start of an ongoin...

The LMS has achieved Gold LEAF accreditation for sustainability! 🏅

From smart lab booking systems to energy-saving tech and zero-waste practices, we’re working hard to cut our environmental footprint while supporting world-class research! 🌍

#Sustainability #LEAF #GoldAward

Congrats on the prize and a beautiful presentation! 🪰⭐

Congrats Nils!

🚨 Call for Abstracts!
🎓 3rd PhD Symposium: Redox Relay Race
🧬 PhD students in redox biology – apply now!
🎤 5-min flashtalk + 2-min Q&A
📅 Online: 18 Nov 2025
📧 Send abstract (max 300 words) to ecr@sfrr-europe.org by 24 Oct

#RedoxBiology #PhDSymposium

BSRA Online Public Seminar Series - BSRA In our new Understanding Ageing: Meet the Scientists series, we’ve invited experts in their field to talk about their research and what it means for each of us as we get older. You don’t need any scie...

Please help spread the word about our inaugural public lecture on Wednesday. Sign up and if you are in the ageing field it’s a great opp for your family to finally understand what you do! 😀
Thanks for your support 🙏

bsra.org.uk/events/bsra-...

✨ #Postdoc Nsikan Nsek giving an excellent presentation of his research on #Drosophila #Ageing #Cancer at the #EDRC2025! ✨

#RoyalSocietyCDF #LMSonTour #ProudPI

@mrc-lms.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org

Find us here:
•Nsikan Nsek: talk OC-18 'Disease Models' (Fri 26th @12:15)

•Isabel Liseth: P-145
•Miriam Rodriguez-Vazquez: P-281
•Helena Cochemé: P-283
(all Poster Session II, Sat 27th @15:45)

Plus I’m looking forward to chairing the 'Physiology & Metabolism' session! (Sat 27th @10:30)

#LMSonTour

Arrived in Alicante, and excited for this year’s #EDRC2025! 🪰🧪🔬🧫🥼🧬🪰 The #LMS is well represented at the meeting - catch us at our talk/poster presentations!

#Drosophila #Redox #Ageing #DiseaseModels #Cancer #Obesity

@mrc-lms.bsky.social

Image credit to the talented Julie Schubert from the Cabreiro Lab! #SciArt

Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer An international team of scientists led by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London and the University of Cologne have discovered that microbes associated w...

"Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer"

✨ News story from #LMS @mrc-lms.bsky.social, covering the beautiful study led by #postdoc Daniel Martinez @dmartimarti.bsky.social - congrats! ✨

#PostdocAppreciationWeek #PAW2025
#Cancer #Microbiome #Chemotherapy

lms.mrc.ac.uk/microbial-al...

Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.

The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite Martinez-Martinez et al. combine a host-microbe-drug-nutrient screen with multi-omics to reveal how the cancer-associated microbiota modulates chemotherapy. They identify 2-methylisocitrate, a microbi...

Can microbes enhance chemotherapy?

A new paper from the LMS shows how the tumour-associated microbiome can impact the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs.

#medsky #cancer #biomed

@andreafoley.bsky.social
@claudialennicke.bsky.social
@elianods.bsky.social

Happy to have contributed to this study, together with many excellent collaborators! #TeamScience

@dmartimarti.bsky.social
@kaletalab.bsky.social
@alexisbarr.bsky.social
@frezzalab.bsky.social
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
@cecad.bsky.social
@cp-cellsystems.bsky.social

🚨New paper published today on cancer bugs and drugs!🚨

“Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite”

Congrats to the Cabreiro lab on this exciting study!
#Cancer #Microbiome #Metabolism #Chemotherapy
#MRC_LMS #ImperialCollege #CECAD_Cologne

www.cell.com/cell-systems...

Head of Bioinformatics - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences We are recruiting for a Head of Bioinformatics to lead our Bioinformatics facility

We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate to lead the LMS Bioinformatics Facility.

Find out more and apply now by following the link below!

#Bioinformatics #Hiring #NowHiring #CareerOpportunities #Jobs

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

Come be my colleague! We have three open positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level for candidates in all areas of the biological sciences.

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...