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Our 'Facility Fridays' Seminar series aims to showcase the range of facilities and technical support available to researchers in the School of Biological Sciences and provide a platform for the excellent people working hard to support School research.

These 30 minute lunchtime workshops feature paired talks from Facility Managers and  Biological Sciences Researchers who will detail the opportunites available at each Facility and outline a short research story made possible through engagement with the Facility.

These events are held online at 12 midday on the last Friday of the month, and are open to all members of the School.

Previous Events

Friday 25 February 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Speakers:

  • Dima Chirgadze, Cryo-EM Facility Manager
  • Shikang Liang, Postdoc, Department of Biochemistry

Friday 25 March 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Bioinformatics Training

Speakers:

  • Matt Castle, Head of Bioinformatics Training Facility
  • Matthias Landgraf, Department of Zoology

Friday 29 April 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Biophysics

Speakers:

  • Katherine Stott, Biophysics Facility Manager
  • Luay Joudeh, Postdoc, Department of Biochemistry

Friday 27 May 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Biotomography

Speakers:

  • Keturah Smithson, CT Scan Technician
  • Kate Criswell, Research Associate, Department of Zoology

Friday 24 June 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Flow Cytometry

Speakers:

  • Joana Cerveira, Flow Cytometry Facility Manager
  • Pedro Cunha, PhD Student, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Friday 29 July 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

X-Ray Crystallography

Speakers:

  • Paul Brear, X-Ray Crystallography Manager
  • Sheikh Arif, Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry

Friday 30 September 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

DNA Sequencing @ Biochemistry

Speakers:

  • Shilo Titus, Sequencing Facility Manager
  • Helena Webb, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry

Friday 28 October 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Fly Facility @ Genetics

Speakers:

  • Simon Collier, Fly Facility Manager
  • Carlos Luque, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics

Friday 25 November, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Small Animal Imaging @ Anne McLaren Building

Speakers:

  • Ferdia Gallagher, Professor of Translational Imaging
  • Josh Kaggie, MRI Physicist, Department of Radiology
  • Nisha Kuzhuppilly Ramakrishnan, PET-CT Lead, University of Cambridge

Friday 9 December 2022, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Core Scientific Facilities Development Project Update

Speaker:

  • Simon Carpenter, Scientific Research Facilities Strategic Lead

Friday 27 January 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

New Microscopy Technologies @ Cambridge Advanced Imaging Centre

Speakers:

  • Leila Muresan, EPSRC Research Software Engineer Fellow
  • Martin Lenz, Senior Research Associate

Friday 24 February 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Centre for Proteomics @ Biochemistry

Speakers:

  • Mike Deery, Facility Manager
  • Thomas Krueger, Research Associate

Friday 31 March 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory @ Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Speakers:

  • Steve Sawiak, Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory Manager and MRI physicist
  • Clara Velazquez Sanchez, Research Associate

Friday 30 June 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Barcroft Centre for fundamental and applied research in large animals

Speakers:

  • Matt Nolan, Facility Manager
  • Dino Giussani, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Friday 29 September 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Bioscience Technology Platforms Development Project - Update 

Speakers:

  • Simon Carpenter,  Scientific Research Facilities Strategic Lead


Friday 27 October 2023, 12:00 - 12:30, Zoom

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) Facility

Speaker:

  • Daniel Nietlispach, Facility Manager
  • Helen Mott, Associate Professor