Huge congratulations to Prof Ian Wilson who has been bestowed the highest honour the Society of Chromatherapy confers to scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of separation science.
Read more in the latest issue of Chromatography today
Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson, from the Division of Gastroenterology has won honorary fellowship of the West African College of Physicians.
The accolade, previously only bestowed on African presidents, has been awarded for his education and research work in TB, HIV, Malaria, Ebola and Hepatitis B.
Take a look at what’s on offer from the Learning and Development Centre this November, with access to free software training via Lynda.com and courses including:
You are invited to attend our Department’s first Athena SWAN Lecture, which will be delivered by Miss Clare Marx, President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception and we will be providing crèche facilities to facilitate those of you with childcare responsibilities to attend.
Please register in advance via our events page and email Kathryn Johnson k.johnson@imperial.ac.uk by the 27th November if you require crèche facilities.
The Software Sustainability Institute in collaboration with ARCHER and Women in HPC is organising the first Software Carpentry workshop for Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) in the UK. The event will take place at the University of Manchester on 14-15 December 2015.
The course is aimed at female postgraduate students, researchers and engineers who are familiar with basic programming concepts (like loops, conditionals, arrays, and functions) but need help to translate this knowledge into practical tools to help them work more productively.
Apart from learning a set of useful skills the participants will have a unique opportunity to network and discuss their experiences in working in computational research area. More details and registration:
http://apawlik.github.io/2015-12-wise-uk/
Anna Malczewska, an external PhD Student from Poland (funded by a research fellowship of the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society) worked with the Clinical Trials Unit at Hammersmith Hospital, in holding a NET Cancer Day event on the 3rd November 2015, to raise awareness of neuroendocrine cancers around the world.
There was a fantastic turnout for our 2nd Departmental meeting last week, which included attendance from all Heads of Division. The meeting covered, research strategy, Athena SWAN, shortlisting and dealing with bullying and harassment.
For those who missed it you can view the slides from the meeting on our Departmental Athena SWAN webpage.
Congratulations go to Professor Nigel Gooderham who has been announced as Assistant Provost for Academic Promotions.
Congratulations also go to Julia Anderson who received the prestigious Imperial College Medal at the Albert Hall last week in recognition o
f her meritorious service to the College.
Prof Alison McGregor was on hand to make sure the robes and hat were all in place!
Professor Jeremy Nicholson has been named 16th in the Analytical Scientist’s Top 100 most influential people in the world of analytical science. Prof Zoltan Takats and Prof Ian Wilson also made the list.
Click on the link above to see what they all had to say about it.
Dr Anthony Gordon was an invited speaker at the plenary “Hot Topics” session at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine on October 7th in Berlin, presenting “Vasopressin vs Noradrenaline as Initial therapy in Septic Shock: a randomised controlled trial”
Read the fascinating news coverage of the IKnife’s involvement in pioneering surgery using lasers to remove a brain tumour from a patient who was awake (and singing) throughout the procedure.
You are cordially invited to attend the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies Annual Networking Event on Tuesday 24th November at 10:30am.
The event will take place at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus.
A schedule of speakers and details of registration can be found here.
Please contact cbis@imperial.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Each year, the World Economic Forum selects 40 outstanding young scientists from around the world to participate alongside global business and political leaders in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions. These scientists are selected from a wide range of disciplines and deliver updates on the latest trends and developments from various branches of science.
This year, Dr Kirill Veselkov and Dr Jia Li were nominated and successfully selected to join the Young Scientist programme in China. Both attended the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, which took place on 9-11th September in Dalian, People’s Republic of China.
Dr Kirill Veselkov, Lecturer in Computational Medicine, said ‘The event was truly impressive, and was attended by high profile guests from all key stakeholder groups in translational science including senior statesmen, policy makers, entrepreneurs and scientists, regulatory organisations and publishing groups. The panel sessions and live debates were very interesting and showcased the work of the brightest young scientists in the world. The meeting was also a fantastic opportunity for me to expand my network of international collaborators for the future.
Dr Jia Li, Lecturer in Computational Medicine wrote: “I was really honoured to be selected to attend this Annual Meeting and it was a fantastic and unforgettable experience. The format of the meeting was dynamic and interactive. As a basic scientist working in biomedical research, my favourite sessions at the conference were held at the Health Dome and the IdeasLab. In the Health Dome, we had interesting discussions about current and future health issues and policies and it was great to hear the opinions from people of different backgrounds. The presentations given at the Ideas Lab were impressive and I’d like to congratulate the Synthetic Biology team, who performed an excellent session there. After the meeting at Dalian, I was also invited to attend an IC alumni event in Beijing on the 12th September. It was a great pleasure to meet both IC alumni of 30 years, as well as prospective IC students.”
Key points to emerge from this year’s meeting included the announcement that a European Innovation Council (EIC) is likely to be created within the next few years to encourage applied, commercially-driven research, and the statement from NIH that there would be a continued shift from “project based” to “person based” funding with more grants being awarded to individual investigators.
Nature Publishing Group also announced plans for a double-blind peer-review model, with the possibility for authors to withhold their names and affiliations from reviewers. It is likely that an open, interactive peer-review process would be introduced to some of the Nature journals early next year.
Detailed dialogue was also held between all major stakeholders regarding the global economic downturn, the anticipated impact this will have on research funding over the next few years, and potential measures to counteract this slowdown.
Patient safety experts gathered for the Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality (CPSSQ) annual symposium last week. The CPSSQ is a partnership between Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London and comprises a highly specialised set of research groups, working together to improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare services.
Read the full review here.
Researchers are calling for improvements to the way early miscarriage is diagnosed following a new study published in the BMJ. Surgery and Cancer’s Professor Tom Bourne is PI for the Diagnosis of Miscarriage (DOM) study.
Watch the video and read the full article here.