The STEM Connect Team have launched some external webpages for the local community to see the progress of the Science and Engineering Precinct and other parts of the initiative.

A recent publication in Cell, leading by Prof. Jianfeng Feng, presents a comprehensive atlas of proteome-phenome associations (https://proteome-phenome-atlas.com/Link opens in a new window) by systematically mapping 2,920 plasma proteins to the presence and onset of 720 diseases and 986 health-related traits in 53,026 individuals. This atlas provides insights into shared and characteristic biological mechanisms among diseases. The proteomic profiles, coupled with machine learning, identify useful biomarkers and prediction models for multiple health conditions simultaneously. Through integrating protein quantitative trait locus (pQTL) data, this work also illustrates the use of the atlas for causal protein discovery and further drug target prioritization. The proteome-phenome atlas furnishes an extensive resource supporting future research in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases and advancing precision medicine.

See here https://statsupai.org/quarto_web/site/posts/S11_interview.html for a more detailed discussion on the article.

Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal, a Research Software Engineer at Imperial College London, is visiting the department this week. She is working with Heather Turner on updates to the R Development Guide (https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide), aimed at contributors to the open-source statistical software R. Mastodon links: @saranjeet@fosstodon.org, @heathrturnr@fosstodon.org

Reza Kashtiban has been conferred the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA/Advance HE)Link opens in a new window through the Academic and Professional Pathway for Experienced staff.

A seminal study led by Dr Evelina Liarou on the atomic-level imaging of polymers and their fundamentals, has just been published in JACS. bit.ly/41lcOqZ

'Communities within a Community - Life based on the Invisible' is a new artwork suspended above the lower ground floor of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building at The University of Warwick. The set of five canvases are the result of a collaboration between the sculptor Suse Stoisser and Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Wellington.

WMG, at The University of Warwick (UK), and Binghamton University (USA) have entered an agreement to explore collaboration in the fields of science, technology and education with the aim of fueling vital battery manufacturing capability in both countries. The new five-year memorandum of understanding sets the foundation to encourage the sharing of academic, scientific and cultural experiences between the two institutions, both pioneers in the battery field. 

Battery research and educational materials for training will be a key element of the collaboration, which will explore access to shared facilities and equipment to maximize the capabilities of both institutions.  

The Warwick team competed at the International Student Team Competition in Mathematics 2024, Katowice, Poland, winning several medals.

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).

Dieter Wolke's evidence is mentioned at several places on how prematurity creates inequality in developmental outcome and how to improve transition into school.