On 14th February, Newcastle University hosted a half-day Chemical Biology Workshop, in conjunction with the Babraham Institute in Cambridge.
The workshop featured two guest speakers from the Babraham: Dr Maria Christophorou who spoke about protein citrullination, and Dr Jonathan Clark who spoke about the chemistry of tendon collagen.
The other speakers included: Prof Paula Salgado (Professor of Structural Microbiology, Newcastle University); Dr Will Stanley (Associate Principal Scientist; Iksuda Therapeutics); Dr Jem Stach (Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University); and, Dr Katherine Duncan (Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University).
Thanks to the CONNECT fund, a Flexible Talent and Mobility award (FTMA) from UKRI’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), which supported this opportunity for knowledge exchange activity between Newcastle and Babraham, including a great lunch to enable delegates to network beforehand.
The Newcastle University project lead for this award, Professor Andrew Filby said, “This workshop was a great example of how the BBSRC FTMA has allowed us to catalyse meaningful interactions between our two institutions focused very much on common interests where we have different but highly complimentary skills. We look forward to the outcomes from this workshop.”
The first Chemical Biology workshop was held in 2022 and has since become a biannual event organised by Newcastle University’s Special Interest Group for Chemical Biology.
For more information about the Newcastle’s Special Interest Group for Chemical Biology, please contact: Prof Neil Perkins (neil.perkins@ncl.ac.uk), Prof Akane Kawamura (akane.kawamura@newcastle.ac.uk), Prof Paula Salgado (paula.salgado@newcastle.ac.uk), Dr Jon Sellers (jon.sellars@newcastle.ac.uk), and/or Prof Wyatt Yue (wyatt.yue@newcastle.ac.uk).