We're looking for an Operations Officer to join our dynamic School team!

The role will be split between HR & Finance and on-site activities at St Thomas' Hospital

❌ Deadline: 27 March ❌

Apply below! 👇

kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086873-op…

Oluwatunmise Akintewe – also known as ‘Tumie’ – joined King’s in April 2022 as a lab technician for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

We spoke to Tumie about researching crop varieties, stepping out of your comfort zone and becoming a Registered Scientist (RSci)

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kcl.ac.uk/5-minutes-with…

💪 We want to wish Dr Lydia Daniels Gatwards, postdoc in diabetes research, the best of luck as she is running in the London Marathon on Sunday 21 April to raise money for Diabetes UK

Support her by donating to her fundraising page ⬇️

2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/lydia-danie…

Here's Jocelyn and the Head of School, Professor Mauro Giacca, with the winning artwork! 👏

♻️ Congratulations to Jocelyn Grant who won the Repurposing Packaging Artwork Competition from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences that challenges people to recycle workplace waste into new products/artworks

🖌️ Jocelyn won with an art piece made from an Amazon box and old bottle tops

Check it out ⬇️

This year's #FoLSMStaffAwards are open for nominations! Recognise a colleague in the categories of Research, People & Culture and Education. Full details, award criteria and the nomination form are on the Faculty Information Hub: lnkd.in/ewX7RbdY

👀 We're looking for a new School Operations Officer!

💪 Consider applying if you're an experienced and motivated administrator

❌ Deadline: 30 April

Full description below 🔽

kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086873-op…

Women are currently underrepresented in technical leadership roles in UK labs 👩‍🔬

Thankfully, The Herschel Programme has been designed to advance opportunities for women to become leaders

Tumie Akintewe spoke to us about what the programme has taught her

kcl.ac.uk/tumie-akintewe…

Inaugural Lecture 20/3/24

Older people who regularly do endurance exercise maintain similar muscle health to younger people

The research suggests inactivity has a greater effect on some muscle characteristics than simply getting older

Read more 🔽

kcl.ac.uk/news/muscle-he…

British Heart Foundation has awarded Dr Joseph Burgoyne from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences nearly £450k to lead a heart disease project

The project looks at the causes of dilated cardiomyopathy, which can lead to heart attack or cardiac arrest ❤️‍🩹

kcl.ac.uk/news/british-h…

Dr Ricci Hannah from School of Basic & Medical Biosciences and Dr Ryuichi Fukuda from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences have been awarded prestigious grants from Academy of Medical Sciences

Dr Hannah will look into the treatment process for epilepsy, while Dr Fukuda will explore aspects of heart regeneration 👇

kcl.ac.uk/news/academy-o…

Iryna Peretiazhko is a Research Assistant who travelled to the UK via the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme for refugees

For Universities' Refugee Week, she shared her experiences of navigating war and finding a new life for herself

kcl.ac.uk/spotlight-with…

The latest Humanising Healthcare ‘Sex Gender and Cardiovascular Disease’ is out now 🎙️

Dr Tetiana Lunova joins Dr Manasi Nandi to discuss gender differences in symptom diagnosis and how current research can address this issue

Listen now ⬇️

kcl.ac.uk/humanising-hea…

We asked some of our amazing female researchers about the biggest challenges facing Women in STEMM

To find out more about our Women in STEMM Season, follow the link below 👇

kcl.ac.uk/women-in-stemm…

Scientists have uncovered a key molecule that influences vascular ageing

The study shows how it is involved in a positive feedback loop that accelerates the ageing of the blood vessels

Maria Faleeva #ScienceAtKings

kcl.ac.uk/news/researche…

Hear from some of our fantastic researchers about what makes them proud to be a Woman working in STEMM 🧑‍🔬

Over the coming months, we'll be celebrating the achievements of our Faculty's women as part of our Women in STEMM campaign 🙌

The new podcast series Humanising Healthcare: Mind The Gap explores and discusses the work of researchers who have identified and are aiming to address inequalities within their fields

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kcl.ac.uk/news/humanisin…

#humanisinghealthcare #kingslsm #kcl womeninstemm #kcl

Happy Pancake Day 🥞

The Department of Nutritional Sciences held their annual pancake-off today, seeing who could get the most flips in 🔄

Who will be the Pancake Flipping Champion of 2024? 🏆

#pancakeday School of Life Course & Population Sciences

Why does our risk of developing cancer increase as we age?

Dr Richard Siow Richard Siow tells BBC Future it's partly due to our cells becoming less efficient at repairing everyday damage, like from the sun's rays.

King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

Read more 👇

bbc.com/future/article…