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Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the formation of tissues and organs. The seven-year project, led by Professor Steffen Scholpp, Cell and Developmental Biology, together with Professor Kyle Wedgwood, Computational Biology, will explore the role of cytonemes – long, thin cellular protrusions – in mediating signalling during development. Using a combination of advanced imaging, computational modelling, and cross-species approaches, the team will reveal…

Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, in collaboration with scientists of the University of Manchester, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the formation of tissues and organs. The seven-year project, led by Professor Steffen Scholpp working together with the co-applicants Professor Kyle Wedgwood, Professor Hilary Ashe and Dr Cerys Manning, will explore the role of cytonemes – long, thin cellular protrusions – in mediating signalling during development. Using a combination…

Climate change in Earth’s polar regions is emerging as an under-recognised driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue. A study by an international team of scientists led by Professor Gail Whiteman from the University of Exeter Business School presents a comprehensive framework mapping the complex connections between physical changes in the Arctic and Antarctic which could amplify climate impacts to human health worldwide. The researchers reviewed a wide range…

Schools Across the Ocean to be showcased at COP30 alongside Nature Poetry and Climate Cards Schools from the UK and Brazil are to team up on a collaborative learning programme focused on improving climate literacy and developing personal resilience and creativity. Twenty-five schools from each country will be twinned through the Schools Across the Ocean programme, uniting 5,000 pupils and some of academia’s leading authorities on the marine environment and climate change. Each transatlantic pairing will participate in…