VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute
University of Cambridge research institute aiming to improve cardiovascular and lung health for everyone, no matter where they live.
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- 📣 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.
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- 📢 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
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- 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
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- 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!
- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research InstituteHappy 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
- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research InstituteAre 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...
- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute🚨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:
- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research InstituteChildren 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 🧪
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- 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
- Fantastic to play our part in this year’s Cambridge Alumni Festival - welcoming visitors for talks and tours of the VPD-HLRI. @charlottesummers.bsky.social @lukeflower.bsky.social
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- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI! ⏳ Closing September 16th. ✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org Initial examples of research projects below 👇
- From deadly venom to potential cures 🧪 Prof Glenn King is this months guest at the VPD-HLRI for the @cambridgecardio.bsky.social monthly seminar.
- 🔧 We’re hiring! Join our team at the University of Cambridge as a Purchasing and Facilities Technician, supporting cutting-edge research at the Heart and Lung Research Institute. 📍 Cambridge | 💼 Full-time | 📅 Apply by 18 August 🔗 cam.ac.uk/jobs/purchasing-and-facilities-technician-rc46756
- 🎉 Congrats to Prof. Ziad Mallat! winner of the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for his groundbreaking work in cardiovascular immunology — a top international honour in circulatory disease research. @medcambridge.bsky.social Read more ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/40XaxkJ
- Don’t forget about the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social have their Summer picnic until 3pm today. Everyone is welcome!
- We have some new junior staff members joining us this week. Mainly working in the wet lab but can be seen near the benches during lunch. They are shy so please keep your distance!
- Today we celebrate #RedforResearch day! Thanks all for taking part ❤️
- Today we celebrate #RedforResearch day! Thanks all for taking part ❤️
- We are back! Join us at 4pm on Monday 30th for the VPD–HLRI Monthly Seminar Series at the VPD–HLRI (Room 88/89, Ground Floor) - No booking needed! Can't make it in person? Stream it live or watch it back via our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/@HLRI_Cambri... @medcambridge.bsky.social
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- 🌈This Pride Month, we sat down with @lukeflower.bsky.social proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, to hear his story. At the VPD-HLRI, we’re proud to celebrate voices like Luke’s and to stand for inclusion, visibility, and equality every day of the year. 🏳️🌈 #PrideMonth #Pride2025
- 🌍 Today is World Environment Day - a moment to reflect on how we care for our planet and each other. 👉 Watch the video and let me know what sustainable actions you’re most proud of at your workplace. #WorldEnvironmentDay #Sustainability #GreenResearch
- We were delighted to host the @cambridgecardio.bsky.social monthly talk with guest speaker Norbert Weissmann from @jlugiessen.bsky.social discussing: Tobacco smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension & lung emphysema.
- Reposted by VPD Heart & Lung Research InstituteWatch Immunologist Prof @clarebryant.bsky.social from the University of Cambridge discuss what becoming a new Academy Fellow means to her. Congratulations, Clare! 🎉 #AcademyFellows #VeterinaryMedicine
- Big news! Prof @clarebryant.bsky.social has just been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 🎉 @acmedsci.bsky.social
- Big news! Prof @clarebryant.bsky.social has just been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 🎉 @acmedsci.bsky.social
- Kicking off the @atscommunity.bsky.social conference with some great news! Congratulations on the award @lukeflower.bsky.social and enjoy representing us in San Francisco! #ATS2025
- VPD-HLRI hosting Paul Bristow the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor today, to get to know leaders across the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social
- Following an article from @thebhf.bsky.social about the £5 blood test that improves risk prediction for heart attacks and strokes, we caught up with the lead analysis behind the idea. @cambridgecardio.bsky.social
- 🎥 Happening today! Join us at 4pm for the VPD–HLRI Monthly Seminar Series. Talks from David Arnold & Scott Ritchie on pleural infection and cardiovascular disease risk prediction. Can’t make it? Watch live on our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/Rf31zSB... @medcambridge.bsky.social
- It’s Administrative professionals day! This lunchtime we celebrate our team with tea and cake. #administrativeprofessionalsday
- We are delighted by this further donation to @vpd-hlri.bsky.social, which will help us deliver on our mission to improve cardiovascular and lung health for everyone, no matter where they live! @royalpapworth.bsky.social @cuhpartners.bsky.social @cuhnhs.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
- Please do take a look to see how @vpd-hlri.bsky.social’s @andresfloto.bsky.social, co-director of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine, is using AI to improve health. www.cam.ac.uk/opinion-ai-a...
- 🌍 For #WorldHealthDay, we’re prioritising well-being at VPD-HLRI! Free yoga every Tues & Wed for everyone on the biomedical campus. 🧘♂️💙 Watch the team in action: 📽️ @medcambridge.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social #YogaForHealth #WorkplaceWellbeing #HLRI
- 🚨 We're hiring! A Building Services Supervisor at the VPD-HLRI. Be part of maintaining world-class facilities! 🔗 [https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4194042316] #JobOpportunity #BuildingServices #Hiring #CambridgeUniversity @uniofcam.bsky.social
- 🎥 Highlights from yesterday's VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar! Great talks by Prof. Jason Gill from @uofglasgow.bsky.social and our very own Prof. Murray Clarke. Thanks to our speakers and attendees! #HLRI #MetabolicHealth #VascularInflammation @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @murrayclarkelab.bsky.social
- Congrats to our very own Dr. Nicholas Evans on winning the 2025 Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching! We caught up with him to hear his reaction and find out how he plans to use the £1,000 reward. @uniofcam.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social #Pilkingtonprize #StrokeMedicine #MedEd
- Longer term post-hospital morbidity and mortality following admission with Covid-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. publications.ersnet.org/content/erjo... @charlottesummers.bsky.social @mark-toshner.bsky.social @lukeflower.bsky.social
- We are delighted to host Clare Bryant and her team @vpd-hlri.bsky.social as they further our understanding of the host response to infection. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/clar...
- Women in Science are changing the world! Meet the inspirational women at the #HLRI who are leading the way in science and innovation. #IWD2025 #WomeninSTEM #internationalwomensday
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- @lukeflower.bsky.social, a PhD student @vpd-hlri.bsky.social & @selwyn1882.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social, has received the Kathleen Ferguson Award from @assocanaes.bsky.social in recognition of his sustained contribution to improving understanding of the healthcare of transgender patients 👏👏
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