Unlocking Cellular Control: Kai Gallant Awarded Prestigious MSCA Fellowship | MRC PPU We are thrilled to announce that Kai Gallant, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Professor Satpal Virdee, has been awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. This high...

Unlocking Cellular Control: Kai Gallant Awarded Prestigious MSCA Fellowship www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/unlocki... @e3chembio.bsky.social @gallantkai.bsky.social

Biochemical Society scientific meeting: Biennial International LRRK2 meeting 2026. Abstract submission now open. Super earlybird deadline 20 April 2026. Includes Biochemical Society logo, image of delegates networking and event logo.

Super earlybird - £100 off! Book by 20 April 2026 for the #LRRK2 meeting, where scientists and clinicians share advances in Parkinson’s biology and therapies 🧪: bit.ly/LRRK2-26

New Study from the Sapkota Lab the Role of Protein Context in Targeted Protein Degradation | MRC PPU A new study led by the Sapkota Lab in collaboration with Harvard’s Woo lab is shedding light on how an emerging class of medicines, designed to eliminate specific harmful proteins in cells, may have b...

New Study from the Sapkota Lab the Role of Protein Context in Targeted Protein Degradation www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/new-stu... @gpsapkota.bsky.social @lglennie.bsky.social

Award banner for the Biochemical Society 2027 recognizing Professor Elton Zeqiraj from University of Leeds for sustained excellence.

From redefining our understanding of ubiquitin regulation to developing bespoke reagents and tools, the Biochemical Society Award for Sustained Excellence is presented to Elton Zeqiraj Elton's work showcases long-term commitment to translating mechanistic insights into biomedical innovation.

Dr Tom Deegan from University of Edinburgh awarded The Colworth Medal by The Biochemical Society 2027 Awards.

Congratulations to Tom Deegan who receives the Colworth Medal in 2027! Pioneering work from the Deegan Lab has redefined our understanding of eukaryotic DNA replication and provided conceptual and technical frameworks that continue to drive new discoveries across molecular biology.

World #Parkinsons Day 2026: Celebrating a powerful partnership between research and lived experience www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/world-p...

MDS-ES Focused Workshop

www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/About/MD... @movedisorder.bsky.social

Fantastic opportunity for an early-stage researcher wishing to gain valuable experience in state-of-the-art translational research in the #Parkinsons field www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/careers/recr...

Empowering dementia conversations with Black African and Caribbean communities in partnership with UCL www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/empower...

Join us! Postdoctoral Researcher position available in the Ganley Lab www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/careers/recr...

Glycogen Symposium: Honouring the legacy of Joan Guinovart YouTube video by IRB Barcelona

Missed the #Glycogen Symposium – Honouring the Legacy of #JoanGuinovart?

You can now watch the full session and revisit the insights and tributes to an exceptional scientist.

▶️ www.youtube.com/live/CQBl90m...

#Tribute #FEBS #IUBMB @iubmb.bsky.social

Aniketh Bishnu wins poster prize at STEM for Britain 2026 | MRC PPU Congratulations to Dr Aniketh Bishnu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ganley Lab, who was awarded the Silver Prize for his poster presentation at the Houses of Parliament in London. He was a finalist...

Congratulations Aniketh 🎉
Aniketh Bishnu wins poster prize at STEM for Britain 2026 www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/aniketh...

Scientists Discover a Unique Viral Trap within the Human Immune System www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/news/scienti...

Miratul Muqit: leading an alliance to decode Parkinson's disease As the inaugural Director of the new Parkinson's Research Centre, funded by the UK Dementia Research Institute and Parkinson's UK, Professor Miratul Muqit (University of Dundee, UK) hopes to untangle ...

Miratul Muqit: leading an alliance to decode Parkinson's disease - The Lancet Neurology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Purple-to-blue gradient graphic with the ASAP and CRN Cloud logos. Large text reads "Explore the CRN Cloud," followed by "A data-sharing and analysis platform available to the entire research community." On the right is a stylized brain illustration made of interconnected nodes and lines.

For #BrainAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting the ASAP CRN Cloud, helping researchers accelerate #Parkinsons research through open data sharing.

