An event aimed at helping address fast fashion and its knock-on effects in the areas of labour law and environmental law will take place on Thursday 17 November between 10 am and 3pm. Organised by Queen Mary’s Legal Advice Centre, the event is open to all – members of the public as well as staff and students.
A photo by Queen Mary University of London postgraduate student Christina Gkantsinikoudi and lead researcher Dr Neil Dufton has been named as joint runner up in the British Heart Foundation’s Reflection of Research image competition.
A new study co-led by Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Claudia Langenberg, newly appointed Director of the Precision Healthcare University Research Institute, undertaken in her prior roles at the Berlin Institute of Health at the Charité (BIH) and University of Cambridge, and Professor Adam Butterworth at the University of Cambridge, has discovered more than 300 regions in the genome that contribute to a person’s ‘chemical fingerprint`.
Research by Dr Philippa Williams and Dr Lipika Kamra looks at how ‘big tech’ like Meta-owned WhatsApp affects the ways that privacy is designed, regulated, discussed and experienced – by everyone from ordinary people to national governments.
A new drug called Baxdrostat has been shown to significantly reduce high blood pressure (hypertension) in patients who may not respond to current treatments for the condition, according to results from a phase II trial led jointly by a Queen Mary University of London researcher and colleagues at CinCor Pharma, USA.
CAISE aims to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to become scientists and engineers.
Climate scientists and activists, Heads of State, minsters and CEOs have gathered at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC (COP27) in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, as the window for climate change action narrows further.
Queen Mary University of London’s engagement and expertise will be out in force at Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, as world leaders, non-government organisations and activists gather for the UN Climate Conference known as COP27.
Queen Mary University of London has appointed 12 Cultural Advocacy Fellows to help make the case for Government support of the arts and cultural heritage sectors, as new research highlights their importance to public life in the capital, following Friday's devastating funding cuts for some of the city's beloved institutions.
A collaborative study in Nature Genetics has led to largest and most comprehensive analysis of the entire genomic landscape of the most common type of blood cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), as part of Queen Mary's 100,000 Genome Project.
The report and draft legislation are the result of the Electronic Trade Documents project carried out by The Law Commission of England and Wales for the UK Government.
Policymakers must help the creative sector to recover from the long-term impacts of Covid-19, according to newly published research on how the pandemic affected individual artists and the wider cultural economy.
An event aimed at addressing the future of community health and spotlighting insights and priorities from local young adults will take place at the Octagon on Monday 14 November from 4 to 6 p.m.
More than a quarter of senior professionals from working-class backgrounds have been singled out in the workplace for their accent, according to new research by Queen Mary’s professor of linguistics Devyani Sharma.
Ahead of COP27, researchers are calling for the “massive” carbon footprint of the world’s armed forces to be measured and managed, in an article published today by prestigious journal Nature.
The Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) has launched a Cancer Toolkit to GP practices across North East London. It includes a clinical template, patient record searches, a data dashboard and a new Cancer Diagnosis Audit Tool. Together, the resources will support GP practice teams to address inequalities and deliver timely cancer diagnosis and care for everyone who needs it.
Dr Butland joins us from BEIS/UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) where she has previously led on work in BEIS to negotiate the UK research budget.
Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behaviour has been shown in an insect, adding to mounting evidence that bees may experience positive ‘feelings’.
Professor Victoria Bird, a researcher at Queen Mary University of London (Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry), has been awarded a £7m grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to develop a new Global Health Research Centre with partners across Latin America.
Cleveland Clinic London has begun training final year medical students from Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry in an education collaboration that will help train the next generation of medical professionals.
Associate professor in law Dr Hedi Viterbo has won prestigious international prizes for his latest book, which explores how the Israeli state and its critics shape and weaponise the categories of child versus adult.
Frances Balkwill, Irene Leigh and Claudia Langenberg have been named in research.com’s top 100 female scientists in the UK.
Queen Mary alumnus Mentesnot Mengesha was honoured at BBC Radio London’s Make A Difference Awards for his efforts to help support low-income families in his local Newham.
Located at 10 Godward Square, E1 4FZ, Queen Mary’s Peter Landin Building may seem like your average 1970s style building and home to computer science students, research labs and offices. But do you know the complex history of the person who the building is named after?
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London are part of a consortium of nineteen partners that will aid personalised healthcare by using virtual copies of objects.
Certification from The British Standards Institute (BSI) and the Eco-Campus Platinum award confirm the University’s commitment to sustainability.
Queen Mary academics and representatives from two East London councils came together to discuss tackling place-based health inequalities in the local community.
The UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) 2022 has seen Queen Mary win the category of University of the Year.
Exploring the theme of ‘Breakthroughs’, this year's festival asks what we can imagine, rediscover, and celebrate through humanities research.
Barts Health NHS Trust have received £20.9 million in funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), providing a major boost to their plans to tackle health inequalities and deliver pioneering, innovative healthcare to the people of east London and beyond.