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Illuminating research

26 March 2018

Cardiff University project celebrated in UK’s top 60 patents

LIPID MAPS advisory board

Direction of global LIPID research being set at Cardiff meeting

21 March 2018

LIPID MAPS Lipidomic Gateway is now managed from Cardiff University, by a consortium including Professor Valerie O’Donnell.

Lewis Oliva

University competitors ready for Commonwealth Games

20 March 2018

Students, alumni and staff aim for glory at Gold Coast 2018

First step in development of pill-based vaccines

12 March 2018

Cardiff scientists create world’s first synthetic, non-biologic vaccine 

Brain Games volunteers hold welcome sign

Brain Games is back (Sunday 18th March, 11:00 – 16:00)

9 March 2018

Learn about the weird and wonderful properties of your brain (Sunday 18th March, 11:00 – 16:00)

Leila Thomas

Netball squad features students and member of staff

6 March 2018

Students, staff and alumni will represent Wales at Commonwealth Games

Engineering work

New funding for ASTUTE project

26 February 2018

ASTUTE 2020 awarded £8m to help Welsh manufacturers gain access to world-class university expertise

Genes

Genetics researchers close in on schizophrenia

26 February 2018

50 new gene regions that increase risk of developing schizophrenia

Siladitya Bhattacharya

New Head of School of Medicine

26 February 2018

Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya appointed Head of School of Medicine

Fibrosis

Preventing fibrosis

9 February 2018

New discovery could lead to prevention of organ damage in chronic disease

Survey on Public Attitude to Death and Dying in Wales

Survey launched on public attitude to death and dying in Wales

2 February 2018

A team of researchers from the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre want to know what people think and how they feel about death and dying.

Artist's impression of pancreatic cancer

Inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer

1 February 2018

Researchers use respiratory virus to attack pancreatic cancer

Potential new treatment for advanced cancers

Potential new treatment for advanced cancers

25 January 2018

New potential therapy identified for aggressive breast cancer

Coral Kennerley

Students picked for Wales team at Commonwealth Games

24 January 2018

Wales athletes attending Cardiff University set sights on glory at Gold Coast 2018

Peter Ghazal

Project Sepsis

23 January 2018

Professor Peter Ghazal joins University to lead sepsis research

Painting of Pendeen Cliffs by Ria Poole

Pop-up Art Exhibition at Cardiff University’s Cochrane building

11 December 2017

Celebrated art of Dr Ria Poole demonstrates some of the hidden creative talent in the University’s research community

Artist's impression of a blood clot

New family of lipids plays key role in clot formation

28 November 2017

New lipids discovery could reduce deaths from stroke and heart attack

Prof Jiafu Ji

CCMRC Alumnus wins prestigious British Council Alumni Award

27 November 2017

Cardiff alumnus recognised by British Council

Image of the outside of Sir Geraint Evans Building

The Sir Geraint Evans Cardiovascular Research Building

24 November 2017

Sir Geraint Evans’ legacy lives on as University research unit extends its remit to cardiovascular disease

Artist's impression of T-cells attacking cancer

Improved method of engineering T-cells to attack cancer

17 November 2017

Genome editing enhances T-cells for cancer immunotherapy