Rhys Morgan

List of world’s most highly cited researchers features Sussex academics This year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list included four Sussex academics plus one from the Institute of Development Studies

Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC

Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae Abstract. Crossover formation during meiosis generates genetic diversity. In many species most crossovers display interference, meaning they are spaced mor

Delighted to see our study finally out in "print". Thanks to all the (many) contributors, collaborators and reviewers!

Mismatch repair disturbs meiotic crossover control in S. cerevisiae academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

We are very sad to say goodbye to Dr Ethan Morgan from our department. Ethan has made fantastic contributions to our virology/cancer teaching and research portfolio here in Biochem and enhanced research culture. Wishing him all the best at his new home at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics

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Huge congrats Steffen. Mega award!

Exeter researchers awarded £3.5M to uncover how cells communicate during development Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the forma...

Thrilled to share that we have been awarded a Wellcome DA to explore cytoneme-based cell communication in development! A fantastic collaboration with Kyle @kylewedgwood.bsky.social at @lsiexeter.bsky.social, and Hilary Ashe & Cerys Manning at Manchester - exciting times ahead! tinyurl.com/2ytm6y2w

Very sorry to see you go @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social and we all wish you the very best with getting your new lab set up in Cyprus!

I will always be grateful for being able to establish my lab and work with such great colleagues during my time at the University of Sussex @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social

After settling in during my first week, I’m happy to share that I have started a new position as an Associate Senior Scientist/Group Head at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics!

Well done to Drs Hyun Park and Aaron Goff from @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexbcr.bsky.social who’ve both had abstracts accepted for presentation at the @ash.hematology.org 2025 meeting in December, and been awarded ASH achievement awards!

See you in Orlando! 🇺🇸

I’ve nominated our Research Fellow Dr Megan Wagstaff for a @hellobio.bsky.social Lab Heroes Award 2025 for all the hard work, diligence and application that goes into running our laboratory!

See my nomination 👇👇👇

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#LabHeroes2025

Nominations Are Now Open For The Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! Announcing the launch of the Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! Now in its ninth year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players whose perseverance and passion are inspirational - no...

Announcing the launch of the Lab Heroes Awards™ 2025! 🏆

Now in its 9th year, our annual awards recognize the mentors, innovators, and team players who are inspirational in the lab! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Nominate your Lab Hero today and they could win some big prizes: ow.ly/5ROH50XnWFN

#LabHeroes2025 #scienceawards

I think we’re all right behind you and qed in that noble endeavour! Good luck!

Excellent work! I'm in support of any move away from the grotesque publishing model and journal profiteering we currently have, but how are we going to get institutional promotions/recruitment panels, funding bodies, grant peer reviewers etc to recognise it in their decision making?

We are delighted to welcome Dr Lidia Vasilieva as a new Assistant Professor in Translational Science in our department.

Lidia joins from @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and strengthens our gene expression research and teaching portfolio at @sussex.ac.uk

www.vasilievalab.com

Congratulations to our Dept Head Dr Leandro Castellano and Prof Florian Kern at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social for forging a new partnership with Kindling Bio for exploring new ways to reprogram tumours and improve treatment outcomes across multiple cancer types. 🙌

www.kindlingbio.com/news-sussex-...

Fantastic news that our Bioinformatics Lab head Dr Frances Pearl & Prof @laurencepearl.bsky.social from @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social have recently received @ukri.org Proof of Concept funding for their new Pearl AI tool for developing targeted treatments for cancers of unknown primary.

www.pearlai.co.uk

(MRC DTP) Corrupting the roots: How leukaemia reshapes its ancestors at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - (MRC DTP) Corrupting the roots: How leukaemia reshapes its ancestors at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

Many cancers begin as precancerous conditions. But what happens when these early cells coexist with a full-blown tumour?

Join us for an MRC funded PhD studentship exploring how primary cancers influence the evolution of precancerous cells.

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Excited to have been promoted to Professor in Cancer Systems Biology at @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, University of Sussex, @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

🍾New promotion in the network! 🎉

A massive congratulations to Simon Mitchell @mitchell.science from @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social recently promoted to Professor!

Simon has transformed the Cancer Research portfolio at Sussex with his work at the Sussex BCR and the creation of @sussexcancer.org

🙌👊👏

Prof. Tim Humphrey and Dr. Rhys Morgan both gave talks at the recent "Science Café" hosted by the Sussex Cancer Fund in partnership with the Macmillan Horizon Centre. A fabulous series of short talks for anyone interested in hearing a little more about the latest developments in cancer research.

Very grateful to have been awarded our first @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social research grant over the summer for our work targeting aberrant Wnt/β-catenin signalling in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

Our new project headed by Dr Wagstaff begins Oct 1st developing new ways to target oncogenic β-catenin 👊

So proud of this work by the @isehsociety.bsky.social Junior Faculty Committee!!! Whether you are just starting your lab or had it for many years, a good Lab Handbook is essential, and we want to help you on the way with this important document…

Our Co-Directors Prof @chrispepper68.bsky.social and Dr @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social explain the mission and vision for the Sussex Blood Cancer Research network.

@sussexcancer.org @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social

Read about our @cclguk.bsky.social @littleprincesses.bsky.social funded research published in @bloodjournals.hematology.org . Well done Joe Cross and Lucy Field. Many thanks to Tom Milne and other collaborators. @oxfordpaediatrics.bsky.social @imm.ox.ac.uk
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YouTube video by Brighton and Sussex Medical School Prof Chris Pepper and Dr Rhys Morgan - Sussex Blood Cancer Research

💡 How are #BSMS researchers working to change the future of blood cancer?
Prof Chris Pepper and Dr Rhys Morgan share their journey, their goals and why this research matters.
▶Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EwD...
@sussexbcr.bsky.social #MedicalResearch

Presenting PhD #4 from our group and it’s our first Dr Dr! 🙌🍾 🎉

Many congratulations Clinical Fellow Hyun Park on his successful PhD defence yesterday. Wishing him all the best in his clinical ACF post in Reading/Oxford.

Thanks @ethanlmorgan.bsky.social & Prof Yang Shi for PhD thesis examination!

Huge pleasure for me and Tim Chevassut to host Prof Yang Shi from @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk for a @biochembiomeduos.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social research seminar on his pioneering work dual targeting LSD1 and GSK in AML, and epigenetic dysregulation in diffuse midline glioma.

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Had a wonderful time as always at CLRUK annual meeting. It was great fun organising it with Lisa Russell, Karen Keeshan and Bill Grey . Very proud of Lucy Hamer for an excellent talk! #CCAM #bloodcancerawarenessmonth