News and Events

Wolfson Foundation grant supports biological cell imaging at Sheffield

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:43:00 +0000

The University of Sheffield is delighted to receive a grant of £200,000 from the Wolfson Foundation towards the expansion of the Wolfson Light Microscopy Facility.

Scientists awarded funding to investigate causes of age-related hearing loss

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:18:00 +0000

A newly funded study could lead to a better understanding of why people lose their hearing with age and has the potential to help develop new therapies to prevent or repair age-related hearing loss.

Guest lectures from Covance give biomedical science students a fascinating insight into drug discovery

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:22:00 +0100

Last week we welcomed leading drug development organisation, Covance Laboratories to the Department of Biomedical Science to deliver a double lecture on drug discovery to our second year students.

Biomedical scientist receives £1.1m to help combat typhoid

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:34:00 +0100

Biomedical Science researcher Dr Daniel Humphreys has been awarded a £1.1m Future Leader Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to combat multidrug-resistant typhoid and chronic carriage in humans.

Scientists prove low cost arthritis drug can be used to effectively treat blood cancer sufferers

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:11:00 +0100

A simple arthritis drug could be an effective, low cost solution to treat patients with blood cancers such as polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET), a breakthrough study by the University of Sheffield has shown.

Typhoid toxin accelerates cell aging to enhance killer infection, study reveals

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:42:00 +0100

Scientists have revealed how the typhoid toxin works to hijack DNA repair machines and accelerate the aging of cells, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new strategies to combat the killer disease.

Biomedical Science student scoops £2,000 prize for outstanding performance

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:49:00 +0100

First year BSc Biomedical Science Student Grace Mccaffery has been awarded £2,000 in recognition of her outstanding performance at level one this academic year.

Inspirational teacher awarded National Fellowship for outstanding impact of teaching and support

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:07:00 +0100

Professor Katherine Linehan has been honoured with a national awards in recognition of her work to transform student and academic learning.

MSc Human Anatomy with Education students achieve Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:14:00 +0100

Congratulations to our MSc Human Anatomy with Education students who have been successful in achieving their Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) - the professional accreditation required of Higher Education practitioners in the UK.

Departmental Green Impact Team scoop gold at annual awards ceremony

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:42:00 +0100

The Biomedical Science Green Impact team are celebrating after taking home two awards at last week’s annual presentation. In addition to a gold team award, Aimee Paskins from the group also took home the Environmental Hero award.

Biomedical Science Student Staff Committee voted the best in Annual Academic Awards 2019

Wed, 22 May 2019 11:12:00 +0100

Biomedical Science staff and students are celebrating the success of their Student Staff Committee at the recent Sheffield Academic Awards.

Spin-out company secures £1.4 million to develop hearing loss treatment

Tue, 21 May 2019 12:39:00 +0100

A company based on pioneering stem cell research at the University of Sheffield has secured £1.4 million in venture capital funding to develop treatments for deafness.

The 7th CMIAD Retreat

Fri, 03 May 2019 15:52:00 +0100

The 7th annual CMIAD retreat was held at the Diamond on Thursday 18 April 2019. As usual we had a great day of scientific interaction and discussion.

Students celebrate at annual society ball

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:38:00 +0100

The annual BMS SOC ball returned last month, seeing almost 300 Biomedical Science undergraduate students from across years one, two and three celebrating at the glitzy event in Sheffield City Centre.

Biomedical Science student awarded summer studentship researching animal alternatives

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:47:00 +0100

Current BSc Biomedical Science student, Rachele Bacchetti has been awarded a summer studentship with The Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME).

Students showcase cutting-edge research at annual PhD poster event

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:53:00 +0000

Students from across biology, chemistry, physics, maths and psychology at the University of Sheffield shared the latest research with visitors to the annual Science Graduate School Showcase.

University of Sheffield laboratories open to the public for Discovery Night

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:42:00 +0000

The University of Sheffield opened up its laboratories and lecture theatres to the public last week for the annual Discovery Night as part of British Science Week.

Spending a Year in Industry - 2019 placements

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:20:00 +0000

This year, our students have already secured placement roles at organisations including RB, Renishaw, AstraZeneca and GSK. We caught up with some of them to find out what they're most looking forward to about their placement, why they chose to spend a year working in industry, and the support they received during their placement hunt.

New compound could help treat ovarian cancer

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:27:00 +0000

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a compound that could be more effective in treating certain cancers than standard chemotherapy.

Connecting neural networks: Nervous-system-on-Chip Technology

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:55:00 +0000

The groups of Anestis Tsakiridis and Peter Andrews (Centre for Stem Cell Biology, Biomedical Science Department) are part of a network of 7 partner universities that has been awarded an EU grant of almost €7 million. The project (CONNECT: “Connecting neural networks: Nervous-system-on-Chip Technology”) brings together a wide range of research disciplines aiming to develop a new type of organs-on-a-chip (OoC) for modelling Parkinson’s disease.