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Queen Mary celebrates its graduation ceremonies in China and launches new alumni chapters

Nearly 700 students graduated from Queen Mary’s joint programme with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) on Monday 19 June, with an alumni chapter launch event for Beijing held on Saturday 17 June.

DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals

A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our understanding of how the process goes wrong in type 2 diabetes. 

Queen Mary academic awarded in King’s Birthday Honours List

Queen Mary University of London Professor of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Professor John Pasi, has been awarded an MBE in The King’s Birthday Honours List 2023.

Sending money back home: what happens when people are squeezed at both ends?

On International Day of Family Remittances, as migrants around the world grapple with the rising cost-of-living, a new report points to lessons learned from the pandemic about what underpins remittances through crises.

Queen Mary to develop wireless technology to beam down solar power from space

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has been awarded £960,000 from the UK government to investigate wireless technology for spaced-based solar power (SBSP).  

Launch of new Violence Reduction Academy to help tackle interpersonal violence in London

Queen Mary University of London have partnered with the NHS London Violence Reduction Programme to launch the Violence Reduction Academy (VRA). 

Festival of Communities draws crowd of 7,000

Approximately 7,000 people attended this year’s Festival of Communities, which ran from Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 June. 

Jumping genes which can lead to rare syndrome in children identified

A new family of DNA elements which control the activation of certain genes to cause a rare disease known as 'MSL3 syndrome’ in children has been identified. 

Cause and cure discovered for common type of high blood pressure

Clinicians at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital have identified a gene variant that causes a common type of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a way to cure it, new research published today in Nature Genetics shows. 

Skin cancer rewires its energy systems to spread more efficiently

Melanoma skin cancer cells radically rewire their internal power systems to drive their spread to other parts of the body, a new study shows.  

New book unearths the untold stories of the African contribution to the UK HIV response

The lived experiences of Black African women living with HIV have for the first time been brought together in a new book.     

“Gene-ius fish: diving into human mental health with zebrafish” at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition

Studies in zebrafish which could give insight into the neurobiology underlying mental health disorders and addiction in humans are going on show at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition from July 4^th – 9^th, 8am-6pm.

Scientists discover air quality monitoring stations are collecting urgently needed biodiversity data

An international team of researchers has discovered that thousands of ambient air quality monitoring stations around the world are unwittingly recording more than just atmospheric pollutants and dust: they are also likely collecting biodiversity data in the form of environmental DNA (eDNA). 

Social media posts can be used to track individuals’ income and economic inequalities

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London analysed 2.6 million posts on popular social media network Nextdoor and accurately predicted individuals’ income by solely examining the posts they’ve published.

Young people with nerve damage from nitrous oxide use are most likely to be Asian men 

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London speculate that social factors and genetic susceptibility may contribute to the predominance

Professor Janet De Wilde joins expert panel on transnational education

Professor Janet De Wilde, Director of the Queen Mary Academy, has been appointed chair of a new European University Association (EUA) transnational education thematic peer group. 

New book by Dr Jonathan Kennedy is BBC Radio 4’s Book Of The Week

Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History, a new book that explores the role of germs in shaping humanity, will be serialised and broadcast each weekday morning on BBC Radio 4 at 9.45am from today (Monday 29^th May).

From small to large: a study of gravitational waves using scattering amplitudes of subatomic particles

Queen Mary Professor Gabriele Travaglini was recently awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and has written the following article for the Leverhulme Trust Newsletter.

Inaugural Research and Innovation awards recognise world-class research at Queen Mary

Queen Mary’s Research and Innovation Awards recognise the excellent people and teams that make creative, dynamic and world-class research and innovation possible at Queen Mary.

Queen Mary joins Leading Health Organisations' Call for the Health Secretary to Release Commercial Baby Food & Drink Guidelines

Action on Sugar, the expert group based at Queen Mary University of London, along with 16 NGOs are calling for the Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, to release the much-awaited Commercial Baby Food and Drink Guidelines, as data shows the main contributor of sugars in infants, aged four to nine months, is coming from shop brought baby foods – in particular fruit-based and cereal-based foods.

Queen Mary academic’s new book reveals practical strategies for empowering learners in the classroom

A newly published book by Mark Heffernan, Teaching Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, reveals insightful practical steps and activities that will take teachers on the journey from covert to overt teaching.

New research identifies which cells in horses’ tendons are affected by ageing, leading to injury

A group of researchers including Queen Mary Professor Hazel Screen have been exploring what causes tendon damage in horses and have discovered that a particular region of the tendon called the interfascicular matrix (IFM) seems to be the source of ageing changes. As horse and human tendons are similar, these significant findings can now help us understand the cell populations that drive tendon injury in humans to identify and test new treatments.

Queen Mary University of London and QinetiQ secure funding for future innovations in wireless technology

A joint research proposal by Queen Mary University of London and QinetiQ for the future development of electromagnetic materials has been awarded £2.6 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Queen Mary announce Professors Mark Bradley and Maik Pietzner to join the Precision Health University Research Institute

The arrival of Professor Maik Pietzner as the new Chair for Health Data Modelling, shows that Queen Mary’s new Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) continues to attract top academic talent from around the world. 

Scientists urge crackdown on methane emissions with only 13% regulated

New research from Queen Mary University of London shows that only around 13% of global methane emissions are regulated, despite methane emissions causing at least 25% of current global warming.

Restaurants and takeaway companies are drowning our food in salt and failing to meet the voluntary salt reduction targets as new research by Action on Salt, the expert research group based at Queen Mary University of London, reveals half of all pizzas sold in the UK provide a days’ worth (or more) of salt per pizza.

Festival of Communities returns after record-breaking year

The annual Festival of Communities provides two action-packed days of fun for people of all ages, showcasing exciting research and offering lots of entertainment in a celebration of East London.

Striking a balance: Researchers urge Ukraine Government to weigh long-term implications of secret patents post-war

Newly published research paper ‘The War in Ukraine Raises Questions About Patents for Secret Inventions’ calls for the Ukraine Government to consider the long-term implications of keeping patented inventions secret once the conflict ends.

Ovarian cancer's protective barrier: how the tumour matrix teaches cells to disarm immune attack

A structure surrounding ovarian cancer trains cells called macrophages to protect the tumour from immune attack, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. 
The work uncovers tactics that the tumour uses to disarm the immune system and points towards potential therapeutic strategies to overcome the cancer’s defences and treat patients more effectively.

Ethnic minority patients yearn for warmth from health care professionals, research finds

Developing better connections between ethnic minority patients and health care professionals could drive more positive health care experience for ethnic minority patients, researchers have found.