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1. Conservation breakthrough

   Drones could contribute to saving endangered chimpanzees

2. Computer scientists trial rapid information system at Merseyrail stations

   Merseyrail staff will be the first in the country to have delay updates in the palm of their hand.

3. Register to attend the Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference

   All staff are invited to attend the Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference 2023, taking place in December.

4. Staff Infobase (Oracle E-Business Suite) is being upgraded

   Staff Infobase (Oracle E-Business Suite) is being upgraded over the Easter weekend. The upgraded system will be available by 8am on Tuesday 6th April. The upgrade will move the system to the latest version of the software, ensuring that it remains up-to-date and continues to effectively support the University's business.

5. Menopause cafe to mark World Menopause Day

   Join us on Wednesday 18 October as we mark World Menopause Day and host our final staff cafe of the year.

6. Welcome to the new football culture!

   Get Your Kits Out Festival led by Liverpool fashion academic

7. Tyrannosaurus or Hadrosaur: How well can AI identify dinosaur footprints?

   Artificial intelligence comes out on top in machine v human challenge to identify fossil dinosaur tracks

8. Funding boost to progress mass finishing technologies

   A £330,000 funding boost will help researchers at Liverpool John Moores University progress their work on pioneering improvements in mass finishing technologies, the use of which is expanding rapidly across a range of sectors including aerospace, autosports, automotive, pharmaceutical, medical device, tool making and general engineering.

9. James Webb telescope sees most distant galaxy

   Dr Renske Smit at LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute part of team analysing James Webb Space Telescope images

10. A study of the chimpanzee precursor of HIV-1 could lead to a better AIDS vaccine

    Liverpool John Moores University has been part of an international research team, led by Professor Beatrice Hahn and colleagues at the Perelman School of Medicine, who have been studying the origin of HIV-1 in non-human primates for decades.