Tag Archives: University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool: New training facility opens at Daresbury Laboratory giving hands-on experience to trainee medical physicists

LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new training facility has opened at Daresbury Laboratory, aimed at giving University of Liverpool trainee medical physicists hands-on experience of medical scanners. The new Medical Training and Research Laboratory (MTRL) will house a SPECT/CT scanner that will … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool lecturer raised more than £5,000 for research project run at Liverpool Women’s Hospital

LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Jonathan Hogg, senior lecturer in the History Department, has raised more than £5,000 for a research project run at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. In 2014 Jonathan’s son, Arlo Dutton Hogg, was stillborn at full term. … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool researchers use latest technologies to identify the genes responsible for glaucoma

LIVERPOOL, 16-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University of Liverpool are using the latest technologies to identify the genes reponsible for glaucoma. The research, co-funded by Fight for Sight and The International Glaucoma Association, aims to uncover what role … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool scientists found that outbreaks of plague in Madagascar are linked to naturally occurring climate event in the tropical Pacific

LIVERPOOL, 20-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that outbreaks of plague in Madagascar are linked to a naturally occurring climate event in the tropical Pacific. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an ocean-atmosphere … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool launched new course “Understanding Northern Ireland” at its campus in London

LONDON, 22-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University’s has launched a new course, Understanding Northern Ireland, at its campus in London. The new intensive one-day course explains the historical background to the conflict in Northern Ireland within the wider British-Irish and international … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool study recommends investing in dog owner education and facilities to target physical inactivity and obesity

LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A study from the University of Liverpool has recommended investing in dog owner education and facilities as a strategy to target physical inactivity and problems such as obesity in both people and their pets. In a review … Read the full press release

Universities of Liverpool and Manchester in partnership with Chester Zoo carried out first comprehensive study of captive black rhino reproduction in Europe

LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The first comprehensive study of captive black rhino reproduction in Europe highlights how hormone analysis could improve the success of breeding programmes. Researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, in partnership with Chester Zoo, carried out … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool research demonstrates the effectiveness of fibre-based dietary ingredient that makes people feel less hungry and consume less food

LIVERPOOL, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the University of Liverpool have demonstrated the effectiveness of a fibre-based dietary ingredient that makes people feel less hungry and consume less food. Hunger is a major barrier to successful weight control and consumers need … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool lecturer Christine Ball wins LawWorks Pro Bono Award for Hillsborough inquest work

LIVERPOOL, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A lecturer who put together and supervised a team of students to assist lawyers at the fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough, has won a prestigious award for her work. Christine … Read the full press release

Trinity College Dublin and University of Liverpool partner to facilitate student mobility programmes between both universities and with University of Liverpool’s partner institution in China

DUBLIN, 11-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Trinity College Dublin and the University of Liverpool, have agreed a strategic partnership that will facilitate student mobility programmes between both universities as well as with the University of Liverpool’s partner institution in China, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool awarded £2M to build DNA synthesis facility

The new laboratory will utilise expertise that already exists in the University’s Centre for Genomic Research and Institute of Integrative Biology Liverpool,  7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £2M to build a state-of-the-art DNA synthesis … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool’s Dr Alex Scott-Samuel released study on Margaret Thatcher’s government policies impacts on the health of Britain

Liverpool, UK, 13-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A public health expert from the University of Liverpool has published a study analysing the impacts of Margaret Thatcher’s government policies on the health of Britain. Dr Alex Scott-Samuel and colleagues from the Universities of Durham, … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool researchers and Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group awarded £9M to tackle health inequalities and chronic disease interventions

The collaboration will address issues of health inequalities through improvements in public health and chronic disease interventions 15-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University of Liverpool in partnership with the Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have been awarded £9 million, as part … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool: fish oils could minimise effects junk food can have on the brain

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimise the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown. The team at the … Read the full press release