@wli225

BHF Senior Fellow @University of Cambridge. Studying BMP signalling and vascular Biology. Co-founder: Morphogen-IX

 Cambridge, England
Joined September 2015
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Humbled to be on the BHF Heart Hero 2024 judging panel, hearing amazing stories of BHF supporters and heart heroes, CPR heroes and BHF research story of the year.
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The first of our highlighted researchers is @wli225, a @TheBHF Senior Fellow who is working to translate insights gained from vascular biology into new therapies for patients with diseases such as PAH.
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Congratulations to our BHF-funded PhD student Karolina for receiving Young Investigator Awards at the 15th International HHT conference! @curehht @HLRI_Cambridge @TheBHF @Cambridgecardio
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Looking forward to the 10th BHF Fellows Meeting in Coventry with a great representation from @HLRI_Cambridge @GroupXuan @wli225 @AnaVujic5 @hfj22
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I am looking for an enthusiastic and driven PDRA to carry out exciting BHF-funded research on cellular plasticity in atherosclerosis. Closes this week. jobs.ac.uk/job/DIL012/post-d… paulevanslab.com/
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Cambridge professor says government must invest in science - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clll…

Cambridge professor says government must invest in science

Investment is vital to "improve the health and wealth" of the UK, a leading Cambridge scientist says.

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Sustainable investment in science is vital to "improve the health and wealth of the nation", @charlot_summers tells the BBC. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clll… – at East, England

Cambridge professor says government must invest in science

Investment is vital to "improve the health and wealth" of the UK, a leading Cambridge scientist says.

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A collaborative study from @VidalPuig group + multiple global institutions provides an unprecedented unbiased ranking of murine dietary models & their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (#MASLD). nature.com/articles/s42255-0…

An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunct...

Nature Metabolism - The LITMUS consortium provides a resource of rodent MASLD models benchmarked against metabolic, histologic and transcriptomic features that are relevant for human MASLD. The...

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University gets £5m to fund heart disease research bbc.com/news/articles/c511g7…

British Heart Foundation gives Cambridge University £5m

British Heart Foundation says the funding recognises the "incredible research" at Cambridge.

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We’ve awarded £35 million to nine universities across the UK to support heart and circulatory diseases research. The funding will help the universities to attract the brightest talent, power cutting-edge science and unlock lifesaving discoveries. bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-f…

BHF awards £35 million funding to top UK universities

The BHF has awarded £35 million funding to nine universities, helping to strengthen world-leading cardiovascular disease research in the UK.

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We are delighted that @Cambridge_Uni @Cambridgecardio have been awarded renewed funding as an @TheBHF Centre of Research Excellence!
British Heart Foundation
@TheBHF24 May 2024
We’ve awarded £35 million to nine universities across the UK to support heart and circulatory diseases research. The funding will help the universities to attract the brightest talent, power cutting-edge science and unlock lifesaving discoveries. bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-f…

BHF awards £35 million funding to top UK universities

The BHF has awarded £35 million funding to nine universities, helping to strengthen world-leading cardiovascular disease research in the UK.

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New GCN2 #pulmonaryhypertension paper from the lab @GiuliEman @jessy_z1020 @wli225 @NickMorrell15 @Prof_Marciniak #ISRliterature @TheCIMR @RoyalPapworth academic.oup.com/hmg/advance…

Functional validation of EIF2AK4 (GCN2) missense variants associated with pulmonary arterial...

Abstract. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disorder with a large genetic component. Biallelic mutations of EIF2AK4, which encodes the kinase GCN2

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Our new mini-review on BMP Signalling in PAH is out 👇 doi.org/10.1042/BST20231547 #BMPR2, #PAH,#Sotatercept @PPPublishing, @HLRI_Cambridge, @Cambridgecardio
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Enjoyed your discussion!
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Brilliant to be on the panel at the @TheBHF event ‘Epigenetics: Beyond Nature v Nurture?’ hosted by @JamesTGallagher in London this evening.
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TOMORROW: Dr Christopher Rhodes, @ImperialNHLI & Prof Angela Wood, @HLRI_Cambridge, join us for the @HLRI_Cambridge monthly seminar series: 📅Weds 24 April ⏰4-5pm 📍Ground Floor, VPD-Heart & Lung Research Institute
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Want to help us improve cardiovascular & lung health for populations & people across the world? We’re looking for a new team member for a role that is vital to our mission. If you’re a ‘can-do’ dynamic Building Services Manager, we want to hear from you! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46158/
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This evening, it was my (slightly terrified) honour to give the after dinner speech at the @CATO_Cambridge Annual Symposium Dinner, so I thought I’d try and summarise the general gist of my advice for clinical academic colleagues here….
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An excellent postdoctoral opportunity to join @sapkota_mrcppu to work on WNT signalling and colorectal cancer. We are looking for someone with a with a strong background in cell and molecular biology. To apply: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGS778/postdo… @mrcppu @UoDLifeSciences @dundeeuni
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APF is happy to announce the investment in 2 research fellows! Dr @KevinBinLiu1 from @imperialcollege & Dr @Jennydickens41 from @Cambridge_Uni have been awarded £600k to further unravel the genetics of PF, which'll help to identify new & better treatments: bit.ly/3PKLKuP
An infographic explaining that less than 2% of public funding is invested into respiratory research.

ALT An infographic explaining that less than 2% of public funding is invested into respiratory research.

An image of Dr Bin (Kevin) Liu with a quote: 'My research focuses on the role that scaffold proteins play in the development and progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). I hope that insights gained during my fellowship will have the potential to shed new light on the complex biological processes that become altered in people with PF and to identify new treatments.’

ALT An image of Dr Bin (Kevin) Liu with a quote: 'My research focuses on the role that scaffold proteins play in the development and progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). I hope that insights gained during my fellowship will have the potential to shed new light on the complex biological processes that become altered in people with PF and to identify new treatments.’

An image of Dr Jenny Dickens with the quote: ‘This funding will be transformational for my research career, providing a springboard to establish a large research programme aiming to understand the triggers of pulmonary fibrosis and develop new treatments.’

ALT An image of Dr Jenny Dickens with the quote: ‘This funding will be transformational for my research career, providing a springboard to establish a large research programme aiming to understand the triggers of pulmonary fibrosis and develop new treatments.’

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