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Imogen Napper

Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution

University of Plymouth news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later

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fish intestine organoid: long term culture of intestinal trout tissue shows
co-expression of ZO-1 (red), E-cadherin (green) and cell nuclei (blue)

Important development could reduce numbers of fish required in toxicology research

Scientists at the University of Plymouth, working in partnership with AstraZeneca, have developed a new method which could help assess the effects of chemicals on digestive systems

Celebrating the Holi festival 2018 

Holi festival 2018 in pictures

University of Plymouth: Drake's Place Gardens were a riot of colour as the Indian Student Network and friends from across the University celebrated Holi

Woman admiring stillness of the lake, courtesy of Shutterstock

University awarded £139k government funding to offer bespoke mental health and wellbeing support to postgraduate research students

Funding from HEFCE will help the University deliver a suite of online materials for training postgraduate research students to provide peer support

Marine

University scientists contribute to government’s Future of the Sea report

Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth, contributed to the Foresight Future of the Sea report, published by the Government Office for Science

Professor Iain Stewart

Ladybird book reveals the human stories behind one of the 20th-century's key science breakthroughs

The science and characters behind one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th-century feature in Plate Tectonics, part of the Ladybird Expert series and written by University of Plymouth academic and TV presenter, Professor Iain Stewart

Formation Zone's 10th anniversary celebration

Formation Zone celebrates 10 years of award-winning business incubation success

The Formation Zone business incubation centre celebrated its tenth anniversary with a reception in the Rolle marquee.

Derriford Research Facility

HRH The Princess Royal to open life-changing health and medical research facility

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is to officially open the University of Plymouth’s multimillion pound Derriford Research Facility

Mast House - Faculty Of Business

International project investigating access to employment and entrepreneurship to survey hundreds of southwest young people

Researchers from the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Business are leading part of a Europe-wide project aiming to encourage young people to consider becoming entrepreneurs.

medical students take notes during lecture. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

Government awards the University of Plymouth’s Medical School a further 58 per cent increase for 2019 numbers to train future doctors

More doctors of the future will be able to train at the University of Plymouth thanks to a government allocation of 55 additional places.

YSEIDC winners

Student engineers’ space station wows judges to win international design competition

Ajen Limbu, Elliot Tam and Jack Orme, final year Civil Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, have won the undergraduate section of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition

Turn your life around TYLA dental itnervention

Dental sessions helping to ‘turn lives around’

Students from Plymouth University Peninsula Dental School delivered a workshop at the TYLA (Turn Your Life Around) project at the Phoenix Centre in Honicknowle, Plymouth.