UEA Biological Sciences

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The School of Biological Sciences at UEA is a dynamic academic community rated as one of the best of its kind in the UK. Follow us to learn more about us, our research, our teaching; our staff, students and partners.
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@johninnescentre.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:30 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the @Barrie Wilkinson Group, in collab with the @Matt Hutchings lab, on a project: Global activation of silent and cryptic biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces species.

Deadline - 26 October 2026
Contract - 36 months, full-time

@johninnescentre.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 8:59 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

The Biofortification Hub is holding a funding call for small Business Interaction Vouchers (BIVs).

⏰ DEADLINE - 16 October 2026 (18:00 GMT)
🗣️ Feedback to applicants - 14 December 2026

💻 Find out more and apply: https://okt.to/r4cpTk

@aldinafranco.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:16 PMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

Excellent opportunity for @ueaceec.bsky.social students @biouea.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social

@quadraminstitute.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 7:30 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Trustee Director who has director level or equivalent expertise and is interested in supporting our research and role in improving human health.

🗓️ Apply by 5 October 2026
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@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:00 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

Researchers from UEA and across Norwich Research Park will help train the next generation of health researchers through new Medical Research Council funding.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4yVb6dE

#ResearchMatters #ResearchFunding

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@jengill.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 7:20 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

Latest Wadertales blog on the amazing new IBIS (@bou.org.uk) paper from Camilo Carneiro and over 50 co-authors, bringing together tracking data for Whimbrels across the world:
blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/22/w...
paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#ornithology

@quadraminstitute.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 8:15 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

⏰ Closing soon! We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on ensuring food safety and security to join us as a Group Leader

💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2026
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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:39 AM

Want to study Biomedicine?
Biomedical Sciences at UEA are ranked 12th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027.
Come and join us!
#UEAScience

@jengill.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 7:11 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

Love this quote (from the fab Sara Goodacre): “The ones you see in your home at the minute, the really big, fat, hairy ones, they’re usually teenage males that are lost – emotionally, geographically – and are just hoping they might find a female ...”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 1:50 PMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

New research has revealed that climate extremes are accelerating in parts of the Amazon far faster than average warming trends suggest.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/46rw3k4

#ResearchMatters #NewStudy

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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 1:09 PM

Biological Sciences is ranked 58th worldwide in the Research Collaboration Index, the first global ranking dedicated to measuring how effectively universities work with partners around the world.

Congratulations to our wonderful and hard-working research staff.

#UEAScience

@biouea.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 9:58 AM

Welcome to all our lovely new students here in the School of Biological Sciences.

Here's wishing you an interesting and exciting time on your student journey.

#UEAScience

@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 9:54 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

Scientists have uncovered new clues that could help identify which prostate cancers are most likely to spread, and which are less likely to become life-threatening, in the first major findings from an international project co-founded by UEA.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4A5gbkR

#ResearchMatters

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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 7:10 AM

Fascinating research from @mdpointer.bsky.social and @david-s-richardson.bsky.social.
#UEAScience

@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 10:15 AMReposted by @biouea.bsky.social

We’ve missed our staff & students on campus, but it’s not long until these photos become reality... 🎉 The countdown to the Welcome Festival is on⏳

The Hive on UEA Campus, with a photo of it during Welcome Week last year held close to the camera.

The UEA Sportspark Hockey pitches, with a photo of a training session held close to the camera.

The Square with a photo of it busy during summer held close to the camera.

The SU building with a photo of students sitting in the square there during summer.

@biouea.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 2:54 PM

Thank you to our new BIO colleague, Yan Fen Lee, for her talk on 'Natural antimicrobial for food preservation and personal care'.
#UEABIOResearch
#UEAScience

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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 2:17 PM

We start off the last session with the winner of this year's PGR Colloquium, Lucas Malins. Lucas' talk is titled 'Decoding sympathetic regulation of venous tone in the mesentery'.
#UEABIOResearch
#UEAScience

The photo shows Lucas Malins, a young man with curly light brown hair and glasses. He is wearing a lab coat with the buttons undone and is smiling.

@biouea.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 12:59 PM

And we are now fast approaching our keynote speech at the BIO Research Colloquium.
David Gems, Professor of Biogerontology and Research Director of the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing will be asking 'Can Ageing Be Solved? Lessons from C. elegans'.
#UEABIOResearch
#UEAScience

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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 11:07 AM

Thank you to Rafeeq Mir for his talk entitled 'AGMO - A modulator of ether lipids, and its role in embryonic development.'
Next we have Dr Becky Lewis from our Teaching Theme on 'Uncovering hidden benefits of group work.
#UEABIOResearch
#UEAScience

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@biouea.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 10:17 AM

And so Session 2 commences at our Research Colloquium, and to start things off we have Doug Yu on 'Believable biodiversity metrics' and Jonathan Todd on 'Tales of the Unexpected Organosulfur Cycling'.
#UEABIOResearch
#UEAScience

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