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Professor Sian Taylor-Phillips to co-lead cutting edge trial to detect Breast Cancer using AI
The EDITH trial (‘Early Detection using Information Technology in Health’) is backed by £11 million of government support via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). It is the latest example of how British scientists are transforming cancer care, building on the promising potential of cutting-edge innovations to tackle one of the UK’s biggest killers. Read the full news item here.
Professor Lisa Dikomitis to join WMS as Director of Warwick Applied Health
We're delighted to announce that Professor Lisa Dikomitis will be joining us as Director of Warwick Applied Health from 1 May 2025. Currently based at Kent and Medway Medical School, Prof Dikomitis is an anthropologist whose research encompasses global health, migration and refugee studies, health services research and medical education.
Warwick Medical School shares in £10 million project to identify individual cancer risk
Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving Warwick Medical School.
The eduWOSM: a benchtop advanced microscope for education and research
To improve access to advanced optical microscopy in educational and resource-limited settings, researchers in Warwick’s Centre for Mechanochemical Cell BiologyLink opens in a new window have developed the eduWOSM (educational Warwick Open Source Microscope), an open hardware platform for transmitted-light and epifluorescence imaging in up to 4 colours, including single molecule imaging. Read the paper hereLink opens in a new window.
YouTube channelLink opens in a new window - Video explaining what the eduWOSM is, what it can do, and how to use it.
New study explores co-operation between motor proteins dynein and KIF1C
A groundbreaking study sheds light on the collaboration between dynein and KIF1C, two essential motor proteins responsible for transporting cellular cargo in opposite directions. Dynein, which moves towards the cell body, is linked to conditions like Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, while KIF1C, which carries cargo towards the cell periphery, is associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia and spastic ataxia.
World leading research from Warwick Medical School recognised in New Year Honours list
World-leading research from Warwick Medical School (WMS) has been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours List.
Professor Gavin Perkins, Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School since August 2023, has been awarded an MBE for services to Resuscitation Science. There is also an MBE for Professor of Obstetrics Siobhan Quenby for services to obstetrics research.
Leading UK study aiming to improve outcomes for patients with potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms has successfully completed recruitment
A leading UK study aiming to improve outcomes for patients with potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) has successfully completed recruitment at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust.
Warwick Medical students take health checks into the community
For the last few months Warwick Medical School students have been offering health checks to staff, students and members of the community from their base at the University of Warwick Sports Centre. This includes height, weight, blood sugar and blood pressure checks. 200 service users have passed through the doors of 11 clinics.
Engineering stress as a motivation for filamentous virus morphology
An image representing the work of Dr Nicole Robb et al made the cover of Biophysical Reports!
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I-WOTCH research study selected as NIHR evidence piece
The I-WOTCH research study, which was conducted at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, has been featured as an evidence piece by the NIHR (National Institue for Health and Care Research).
Transforming Obesity Care: New Study Explores Digital Based Weight Management Support
A new study from Warwick Medical School is looking at how an app and remote consultations could help the NHS support people living with obesity.
Warwick and Monash University develop online Quality Improvement in Healthcare course
The University of Warwick and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia have collaborated to create a brand new online course designed to improve access to quality healthcare around the world.
Warwick Medical School announced member of Consortium to tackle inequalities in maternity care
Warwick Medical School has been announced as a member of a new national Consortium to tackle inequalities in maternity care.
Prof Kirstie Haywood appointed Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture)
Professor Kirstie Haywood from Warwick Medical School has been appointed as the University of Warwick's Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture). Kirstie will work with the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Caroline Meyer, to lead the research culture agenda both internally and externally via the National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC).
MB ChB student runs surgical training day for her peers
A final year Warwick medical student has organised and run a very successful surgical skills day for her peers.
Wellcome Bioimaging Award - A Multi-modal Imaging Platform Using Light-Sheet and Photostable Probes for Quantitative Cell and Tissue-Scale Biology
Satyajit Mayor, Mohan Balasubramanian and Masanori Mishima along with a group in the USA (Abhishek Kumar at Marine Biological laboratories- MBL- WoodsHole) have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Bioimaging Award.
