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Read more at: Student recognised for tackling antimicrobial resistance
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Student recognised for tackling antimicrobial resistance

8 August 2025

Felicity Crawshay-Williams (a final-year PhD student in the Department of Medicine) was presented with a PhD Student Award by the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research for her work tackling antimicrobial resistance.

Read more at: New treatment could reduce brain damage from stroke, study in mice shows
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New treatment could reduce brain damage from stroke, study in mice shows

31 July 2025

Professor Thomas Krieg and colleagues have developed and tested a new drug in mice that has the potential to reduce damage to the brain when blood flow is restored following a stroke.

Read more at: The Raymond C Read and Lillian J Gostick PhD Studentship: A legacy richly interwoven with education and scholarship
Professor Charlotte Summers, Director of the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, and Dr Jennifer Read

The Raymond C Read and Lillian J Gostick PhD Studentship: A legacy richly interwoven with education and scholarship

17 July 2025

VPD-HLRI and Selwyn College are delighted to announce the establishment of a newly endowed PhD studentship, The Raymond C. Read and Lillian J. Gostick PhD Studentship, which will focus on epidemiology, public health, global health, or infectious disease research.

Read more at: Professor Ziad Mallat receives the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases
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Professor Ziad Mallat receives the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases

16 July 2025

Professor Ziad Mallat, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Department of Medicine and the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute, has been awarded this year’s Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases .

Read more at: At the heart of life-changing science: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute 3rd Anniversary
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At the heart of life-changing science: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute 3rd Anniversary

15 July 2025

Read more at: Professor Clare Bryant awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for zoonotic infection research
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Professor Clare Bryant awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for zoonotic infection research

11 July 2025

Professor Bryant receives European Research Council funding alongside Wellcome Trust Discovery Award and BSI Outstanding Leadership Award for her pioneering work on innate immunity and host inflammatory responses.

Read more at: Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou awarded the UK Barrett's Oesophagus Registry Prize for his research in upper GI cancers
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Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou awarded the UK Barrett's Oesophagus Registry Prize for his research in upper GI cancers

7 July 2025

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology and Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge, has been awarded this year's UK Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG).

Read more at: New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition affecting the immune system
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New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition affecting the immune system

27 June 2025

Mary Catchpole from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment, which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder, Activated PI3-kinase Delta Syndrome (APDS). Hear from Mary's consultant Dr Anita Chandra at Addenbrooke's and Prof Sergey Nejentsev who led the...

Read more at: PACE researchers receive NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding for healthcare technology
Virginia Newcombe

PACE researchers receive NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding for healthcare technology

26 June 2025

Two cutting-edge medical technologies from Dr Virginia Newcombe and Dr Laura Watson (in collaboration with Dr Alasdair Jubb) at Addenbrooke's are among 35 awarded a share of £3m NIHR funding to tackle brain injury.

Read more at: The hidden role of gut fungi in neurodegenerative diseases
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The hidden role of gut fungi in neurodegenerative diseases

26 June 2025

Immunologist Virginia Pedicord and co-workers will use their Global Grant for Gut Health to explore how fungal components of the gut microbiome may play a role in the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia.

Researchers in the news

Sharon Peacock (PACE) appeared on the Naked Scientists Titans of Science podcast talking about her work on whole genome sequencing of pathogens such as MRSA and SARS CoV-2, and studies of antimicrobial resistance.

Mike Weekes (ImID) spoke to the Independent about the risks of warmer temperatures and altered rainfall patterns caused by climate change leading to a spread of tropical diseases to Europe and the UK.

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