2025-2026 Round up!

Another academic year comes to a close so here are some achievements the lab has had this year!

We have had several publications this year on a wide range of topics with many still under review:

• Non-muscle actinopathies (Cath)​

• Type 1 interferon signalling (Tara, Stuart, Kevin, Cath, Dave, Jack)​

• Altered mucosal antibody responses (Ray, Alba, Stuart, Cath, Dave)​

• Hippocampal Neurogenesis (Stuart, StrokeIMPaCT)​

• IL-1β Neurogenesis (Alba, Margi, Grace, Stuart, Dave, Emmanuel)​

• IL-1R Antagonists (Adrian, Mary, Paul, Stuart)​

• IL-1R Cleavage (Ioana, Ben D, Graham, Craig, Stuart)​

• IL-6 & Post stroke (Natasha, Harry D, Stuart, Craig)​

• Modelling Hypoxic-Ischaemic injury (Maryam, Stuart, Emmanuel)

• IL-1α priming in Hypoxic-Ischaemic injury (Maryam, Stuart, Emmanuel)

Several grants have also been awarded allowing our lab to continue research projects and investigate new avenues of investigation:

• Jack Green – BHF CRE fellowship award​

• ARUK Pilot grant – Trina, Paul, Katie​

• BHF grant – Victor, Cath, Paul, Katie, Stuart​

• Royal Society grant – Roy​

• Pump priming grant – Kat, Sarah​

• MRC DTP flexible training supplements – Mariapia, Katie​

• ARUK extended funding – Tea, Oriana, Nigel, Cath​

We have also had achievements in and out of the lab at all levels of study within BIG that are worth celebrating:

• Poster Awards (Ivy, Charlotte S, Sophie)​

• 10K Purple Wave run (Cath, Stuart, Ben C, Abbie W, Maya)​

• Neurorepair mini symposium talks (Katie, Cath)​

• Outstanding research contribution award – Natasha (Stuart, Craig)​

• Best Msci project award – Izzy (Emmanuel)​

• Widening participation success 3rd year running​

• Lorena moving to Keele University to teach​

• Paula moving to fungi research​

• Viva passes – Maryam, Natasha, Rachel​

Well done to everyone for all their hard work this year and let’s look forward to 2026-2027!

Many thanks to Luiseach Gillespie for collating this list of achievements