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"History of Rome" by Quintus Fabius Pictor, introduced by Tim Cornell (University of Manchester)

Come and immerse yourself in this musical journey—bring your friends, family, and love for live performance!

Commoners' is Cambridge's most loved comedy club, showcasing the best comedians from across the UK and landing them straight into your lap. Hosted by our very own Ali Warwood, Commoners' has hosted some of the UK and World's best talent including Ania Magliano, Jordan Brookes, Sophie Duker, Ivo Graham and Lou Sanders.

Join us for an exciting panel discussion featuring trailblazers who are driving AI research and its application in diverse fields.

Applications are invited for a fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Dr Arwen Altenburg starting October 2025.

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules play an essential role in alerting immune cells to cellular changes in infected and cancer cells. They do this by presenting peptides derived from pathogen and tumour proteins to immune cells. To evade immune detection, viruses have evolved strategies to manipulate MHC class I or other proteins in the antigen processing and pathway. Our research explores the MHC class I pathway in virus infections to enhance our understanding of MHC class I biology and virus-host interactions. Through the characterisation of these dynamics, we aim to enable future innovation of vaccines and therapeutics.

For more information please see here: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/graduate/fully-funded-studentships

Funding* will cover the student's stipend at the current Research Council rate and University Fees. The studentship will be funded for four years from October 2025.

The studentships are available to students who qualify for UK Home fees. Please check for eligibility details; https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance/fees/what-my-fee-status.

Applicants should hold (or expect to obtain) the equivalent of a UK 2.1 or higher in an undergraduate honours or Masters degree in a relevant subject. The studentship is open to those eligible for the Home rate of University fees.

All applications should be made online via the University's Applicant Portal; https://apply.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applicant/login?dswid=6631 for a PhD in Pathology (BLPA22). Applications should include academic transcripts, CV, statement of purpose and 2 references. An application is only complete when all supporting documents, including the 2 academic references, are submitted. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their referees submit their references before the closing date (2nd March 2025). Please also explain your motivation why you wish to pursue a PhD in this area, outline your research interests and background, and describe the qualities and experience you will bring to the role.

Please quote reference PK44971 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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The Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement, formerly the Vice-Chancellor's Award, are held annually to recognise exceptional achievement, innovation, and creativity in developing research engagement and impact plans with significant economic, social, and cultural potential. Awarded in three categories, the winners for 2024 are:

Established Academic

Winner: Professor Sander van der Linden (Department of Psychology, School of Biological Sciences and Churchill College) and his team at the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab (Team application)

Project: A Psychological Vaccine Against Misinformation

Professor Sander van der Linden and team have developed a novel approach to countering the spread of harmful misinformation. This ‘psychological vaccine’ resulted in award winning public impact tools that have shown millions of people how to spot fake news online. These games have been adopted by the World Health Organisation, United Nations, UK Government and Google and led to key policy changes in the EU Digital Services Act.

Early Career Researcher

Winner: Dr Gabriel Okello (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, School of Technology)

Project: Applying multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches to tackle air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities

The project catalysed Uganda’s first-ever Air Quality Standards, advancing policy and public health. It drove transformative growth in the e-mobility sector and battery-swapping stations. The Clean Air Network was established as a multi-regional community of practice for air quality management across Africa. The platform now provides real-time air quality data enabling evidence-based decision-making in Uganda and eight other African countries.

Collolaboration Award

Winner: 

Lead: Prof Paul Fletcher (Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, Clare College), Dr Dervila Glynn (Cambridge Neuroscience IRC), Dominic Matthews (Ninja Theory Ltd), Sharon Gilfoyle (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust)

Project: Representing psychosis in video games: Communicating clinical science and tackling stigma

This work draws together expertise in video game design and clinical neuroscience, with lived experience of mental illness to co-produce two award-winning video games vividly conveying the nature of altered experience of reality in a character with psychosis. Within conversations around mental health, psychosis is neglected and highly stigmatised.

In creating a powerful character and telling her story through gameplay, the project has enabled sensitive and thoughtful conversations about psychosis, and mental illness in general. It has had a measurably positive impact on stigma.

