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Most Popular Stories this week The Pandemic Institute partners with Aviva to fund vital COVID-19 recovery researchUniversity launches UK first Research Technical Professional Career PathwayEan Flanders photography exhibition opens at VG&MProfessor Andy Cooper receives Royal Society Professorship to develop mobile robotic chemistNew digital tools use climate data to tackle infectious disease outbreaks
Twitter Retweet on Twitter University of Liverpool News Retweeted Today is #WorldCancerDay and an opportunity for us to reflect on a busy year for cancer research for #TeamLivUni scientists, who continue to work on prevention, screening, diagnostics & therapeutics for the benefit of cancer patients. Read more here: https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/02/03/world-cancer-day-a-year-in-research/ Retweet on Twitter University of Liverpool News Retweeted In a UK first, we've launched a new Research Technical Professional Career Pathway. Technical & research support staff are essential to UK research & innovation, and this scheme aims to improve the career pathways of colleagues in these roles. https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/02/03/university-launches-uk-first-research-technical-professional-career-pathway/ A new digital tool will use climate data to help better predict and prepare for infectious disease outbreaks in the Horn of Africa. Funded by @wellcometrust, the project is led by @LivUni_IVES with partners from Italy, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda & Somalia. https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/02/03/new-digital-tools-use-climate-data-to-tackle-infectious-disease-outbreaks/ Matching medication to DNA leads to 30% fewer side effects, says major international study with Liverpool as the UK trial site. Read more, inc recommendations for patient 'DNA medication pass' here: https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/02/03/matching-medication-to-dna-leads-to-30-fewer-side-effects/ "For the sake of fur coats this is a risk we don’t want to take." @LivUni_IVES Professor Matthew Baylis warns that the combined circumstances of a widespread bird flu outbreak and non-biosecure mink farms present a clear danger. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/avian-flu-jumping-mammals-experts-fear-humans-will-next/