The Hamill lab blog
Today Thanos had his first year talk at the institute; a rite of passage on his road toward PhD. It’s always great to see these talks as it is usually a time when things really kick into place. Thanos talk was really fantastic – polished and professional – and thoroughly appreciated by everyone there. Thanos’…
Science-based works of Art (#sciart) created yesterday at the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease by year-6 children (10-11yrs old) from Liverpool primary schools will be on display at Royal Liverpool University Hospital foyer on Fri the 26th Jan (11am-5pm)! If you are around, come along and support #scicomm Message from Valentina Barrera and the…
Another new year, another new “They grow up so fast” post. This time its the turn of four MRes Clinical Sciences students that have been with our lab for the past 3 months. Today, the students were presenting their work at a poster session in the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. Four projects, all…
Hi! I’m Conro Sugden (aka Conor), and I’ll start my PhD in the Hamill Lab in October investigating the mechanisms through which age and disease associated alveolar epithelial matrix changes drive development and progression of pulmonary fibrosis. This isn’t my first time being a part of the Hamill Lab; Dr. Hamill was my supervisor for…
Hello readers! It’s Valentina here, the first PhD student to have joined the Hamill’s lab. I am writing my first article on a very special day…on my way to Dundee to defend my thesis! It’s been a really cool adventure, full of incredible discoveries. When I have started, the only available data on LaNts were…
Lee Troughton has been with my lab for almost 4 years now (MRes and PhD) and as the time has passed I have relied more and more heavily on him to know what is going on in the lab and helping everyone new get going. With each passing year as the number of people in…
Today was the Northwest Cancer Research annual symposium held in the stunning, Harry Potter-esque, Victoria Gallery on the University of Liverpool campus. Lots of excellent, inspiring talks including two of my long-term favourites; actin remodelling and RhoGTPases, and integrin signalling. The notebook is full of the next set of experiments and grant ideas! (Thanks Mark) There was also a…
April time again and the end of another block of MRes Clinical Sciences projects. This time the Hamill lab hosted three students; Kareem Hassanin, Conro Conro Sugden and Tobi Oyewole. Today the boys had their presentations/poster session. First up; Conro told his story of developing our new minigene construct to investigate LaNt regulation and testing a…
This week PhD student Lee Troughton and I have been attending the British Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting in exotic Manchester. Lee presented some of our recent findings in poster form. This is the first time we have rolled out this new story and, so far, the response has been very positive. Loads of data…
Today the pride levels are extra high. Valentina Iorio submitted her PhD thesis!!! Valentina was the first person to join my lab. I interviewed her whilst still in Chicago and was super impressed with not only her academic ability but also her bubbly personality. I have never looked back. It’s been an amazing three and…
Read more They grow up so fast…. PhD thesis submission edition!
