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1. Updates from the Research Engagement Team September 2023

   Details of new workshops, guidance and templates to help researchers across LJMU.

2. Policy updates

   Recent updates to policies

3. Prehistoric predators kept large animals in check and shaped ecosystem

   Our prehistoric ancestors may have had large carnivores – giant lions, saber-tooth cats, bears and hyenas up to twice the size of their modern relatives – to thank for an abundance and diversity of plants and wildlife.

4. Complete the privacy and security survey by 12 December

   To better understand how much we all know about data protection matters, a short staff survey has been put together.

5. Could fishermen hold the key to conservation of ocean species?

   A LIFELINE for the worlds seas could lie at the bottom of a fishermans net, according to marine biologists.

6. First DNA study of ancient Eastern Arabians reveals malaria adaptation

   Paper in Cell Genomics starts to tell story of life and population of Bahrain

7. DNA-study shows the Guanches originated from North Africa

   The aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, commonly known as the Guanches, originated from North Africa. A team of international researchers has now confirmed.

8. Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades

   World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022

9. £1.2m win for LJMU as Science and Technology Facilities Council supports cutting edge research at ARI

   The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) has won a £1.2m grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), to support cutting-edge research at Liverpool John Moores University

10. Study shows impact on emotional reactions

    Researchers from LJMU and the University of Liverpool have conducted a study examining the effect ecstasy has on different parts of the brain.