Researcher At University Of Bristol Bags Women In Cell Biology Early Career Medal 2025

Study In UK: Dr Helen Weavers the winner of the Women In Cell Biology Early Career Medal 2025 and her team focuses on molecular mechanisms of tissues and cells to recover from insult.

British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) has awarded Dr Helen Weavers, Associate Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Bristol with the Women in Cell Biology (WCIB) Early Career Medal 2025.

With the aim to develop new therapies for regenerative medicine, she and her team focus on the molecular mechanism of the tissues and cells to get over the insults. The team is using a wide range of cutting-edge approaches that integrate genetics, cell biology, genetic epidemiology, and omics with computational modelling.

While commenting on her award, Dr Weavers said, “I’m really touched to receive the BSCB WICB medal, especially as the BSCB Spring Meeting has been a highlight of my year since I was a postgraduate student. I’m thankful for all the support I’ve had from supervisors and colleagues over the years.”

About Dr Helen Weavers

"Dr Weavers completed her PhD with Helen Skaer, in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, on the morphogenesis of the Drosophila renal system. During her later post-doctoral research with Professors Paul Martin and Will Wood at the University of Bristol, she began to work on the mechanisms underlying cellular responses to damage. Integrating live imaging with genetics and computational approaches, Dr Weavers uncovered multiple aspects of immune cell biology, including the generation of immune cell ‘memory’ and the signalling underlying immune cell recruitment to injury," says the statement of Bristol University.

She was awarded a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship in 2018 to set up her independent research group. She is actively involved in public and patient engagement, mentoring and widening participation, and conference organization.

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Three professors of Bristol have been appointed to a panel which will be involved in shaping the UK's academic research. Prof Sarah Smith, Professor of Economics, Prof Philip Donoghue, Professor of Palaeobiology, and Prof Susan Harrow, Ashley Watkins Chair of French have all been appointed to this panel.

Prof Smith commented, “People are at the heart of excellent research – that’s why it’s so important to value the culture and environment that helps to nurture and sustain talent. I’m excited to take part in this pilot - to discuss and shape ideas, and to learn!”

Prof Donoghue said, “I’m pleased to have been appointed to work on the REF 2029 Pilot, testing and development of ‘People, Culture and Environment’. This proved to be an influential component of REF2021 and so it is important that that this aspect of the assessment of academic research is shaped carefully by those active in research.”

Prof Harrow said, “I’m delighted to have been appointed to work on the REF 2029 Pilot, testing and further developing the model for ‘People, Culture and Environment’, having served on the REF 2021 exercise as a panellist and as an Interdisciplinary Advisor in Modern Languages and Linguistics.

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