Lauren Woolley

It's that time again where I plug my favourite sci-comm event of the year! Please come along and hear about some cool science @TheBedfordPub! Tickets are only £5 and you get to learn exciting new things with access to a bar - it's like school but SO much better

Great to see some of our PhD students at the Unit taking part in Pint Of Science this year! These events are always brilliant and a great opportunity to share research with the general public.

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Today is the start of @SustainableUCL's #28DaysOfSustainability! Get involved with some of their wonderful events or challenge yourself to make your own sustainable choices for the next four weeks. We will be offering plant-based milk options at our Wellbeing coffee mornings!

I had a great time writing our second profile in this series. Mark is an invaluable member of staff at the Prion Unit, his protein production skills help so many different projects to happen!

Join @SustainableUCL for #28DaysOfSustainability - a four-week programme about community climate action to make #ChangePossible! From a Climate AI Hack competition to Fairtrade pancakes - Find all the details here: bit.ly/UCL28Days2022

Really enjoyed putting together this first piece in our new series looking at all the different roles in a research institute. Science requires a huge range of talented people to work together, not just in the lab but outside as well!

2.7 Å cryo-EM structure of ex vivo RML prion fibrils | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are delighted that the Institute of Prion Diseases has been granted a Bronze Athena SWAN award. Engaging with the Athena SWAN process has served to focus our thinking on how we will ensure we do not disadvantage anyone in achieving a successful academic career @Athena_SWAN

Week 2 of our festive bake-off this morning organised by our wonderful wellbeing team! Staff have switched out protocols for recipes with great results. Today’s theme: The 12 days of Christmas 🎄🧁

Lovely to see exciting results being made accessible to the general public. COVID has definitely highlighted the need for easy-to-understand scientific sources to increase public trust in scientists.

Have you seen our new lay articles yet? Our most recent one from Dr Benilova and Dr Reilly is now on our website! They describe the work they did in their 2020 @PNAS paper showing that infectious prions are not directly neurotoxic: ucl.ac.uk/prion/news/202…

For #CJDawarenessday here are some of the most common myths about the disease

HUGE congratulations to Dr @BiochEmJones for her PhD defence today. We wish her all the best in her new position with @PeterJCullen1 @BristolBiochem

@richardwaites @UniOfYork @lizziehill35 @BiologyatYork Thank you! It would be great to have some more York Alumni with us to reminisce with

If you're interested in joining us for a PhD do come along! I'm on year 2 out of 4 on this exciting programme and really recommend it for anyone who is looking for a highly interdisciplinary project in a very welcoming institute.

Have you seen our new website yet? Check it out here: ucl.ac.uk/prion/

Had my first day tutoring with @BrilliantClub today. Pupils so engaged and had some great discussions about prion diseases. Looking forward to the next session!