Find out more about the winning projects and meet our runners-up here: www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/cambridge-awards-2024. 

From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across the University of Cambridge were honoured at the Cambridge Awards yesterday (Monday 3rd February) afternoon.

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From experience chairing governors of south-east London primary and secondary schools, and working with The Open University, Sir Simon Hughes considers what can be learnt across England and beyond from two universities he knows well, London South Bank University and Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Cambridge Association for Local History and Mill Road History Society present a full day conference investigating the working life and communities of Mill Road and the East Cambridge area with 6 speakers and an exhibition of historical photos and research.

Solomon tells the story of Simeon Solomon, a Queer Jewish Pre-Raphaelite painter.

Somatic evolution of the immune response to chronic inflammation and liver cancer progression through single-cell multiomics

Applications are invited for a fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Dr Heather Machado starting October 2025.

Our body's immune system is one of the most powerful tools in the fight against cancer. An improved understanding of how the adaptive immune system evolves in the context of cancer, including the effects of chronic inflammation and the phenotypic changes from premalignancy to cancer progression, could lead to improved cancer outcomes. However, these immune dynamics are difficult to study directly in humans due to longitudinal sampling constraints. To overcome these obstacles, this project will apply state-of-the-art lineage tracing techniques and single-cell multiomics to track CD8+ T cell dynamics in an inflammatory premalignancy and the resulting liver cancer.

For more information please see here: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/graduate/fully-funded-studentships

Funding* will cover the student's stipend at the current Research Council rate and University Fees. The studentship will be funded for four years from October 2025.

The studentships are available to students who qualify for UK Home fees.

Please check for eligibility details; https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance/fees/what-my-fee-status.

Applicants should hold (or expect to obtain) the equivalent of a UK 2.1 or higher in an undergraduate honours or Masters degree in a relevant subject. The studentship is open to those eligible for the Home rate of University fees.

All applications should be made online via the University's Applicant Portal for a PhD in Pathology (BLPA22). Applications should include academic transcripts, CV, statement of purpose and 2 references. An application is only complete when all supporting documents, including the 2 academic references, are submitted. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their referees submit their references before the closing date. Please also explain your motivation why you wish to pursue a PhD in this area, outline your research interests and background, and describe the qualities and experience you will bring to the role.

Please quote reference PK44919 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We are delighted to welcome the Sakuntala Trio, a London based string trio, to Clare Hall.

We are delighted to welcome Sir Shankar Balasubramanian as our speaker for the 2024/25 King Lecture, on Tuesday 18 February, at 5:30pm.

The post Ceres Agri-Tech and the University of Lincoln showcase Agri-Tech Innovation in Parliament appeared first on Cambridge Enterprise.

Located in the heart of Cambridge, the Zoology Department is a buzzing and friendly community of researchers, students, and visitors who are passionate about exploring the wonders of the natural world. We are a large department of with around 170 staff, 90 graduate students and a final year undergraduate class of about 100, so things can get pretty busy!

We're recruiting a Junior Scientific Support Technician to join our small scientific support team. Our team prides itself on delivering exceptional service to our research and teaching labs. This position would be your chance to kick-start your career in scientific support and contribute to Zoology's success. So, what are you waiting for? Join us now and make a difference!

This is an exciting role with varied responsibilities. You will support our aquaria and insect rooms, will help to run our glass washing facility, and provide assistance with the maintenance of scientific equipment, the preparation of media and the running of the tissue culture lab. You will occasionally help the teaching lab with the preparation of practical activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and versatile individual who will preferably have experience working within a biological lab environment and/or with animals. You have excellent communication skills, work well as part of a time and have basic computing skills. Due to the nature of the work you should have a good level of physical fitness.

The department takes a proactive approach to personal and team development and we will provide training where necessary for this role. The successful applicant will have access to a broad range of staff benefits and personal development opportunities including discounts at a wide range of local and national businesses and educational opportunities available exclusively to University of Cambridge employees.

You will be required to work on site and the appointment is offered on a permanent, full-time basis. An essential requirement of the role is to be part of the additional cover team at weekends, Bank Holidays and on occasion, out of hours. The candidate will therefore be required to work outside of normal working hours at certain periods of time.