It includes:
🧠 1,810 samples
🔬 Contributions from 12 CRN teams
🌍 22 public datasets

Explore the CRN Cloud:
https://parkinsonsroadmap.org/crn-cloud/

Madeline Lancaster

@lancasterlab.bsky.social, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social), was recognised in the 2026 Suffrage Science Awards for her work on brain organoids 🧠

Congratulations to Madeline and the other 2026 awardees!

Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

#LMBNews

Image of FAF2's predicted helical domain interacting with the UFD1 UT3 domain. Next to this are similar images showing the predicted binding of de novo designed protein binders to the same region. Above is a sequence alignment indicating the key residues involved in the interaction.

🚨⚠️ New Preprint Alert! ⚠️ 🚨
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Screening p97 cofactors, @prithadg.bsky.social identified FAF2 as the strongest activator of the p97-UFD1-NPL4 complex. Leveraging her mechanistic descoveries, we designed 𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘰 binders that could also enhance p97 substrate unfolding.

Recently, UK DRI’s Prof Miratul Muqit, Parkinson’s Research Centre Director, joined partners from @parkinsons.org.uk in Parliament

He spoke with policymakers about the importance of research inclusion & showcased how he would embed inclusion at the co-founded Centre

www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join us! Postdoctoral position available in Virdee lab www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/careers/recr...

Broughty Ferry woman first in Tayside to receive ‘life-changing’ Parkinson’s drug “When I first got fitted with the pump I spent the day playing music."

“When I first got fitted with the pump I spent the day playing music."

Join us! Research Technician position available with Virginia De Cesare www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/careers/recr...

Drug Discovery Unit Tour and Networking BioDundee is delighted to kick of the year of celebrations for #DDUat20 with Networking and a guided tour of the Drug Discovery Unit.

Want to see what we do up close?
Sign up for the tour and networking event with us and #biodundee. See the link for details and tickets!

#DDUat20

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Professor Giampetro Schiavo wins 2026 International Neurotoxin Association (INA) award Professor Schiavo (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) received the 2026 INA Basic Science Lifetime Achievement Award from the President at the bi-annual congress of the society.

👏 Huge congratulations to UK DRI Group Leader Prof Giampietro Schiavo who has received the 2026 Basic Science Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Neurotoxin Association 👏

Read more 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was a pioneer of X-ray crystallography, discovering the structure of benzene, and was one of the first two women elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. Find out more about her life and work: #WomenInSTEM www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf...

Targeting the gut's immune system could tackle early stages of Parkinson's New research, led by Dr Soyon Hong and Dr Tim Bartels at the UK DRI at UCL, has revealed how Parkinson’s spreads from the gut to the brain, with the hel

Could targeting the gut's immune system tackle the early stages of Parkinson's? 🧠

A new study from @soyonhonglab.bsky.social & Tim Bartels (UK DRI at UCL) has revealed how Parkinson’s spreads from the gut to the brain - with the help of immune cells.

Read more 👉 www.ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Proteostatic stress triggers cristae remodeling and aggregate formation within mitochondria.

CRN Teams Harper & Alessi used cryo-electron tomography to show how PINK1-activating stress disrupts mitochondrial structure, revealing protein aggregation, cristae loss, and key changes linked to #Parkinsons 🧬

🔗 Read the full #preprint: bit.ly/49N4mmW

✏️ @denkenny.bsky.social

DDU at 20 | Founders Sir Michael Ferguson & Alan Fairlamb on Past, Present and Future YouTube video by Drug Discovery Unit Dundee

As part of our #20thBirthday celebrations, we hear from our cofounders Sir Mike Ferguson and Alan Fairlamb

#ScienceNeverStops

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Skb...

Best of luck today to Rebecca Pemberton of the Swamy lab, defending her PhD thesis 'Investigating the role of Crohn's disease associated kinase LRRK2 in immune and intestinal cells' @mahimaswamy.bsky.social @ajmhowden.bsky.social @bealelab.bsky.social @henrymcsorley.bsky.social

Join us! Postdoctoral Research Assistant position available in the Muqit lab www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk/careers/recr... #neurobiology #CRISPR #PINK1 #Parkinsons

Best of luck today to Iona Wallace of the Swatek lab, defending her PhD thesis 'Mechanistic and Proteomic Exploration of the ISG15 Modification Pathway'