In Phase 1 of this project, feasibility, proof-of-principle, and ease of use of the prototype light-sheet system with three detection modalities using existing and new fluorescent proteins will be established. In Phase 2, we explore a breadth of biological questions through investigation of model membranes, cultured cells (yeast, mammalian), and animal models (nematode, fly, fish). Our ultimate goal is to develop transformative imaging technology including optics and probes for widespread use by quantitative cell biologists everywhere.
Study finds bone injections don’t improve survival over IV in cardiac arrest treatment
Administrating life-saving drugs for cardiac arrest directly into the bone does not improve survival rates compared to the standard intravenous (IV) method according to new research from Warwick Medical School in partnership with NHS Ambulance Services.
National Medical Director of NHS England visits Warwick Medical School
Professor Sir Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, recently visited Warwick Medical School to learn more about what we do within the School and the University’s Health Innovation activities.
University of Warwick receives positive Ofsted report for degree apprenticeships
The University of Warwick has been rated as ‘Good’ in a recent Ofsted report that focuses on its degree apprenticeships provided by departments including Warwick Medical School.
EnteroBase in 2025: exploring the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens
This paper presents an update on the content, accessibility and analytical tools of the EnteroBase platform for web-based pathogen genome analysis. EnteroBase provides manually curated databases of genome sequence data and associated metadata from currently >1.1 million bacterial isolates, more recently including Streptococcus spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in addition to Salmonella, Escherichia/Shigella, Clostridioides,Vibrio,Helicobacter,Yersinia and Moraxella.
A temperature-induced metabolic shift in the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica
The Photorhabdus bacterial genus contains both human and insect pathogens, and most of these species cannot grow in higher temperatures. However, Photorhabdus asymbiotica, which infects both humans and insects, can grow in higher temperatures and undergoes metabolic adaptations at a temperature of 37°C compared to that of insect body temperature. Therefore, it is important to examine how this bacterial species can metabolically adapt to survive in higher temperatures. In this paper, using a mathematical model, we have examined the metabolic shift that takes place when the bacteria switch from growth conditions in 28°C to 37°C. We show that P. asymbiotica potentially experiences predicted temperature-induced metabolic adaptations at 37°C predominantly clustered within the nucleotide metabolism pathway. Such information is important to understand how bacterial pathogens adapt to human infection. Read the paper hereLink opens in a new window.
Novel real-time automation of combined frequency and low voltage substrate mapping to guide ablation for Brugada syndrome: a case report
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited cardiac condition that increases the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular arrhythmias. Catheter ablation has been shown to effectively reduce recurrent ventricular fibrillation (VF) episodes through targeting of abnormal electrograms predominantly located within the anterior surface of the right ventricular outflow tract. Signal frequency mapping is an emerging concept that provides further definition of pathological ventricular substrate.
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MB ChB student essay showcased by British Journal of Surgery Academy
An essay by a second year Warwick MB ChB student has been showcased by the British Journal of Surgery Academy as part of an online competition.
Genome wide analysis revealed conserved domains involved in the effector discrimination of bacterial type VI secretion system
Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) inject protein effectors directly into the cytoplasm of target cells. The T6SS is important for activities as diverse as bacterial pathogenicity, symbiosis, and inter-bacterial competition. Nevertheless, questions remain as to how the so many diverse toxins can be selected for injection by the T6SS. This study presents a searchable online database of all examples of a specific critical component of all T6SS, VgrG. This protein is a “spike” that allows the system to puncture host membranes and deliver the effector. An additional “adapter” protein is required to link the effector to the VgrG. Our database allowed us to determine six domain families encoded within vgrG loci important in the selection process. This work should facilitate other researchers in the field to better understand what effector proteins they use and how they are selected by the T6SS. Read the paper here.Link opens in a new window
Policy Brief - Dr Katy Stokes, graduate of the MRC DTP programme
Congratulations to Dr Katy Stokes, a graduate of the MRC DTP programme, who recently published a policy brief with Baroness Natalie Bennett urging the responsible use of biocides in consumer goods.
This briefingLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window will accompany the introduction of a Consumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill in the House of Lords, which focuses on safeguarding public health and the environment. To achieve this Katy undertook an internship with the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BASC)’s Parliamentary Internship Programme.