This month saw the official opening of the newly refurbished Medicine laboratories and office by Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, with Professor Patrick Maxwell, Professor Sir Patrick Sissons and other key individuals in attendance. This is the first major refurbishment of the Department of Medicine for almost 30 years, recognising a remarkable increase in the size and […]

Last updated 28 June at 15:30 We recognise that there is a great deal of uncertainty around the referendum result that called for the UK to leave the European Union. I would like to reassure our staff and students that discussions are already underway with senior figures in Government, higher education and other stakeholders to […]

Dr Christopher Douse (Dept of Medicine)  has been awarded a BBSRC Future Leader Fellowship to continue research to understand the structure and gene silencing mechanism of TASOR, part of the newly discovered Human Silencing Hub (HUSH). Working with Dr Yorgo Modis and in collaboration with Professor Paul Lehner’s laboratory, he will be examining molecular details […]

Research funders join forces to tackle Zika virus with £3.2m   The MRC, the Newton Fund and the Wellcome Trust have joined forces to tackle the global threat posed by the Zika virus. Following the Zika Rapid Response Initiative launched by the MRC in February, which saw £1m of funding made available through the Government’s […]

The Wellcome Trust-Cambridge Center for Global Health Research  supports researchers working in public health and tropical medicine to develop their careers, and foster interchange between institutions in the UK and those based in low- and middle-income countries. The center works in close collaboration with The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and its overseas academic partners  to […]