Colleagues came together today for a lunchtime celebration marking International Women’s Day.
A chance to recognise the incredible women across our institute whose work drives research, collaboration and discovery every day.
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience
On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating some of the women across @medcambridge.bsky.social who are advancing research, improving patient care, and shaping the future of healthcare.
Read along to find out more: buff.ly/5RArf1F
@vpd-hlri.bsky.social #CITIID #PACE
@cuh.nhs.uk
@cam.ac.uk
☀️ 10 seconds of sun ☀️
The UK finally remembered how to do sunshine
A quick walk around the building at lunch today: blue skies, the pond full of ducks, and everyone suddenly eating outside again.
A great spot for lunch!
If this is a preview of summer, we’ll take it.
A simple, digital intervention involving mentally playing Tetris can help reduce PTSD for frontline healthcare workers, say scientists.
@charlottesummers.bsky.social from @vpd-hlri.bsky.social describes the treatment as "an exciting step forward”.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rjuNs2
#research 🧪
🧬 International Women & Girls in Science Day 🧪
At VPD-HLRI, we’re proud to support women at every stage of their careers.
Meet Jennifer Martin — PhD student, new mum, and haematology data scientist — inspiring the next generation of female scientists.
#WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM
🎥 Professor @andresfloto.bsky.social
on new funding from: @wellcometrust.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @novonordisk.bsky.social and how VPD-HLRI research is helping reshape antibiotic discovery in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Read more:
🔗 bit.ly/4rJy6c2
📣 The next VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar
📅 23 Feb
🕓 4pm
📍 Room 88/89, VPD-HLRI
#HLRI #CambridgeScience
A great turnout yesterday for our monthly seminar, hosted by @charlottesummers.bsky.social.
We looked back on what we’ve achieved over the past few years and shared our goals for the future.
Thank you to everyone who came along and contributed to such a thoughtful discussion.
Our new meta-analysis & Mendelian randomization study shows that substance misuse, particularly cocaine, amphetamines, and cannabis, are associated with increased risk of stroke. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @cambridgecardio.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social
📢 HLRI Monthly Seminar
Prof @charlottesummers.bsky.social will be speaking as part of this month’s seminar series (no external speaker).
🗓 Mon 26 Jan
🕓 4pm
📍 Room 88, HLRI
🧠 VPD-HLRI: A forward look
We hope to see you all there.
#HLRI #AcademicSeminar #ResearchLeadership
Many congratulations to @andresfloto.bsky.social and team for their success in the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social Novo Nordisk Foundation Grand Challenge for Innovations in Gram negative antibiotic discovery:
gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant/defini...
Great to host Prof Alex Rothman today for our Cardiovascular Seminar hosted at the VPD-HLRI 📸
🧠 Insights into SMURF1 inhibition and pulmonary arterial hypertension
👏 Thanks to Mark Toshner for the introduction.
@cambridgecardio.bsky.social
#Cardiology #PulmonaryHypertension #HLRI
New study co-led by Ziad Mallat @cam.ac.uk & Martha Hickey @unimelb.bsky.social awarded $10m (~£7.4m) to explore how menopause shapes heart health and launch the largest trial of its kind to detect early artery changes for prevention.
buff.ly/WcDljPY
@vpd-hlri.bsky.social
@thebhf.bsky.social
Fresh off her @naturemedicine.bsky.social paper.
@rouchelles.bsky.social talks balancing work and life, navigating academic cardiology as a woman, and why even top achievers face imposter syndrome.
Read more ⬇️
rdcu.be/eX8W3
@nihr.bsky.social
@royalpapworth.bsky.social
PAPER ALERT: The IVORY trial published in Nature Medicine last week: rdcu.be/eX8W3
@ziadmallat.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @royalpapworth.bsky.social @inserm.fr @parcc-inserm.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social @rouchelles.bsky.social @jc403.bsky.social
IVORY trial results published! 🫀
Early results show reduced artery inflammation and a trend towards fewer future heart events.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/targeting-the-immune-system-could-prevent-future-heart-attacks-clinical-trial-suggests
❄️ Frosty views at VPD-HLRI this morning.
Stay warm!
Happy New Year!
We are looking for a postdoc with computational expertise to join our group. Deadline for application is 13th January.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
#newjob #postdoc #vascularbiology #atherosclerosis #cellplasticitycontrol #functionalgenomics #cellheterogeneity
Are you an emerging clinical academic leader in respiratory medicine?
Come and join @vpd-hlri.bsky.social and @royalpapworth.bsky.social and build your career!
Get in touch if you’d like to discuss.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
🚨Wanted…emerging clinical academic leader in cardiology to join @vpd-hlri.bsky.social and @royalpapworth.bsky.social.
Get in touch if you’d like to discuss the role. We’d love to hear from you!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Talks and tours at the VPD–HLRI today.
Meet the team, hear the science, and see our state-of-the-art facilities up close.
🎄Now that it’s officially December, it’s time to show off our Christmas tree and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus Christmas tree! 🎄
Don't forget to join us today at 4pm for our Monthly seminar:
Children and young people faced higher and longer-lasting risks of rare heart complications after #COVID19 infection than after vaccination, say @vpd-hlri.bsky.social researchers.
Find out more about this study 👇
bit.ly/43BmUof 🧪
Out now!
A large scale study by CEU researchers has shown children & young people faced long-lasting & higher risks of rare heart & inflammatory complications after COVID-19 infection, compared to before or without an infection
👉 tinyurl.com/mpfv7vu3
@dphpc.bsky.social
@vpd-hlri.bsky.social
Today we say goodbye to one of our apprentices Kyle, who has been with us for the past 18 months. “I’ve really enjoyed my time at the VPD-HLRI and after completing my apprenticeship I’ve learned the skills to step into a new role.” Best of luck to him on his new adventure!
Another Friday tour of the VPD-HLRI.
Joined by members and fundraisers of the @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social
❤️ Today is #restarttheheartday
When was the last time you refreshed your CPR?
📣 The November edition of the VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar Series is here:
🗓 17 November 2025, 4pm
📍 VPD-HLRI, Room 88/89
Join us today for the VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar 🫀
📅 Mon 29 Sept, 4pm
📍 Room 88/89, VPD-HLRI, Cambridge
Speakers:
🔹 Steven Niederer – Building a digital heart
🔹 Tian Zhao – Immune modulation in atherosclerosis
Free & open to all!
#Cambridge #HeartResearch #HLRI
