In this piece originally published in The Conversation, Lydia Becker Institute Director Professor Tracy Hussell breaks down the science behind this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine. She explains how three scientists, Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow, and Fred Ramsdell,...
Vaccines have long been one of the most effective tools for protecting global health. But today, that trust is being tested.The Becker's Deputy Eco-immunology Branch Lead Professor Sheena Cruickshank and Professor Christina Pagel from University College London have a...
The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre based at The Universities of Manchester and Oxford will turn the...
Dr Matthew Sinton from the Lydia Becker Institute at The University of Manchester has been named as one of the prestigious Rising Stars for IUIS 2025, an honour awarded by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).Matthew's selection follows a rigorous...
Becker PhD student Iashia Mulholland from our Wellcome Trust Immunomatrix in Complex Disease Programme recently attended a Careers Fair at her former school Great Moor Junior School based in Stockport.The event was aimed at children in Years 5 and 6. Iashia spoke with...
The Becker's Eco-immunology branch, in collaboration with Sustainable Futures, MERI and The University of Edinburgh, has produced a journal article for Discovery Immunology on the urgent need for an 'EcoHealth' approach to help understand the challenges posed by...
A chance meeting on the Isle of May between Becker Eco-immunology Branch Lead Professor Kathryn Else and Dr Rowan Bancroft from The University of Manchester, Dr Iris Mair from The University of Edinburgh, and artist Alice Angus resulted in conversations about drawing,...
On October 3rd Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham visited the Kale Street site of the Ardwick Green Route, created by Ardwick Climate Action in partnership with the local community and researchers from the Lydia Becker Institute at the University of Manchester.The green...
Dr Juan Quintana from the Lydia Becker Institute has been awarded an 8-year Career Development Award from the Wellcome Trust worth £2.4 million to conduct cutting-edge research on the role B cells play in controlling circadian behavior and sleep during chronic...
Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Worboys who received the 'FBMH Research Staff of the Year Award 2024' at this year's University of Manchester Research Staff Excellence Awards. Jonathan received the award for his ground-breaking research on how receptors on the surface...
