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« Back to NewsSamira Lakhal-Littleton appointed Associate Professor in Cell Physiology
7 April 2021
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The post is in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Brasenose College.
MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship awarded to Samira Lakhal-Littleton
27 October 2020
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Congratulations are in order for Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton, who has been awarded a Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship by the Medical Research Council to further her lab's work exploring the implications of the cardiac hepcidin/ferroportin axis for the management of iron deficiency in heart failure.
Assumptions on fetal iron development during pregnancy challenged
18 June 2020
Lakhal-Littleton Group News Publication Research
A key hormone in the fetal liver has been found for the first time to play a critical role in determining iron endowment in the newborn baby. Up until now, widely held notions made in comparison to how the adult liver controls iron in the body have led to a common focus on how maternal iron status and function of the placenta determines a baby's iron status. A new study from the Lakhal-Littleton group reveals a more autonomous process takes place within the fetus than previously understood.
Samira Lakhal-Littleton to give prestigious Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture
18 June 2020
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The annual Prize Lecture from The Physiological Society will provide an opportunity to highlight the importance of the Lakhal-Littleton lab's work into iron control in systems physiology.
Critical link revealed between iron deficiency and a serious cardiovascular condition
3 June 2019
Cardiac Theme Lakhal-Littleton Group News Publication Research
A new discovery from the Lakhal-Littleton Group on how iron deficiency affects the vasculature of the lung could hold the key to improving treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Samira Lakhal-Littleton elected to the International Biolron Society's Board of Directors
28 May 2019
Awards and Honours EDI News Lakhal-Littleton Group News
Congratulations are in order to Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton on her election to a major international organisation dedicated to advancing our understanding of the role of iron in biology and medicine.
DPAG Researchers bring perfectly pitched talks to Pint of Science 2019
24 May 2019
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DPAG sponsored a hit "Our Body" night for Pint of Science 2019 with well received talks from Prof Ana Domingos and Prof Samira Lakhal-Littleton.