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Can neuroscience help us understand addiction as a “broken brain” condition?

Should this affect how the legal system assigns blame?

Join Prof Hans Crombag for a Sussex Universe public lecture on brain science, law, responsibility and addiction.

📅 Wed 22 April | 6pm
🎟️ https://ow.ly/2PTc50YJRTF

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The MRC- @acmedsci.bsky.social policy internship scheme offers first-hand experience of the medical science policy and communications environment.

If you're interested in how policy is made, don't miss out!

⏰ Apply by the 27 April: apply.workable.com/academy-of-m...

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'Huge' congratulations to Dr Luke Yates, on being awarded a highly competitive Academy of Medical Sciences' Springboard programme — for research investigating how cells coordinate the process of DNA repair, using advanced molecular imaging and genetic tools @acmedsci.bsky.social

The latest from the Caldecott lab @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk. Great story, congrats Larissa!

Congrats! And nice meeting you at CSA-Asia and hearing about the findings!

Springboard awardee Dr Rodrigo Vitorio next to a quote that reads: "The Springboard support will enable me to take a crucial next step in understanding how tDCS can be optimised and personalised for people with Parkinson's."

We’re pleased to share the latest round of our Springboard programme 👏

This year we're supporting 55 early career researchers across the UK whose bold ideas have the potential to save lives, by investing £6.7M in discovery-driven health research 💡

➡️ bit.ly/4syNGa8

Fantastic talk by Max Douglas @icr.ac.uk on telomere replication and protection at Sussex @sussex.ac.uk @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social today! Check out his latest work on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Interested in studying quantum? ⚛️
PhD student Finn shares why Sussex was the standout choice.

Discover our courses: https://ow.ly/Y6nS50YIRbB

#WorldQuantumDay #Quantum #SussexUni #Research #Science

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.

Many congratulations Tom-well deserved !!

Impact of Chromosomal Instability and Aneuploidy in Cancer Development Somatic human cells contain a diploid genome consisting of 23 pairs of chromosomes. The maintenance of this diploid state is essential across all layers of biological organization, ranging from the ph...

Pleased to share our review on chromosomal instability (CIN) and aneuploidy in cancer, led by Amanda Mennie. Now out @annualreviews.bsky.social!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

New preprint from the lab! Our awesome @lillianwu.bsky.social drove this project with contributions from @kezlane.bsky.social @alison-harrod.bsky.social and collaborators @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social @chromatinlab.bsky.social and @claudioalfieri.bsky.social
#CENP-B
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Human scientists trounce the best AI agents on complex tasks State-of-the-industry report finds that, despite the limitations of artificial-intelligence systems, researchers have embraced them.

Despite the limitations of AI systems, researchers have embraced them

go.nature.com/4tJSVF9

Congrats to Dr. Jones publishing work from his PhD thesis at the Genome Centre!

Nature Communications banner with title of latest paper from the Yates, Oliver, and Rass groups at the Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex: "Break-induced replication is enhanced by a phospho-activated RPA-binding module in Pol32".

An in-press version of our latest paper in @natcomms.nature.com on phospho-activated protein-protein interactions with ssDNA-binding protein RPA during BIR. If your favorite pathway involves RPA, this may be for you! Thanks to the lab, collaborators & @ukri.org!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route is still open for applications, providing a fast-track option for mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas: royalsociety.org/grants/faraday-discovery...

Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology - Universität Wien Universität Wien bietet Stelle als Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology in Wien - jetzt bewerben!

If you are working on Genome stability and repair pathways and you're looking for a tenure track professorship, check out this opportunity at The Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna: jobs.zeit.de/jobs/tenure-...

Tom Coussens sits in a ship’s cabin monitoring two laptops wired to a green quantum magnetometer test rig during Royal Navy sea trials.

🔹 Royal Navy sea trials: did Sussex’s quantum navigation work at sea?

🔹 What is consciousness? And could AI have it?

Find out in the next Research at Sussex.
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Charlotte Deane: AI, Drug Discovery, and the UK Advantage YouTube video by Agents of Tech

What are the right questions for AI in Biological Research? This discussion with John Jumper, and @GDSC
panelist Luke Yates provides some answers! Charlotte Deane: AI, Drug Discovery, and the UK Advantage youtu.be/Fmp9-E8cPWk?... via @YouTube

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Wanna find out more about this year's new Hive Scholars? 👀

Meet Yara Zebian, Shaunna McIvor and Joao M. Uratani. Discover how they will support Sussex's PGR research culture and what they are currently researching.

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DNA circuits store data — with heat as their power source Nature - DNA computers can use biological material to perform mathematical functions and store information, but their power sources have been fragile. Researchers now say they’ve developed a...

DNA computers could one day be used to store data, solve difficult mathematical problems and analyse biological data

go.nature.com/46C1hpH

In memory of Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist and the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees. Take a look at her 1985 article published in #PhilTransB 'Conditions of innovative behaviour in primates': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Join Francis Crick Prize winner Professor Sam Behjati for this free upcoming lecture on 10 October, as he discusses insights into the early detection and prevention of childhood cancer: royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectu...

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91

go.nature.com/46K10ja

Do you want to raise the profile of your research, and share it with over 10,000 members of the public? The call for proposals to exhibit at the 2026 #SummerScience Exhibition is still open: royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectu...

The future of universities: A Nature special report The world's universities are under intense pressure. Nature examines the threats they face and asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive.

A Nature special: Universities made the modern world. Now they must survive it.

go.nature.com/4nTooBX

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial UCL trialled hours-long surgical procedure to treat disease which causes dementia and paralysis Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated successfully for the first time in a breakthrough gene therapy trial. The disease, caused by a single gene defect, steadily kills brain cells leading to dementia, paralysis and ultimately death. Those with a parent with Huntington’s have a 50% chance of developing the disease, which until now has been incurable. Continue reading...

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial

Professor Gillian Bates FRS, who co-founded the Huntington's Disease Centre with Professor Tabrizi, is delivering the Ferrier Prize Lecture on her work unraveling the molecular basis of this disease on 6 October. You can register below:

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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