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Research Culture Week
ATPγS substantially defeats the biasing mechanism for kinesin steps
A geometrically informed permutation test for dependency in spatiotemporal patterns of protein species in microscopic images
Multiparametric Electrogram Feature Analysis for Ventricular Tachycardia Functional Extra-Stimulus Substrate Mapping
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Research Culture Week
Research Culture Week is coming!
We’re excited to invite all members of Warwick’s research community—researchers at every career stage, research students, technicians, professional services, research professionals to our first ever Research Culture Week, running 23–26 March.
Across four themed days, the programme brings together interactive sessions and workshops (online, in-person and hybrid) aligned with Warwick’s research culture commitments. Just a few of the sessions you can expect across the week are as follows.
🔹 Monday 23 March – Community & Connections
- Launch of Warwick’s Research Culture Roadmap - find out how we engaged the community in developing our institutional priorities and how you can continue to be engaged!
- Research Celebration Awards, recognising the invaluable contributions of our research community
🔹 Tuesday 24 March – Freedom to Grow & Explore
- Career stories: What can I do with a PhD?
- Research‑themed escape room: teamwork and leadership under pressure (note this is an exciting, games based session exploring the concept of research culture!)
- Workshops: Writing Repair Shed and Grant Writing for Success
🔹 Wednesday 25 March – Openness, Integrity & Responsibility
- Research integrity dilemmas: what would you do?
- Trusted Research and informed consent training (with a Taskmaster twist!)
- Research skills sessions with the Library
- ReproducibiliTea journal club
🔹 Thursday 26 March – Thriving on Difference
- Equality Impact Assessment training to support fairer, more inclusive practice
- A session exploring barriers faced by women in academia and sector-level approaches to change
- PATHWAY: Warwick’s pilot Positive Action programme addressing the underrepresentation of Black academics
Whether you’re seeking career development, collaboration, tools for responsible research, or ways to connect with colleagues, there’s something for everyone.
👉 Explore the full programme and sign up for sessions: Research Culture Week Schedule
We really hope to see you there!
Mechanochemistry of Molecular Motors and Cytoskeletal Filaments, a focused scientific meeting, 8-9 May 2026, University of Warwick
A focused scientific meeting on cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors - the cellular machinery that drives cell division, cell migration and the motility and correct distribution of organelles. The programme will include inspiring keynotes from Joe Howard and Kristen Verhey, and provide many speaking opportunities for postdocs and students. Further, we will celebrate the career of Rob Cross and his contributions to kinesin and tubulin biophysics as he transitions into life as Emeritus Professor. The event will also be available via Livestream.
ATPγS substantially defeats the biasing mechanism for kinesin steps
Kinesin molecular motors step directionally along microtubules inside cells, hauling molecular cargoes. This is fundamental to the way cells organise themselves and is crucially important, for example. for brain function. Karnawat et al use single molecule optical trapping to show that replacing kinesin's ATP chemical fuel with ATPγS, in which just one oxygen atom of ATP is replaced with a sulphur, still allows stepping but defeats most of its directional bias. Asking why reveals the mechanism of directional stepping in unprecedented detail.
Read the paper here.Link opens in a new window
A geometrically informed permutation test for dependency in spatiotemporal patterns of protein species in microscopic images
Colocalisation in microscopy is notoriously difficult to quantify. Here, we applied a new statistical method using the Earth mover's distance to analyse microscopy movies of microtubule-associated proteins moving inside cells. The work was done by Tom Honnor in Julia Brettschneider's group in Statistics in collaboration with the Royle lab in BMS.