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This year again, I was nominated for a King's Education Award. This means a lot to me. As a researcher, supporting and supervising students is something that I deeply value in my day to day activity and I feel blessed that they find it helpful ❤️🧪
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Industry leaders and innovators — connect with the next wave of applied tech innovation at King's Informatics Industry Showcase.
✅ Meet researchers ready to partner on applied projects
✅ Explore live demos and prototypes
✅ Recruit emerging talent
Register ⬇️
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Could quantum mechanics transform the security of future communications?
Prof Roger Colbeck @kingsnmes.bsky.social is developing new forms of cryptography that harness the power of quantum theory - and could one day underpin the future quantum internet.
www.kcl.ac.uk/meet-profess...
Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text Mechanics of Cellular Protrusions Professor Patricia Bassereau Institut Curie Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series
Join us for our next #ForceTalk with Professor Patricia Bassereau of @institutcurie.bsky.social to learn about "Mechanics of Cellular Protrusions"
📅 15 April 2026
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 BST
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force...
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Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text 1 April 2026 Microenvironmental Control of Chromatin Mechanobiology Professor Vivek Shenoy University of Pennsylvania Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series
Join us for our next #ForceTalk with Professor Vivek Shenoy of @upenn.edu exploring "Microenvironmental Control of Chromatin Mechanobiology"
📅 1 April 2026
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 BST
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force...
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We are thrilled to share that the speaker for this year's Higgs Lecture is Nobel Laureate Prof Michel Mayor👏
Together with Didier Queloz, in 1995 he discovered the first exoplanet - a planet that orbits a star outside of our own solar system.
Don't miss out! ⬇️
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King’s has joined with @sheffielduni.bsky.social and others in a £12.5 mil centre for next-gen semiconductor tech, improving everything from phones to data centres📲
Engineering’s Kai Xu will improve the backbone of modern digital electronics to push new applications🛜
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-p...
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📢 Join us on 11 June for our annual Higgs Lecture with Nobel Laureate Michel Mayor.
Three decades of research has revealed the diversity and ubiquity of planetary systems, plus a huge number of exoplanets in the habitable zone.
Could these worlds harbour life?
🔗 More details: shorturl.at/XW9IA
New book out from Informatics' fabulous @mtrc.bsky.social !
Pick it up, pre-order, level up!🆙
An enormous congratulations to Engineering’s Prof @Wei Liu who has been newly elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts – one of Europe’s most prestigious academies 🥳
Researchers from King's with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) have led the analysis of the largest-ever research on police use of Stop and Search.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
@london.gov.uk @kingsnmes.bsky.social
Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text 18 March 2026 Cell shape-shifting across the tree of life Professor Andela Saric Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series
Join us for our next #ForceTalk with Professor Andela Saric of @istaresearch.bsky.social to learn about "Cell shape-shifting across the tree of life"
📅 18 March 2026
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force...
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Are we alone in the Universe?🌌
To answer that, we first need to understand how life began on Earth. At this year’s Burton Lecture, John Sutherland reveals how extreme early-Earth conditions may have turned simple chemistry into life.
📅 1 Apr, 5pm
📍SE1 1UL
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🚨Rescheduled🚨 Now happening Today @ 13:00 our next #ForceTalk is with Prof Sylvain Gabriele @sgabriele.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 3 March 2026
🕒 13:00 - 14:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force...
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Look up! A rare planetary alignment will be visible after sunset tomorrow – 28 February – with up to six #planets on show.
Astroparticle physicist Dr Shyam Balaji @kingsnmes.bsky.social explains the science behind this incredible celestial event.
#ScienceAtKings
Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text 4 March 2026 Mechanosensing of epithelial cells: curvature, confinement and memory Professor Sylvain Gabriele University of Mons Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series
Our next #ForceTalk is with Prof Sylvain Gabriele @sgabriele.bsky.social exploring "Mechanosensing of epithelial cells: curvature, confinement and memory"
📅 4 March 2026
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force...
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Last days to apply for a #PhD in Computational #Biophysics at
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Deadline February 28!
Details 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Poster featuring the an image of the Earth 2.0 (ET) mission, a picture of Prof Jian Ge standing and smiling with arms folded, and text featuring the details of the lecture. the details of the lecture are: Speaker: Prof Jian Ge, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Location: King's College London, Bush House Time and Date: from 4pm to 5pm on 20th March 2026.
Excited to announce that Prof Jian Ge of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory will be joining us on 20th March 2026 at
@kingsnmes.bsky.social to talk about the Earth 2.0 (ET) Space Mission!
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We're proud to see King's represented on the global stage at this week's India AI Impact Summit.
Dr Caitlin Bentley of @kingsnmes.bsky.social & @aiatkings.bsky.social shared cutting-edge research & discussed AI’s societal impact with industry leaders.
Full story ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/global-...
Poster featuring an image of Professor Douglas Lin and the keynote lecture details. These details are the title ‘Stellar evolution, mergers of stellar mass black holes, and the growth of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei’, the date of 16th March 2026, and the time of 4.30pm until 6pm.
We are thrilled that Prof Douglas Lin will be visiting King’s College London @kingsnmes.bsky.social to give a keynote lecture on black holes and stellar formation!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-le...
Could AI save your skin?💃
Psoriasis affects 1 in 50 of us, but despite links to dangerous health conditions little is known about it🏥
Using AI, @dswatson.bsky.social and team classified the disease based on gene expression – opening the door for tailored treatment🧬
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-enab...
📢 Strongly Correlated Materials — a Korean TYC matinée!
Join us for 4x30min-talks by Ara Go, Heung-Sik Kim, Choong Hyun Kim and Bongjae Kim.
⏰ Thu 26 Feb, 9:30-11:30am
🗺️ King's College London, Strand S7.06
👉 thomasyoungcentre.org/event/strong...
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Are today’s networks ready for tomorrow’s demands? 🛜
At the Engineering Annual Lecture Prof Harald Haas will explain how optical wireless communications can enhance connectivity underwater, on the ground and in space 🤯
📅 25 March
⏰ 17.00-19.00
📍In-person and 💻
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Nature's toughest material just had its super power revealed.
@kingsnmes.bsky.social scientists have uncovered the molecular marvel behind spider silk - with implications for sustainable materials and even Alzheimer's research.
Read more here: kcl.ac.uk/news/scienti...
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🚨 Wheatstone Lecture is taking place next week! 🚨
Don’t miss Sir John Pendry, founder of metamaterials and creator of the first practical “invisibility cloak,” as he explores groundbreaking innovations that could reshape the future of science and technology.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wheatstone...
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🥳Big Grant Alert!🥳
A team led by Dr Miao Guo has been awarded £500,000 from @aria-research.bsky.social to develop an autonomous lab to transform how we create protein for food🍽️
They hope this will help tackle the global hunger and sustainability crisis🌱
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-powe...
Poster with text reading: "ExoHack - Episode 3, London Edition. Join us in London for ExoHack, PlanetAI's Exoplanet Hackathon Series - a fun, in-person AI coding event to explore new worlds! Date and time: March 21st 2026, 9.30am until 6pm GMT. Location: King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS."
The team behind the Ariel Data Challenge are holding an in-person Exoplanet hackathon in London!
The 3rd ExoHack will be held @kingsnmes.bsky.social on March 21st 2026, 9.30am to 6pm GMT 👀
More info & link to register here (limited spots available!): www.ariel-datachallenge.space/exohack-lond...