If you are interested in this role please contact Sylviane Moss, Lab and Facilities Manager: smmc2@cam.ac.uk for an informal discussion of the role.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check, a health assessment and a security check. Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

Flexible working request will be considered.

We particularly welcome applications from women and candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Anastasia Nezhentseva.

Email: an286@cam.ac.uk Telephone: (0)1223 330117

Please quote reference PF44901 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We are seeking a Research Coordinator to support the project "Opportunities and potential risks of AI in supporting evaluation (OpRaise)", funded by AI@Cam.

OpRaise will examine the value of human expertise in academic assessments in the age of AI, with an initial focus on psychology exams in undergraduate across three UK universities. It will bring quantitative and qualitative evidence to bear on this important question for the Higher Education sector.

The role of the Research Coordinatior will be to oversee and coordinate the administrative operations of a research programme within the Department of Psychology while actively contributing to all research activities. This role ensures the efficient execution of project deliverables, maintains research documentation and compliance, and supports the research team in achieving project milestones. The position combines administrative leadership with hands-on research involvement to facilitate the programme's successful implementation and academic impact.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 years in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

For informal inquiries, please contact Deborah Talmi: dt492@cam.ac.uk

Closing Date: Thursday 13th February 2025 at 12 Midnight

Planned interview date 19th February 2025

Please quote reference PJ44906 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Departmental Administrator to join the Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience. The Department is a large, complex and welcoming Department with an exceptional record in teaching and research. This senior post is integral to the Department, with overall responsibility for the professional services team in all operational areas. The successful candidate will advise the joint Heads of Department and other senior academic staff on strategy, planning and policy issues. The role also involves the opportunity to contribute to School-wide projects and close collaboration with the other Departments in the School of Biological Sciences.

We are looking for an experienced administrator who has experience of managing people and budgets, as well as the ability to operate at a strategic level. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.

The role holder will be educated to degree level (or have equivalent experience). They will have experience in management and administration in a complex organisation and the ability to lead teams and problem solve. Please refer to the further particulars document for a full list of the essential knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.

Informal enquiries are encouraged and should be addressed to Professor Bill Colledge (Joint HoD), pdnhod@pdn.cam.ac.uk or Olivia Speed (current DA), pdnadmin@pdn.cam.ac.uk.

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Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role.

The full contact details for two professional referees should be provided, one of whom should be your current line manager. Please note that we will assume that you are happy for us to approach your referees at any stage, unless you indicate otherwise in the space provided on the form.

The closing date for this post is Monday 3 March 2025, interviews will be held on 4 April.

Please quote reference PM44802 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The Simons group at the Gurdon Institute is seeking a Research Associate in epithelial stem cell and disease biology.

Alongside wet lab work using transgenic mouse models and organoid systems, the Simons lab makes use of analytical and computational approaches to study mechanisms of cell fate in developing and adult tissues in normal and perturbed states (http://www.simons.group.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/). The focus of the wet lab is predominant on the biology of the intestinal epithelium and squamous epithelial tissue types. A particular interest of the group is on defining the transcriptional and epigenetic factors that drive injury-induced cellular reprogramming, and how these programmes become redirected or subverted during tumour development.

With experience in experimental studies of epithelial tissues, you will play a key role in the investigation of the mechanisms of stem and progenitor cell fate during the maintenance and repair of epithelial tissues with an emphasis on mouse models and human organoid tissue in normal and diseased states. Using a combination of cell lineage tracing, gene-specific perturbations, organoid assays, and single-cell transcriptional profiling, the aim of the project will be to define the functional heterogeneity and fate behaviour of stem cells and their progenies, and how their programmes become altered during regeneration and (pre)neoplastic transformation.

You will have a grounding in epithelial biology with a keen interest and aptitude for work on transgenic mouse models, with experience in the manipulation, characterisation, and confocal imaging of epithelial tissues. Further experience in the collection and analysis of the single-cell RNA-seq data, the manipulation of mouse and/or human organoid culture systems, and/or clonal lineage tracing will be highly beneficial. You should have a PhD in a relevant subject, a sound understanding of molecular biology, and a solid publication record in cell biology. You will be expected to be able to work independently and interact well in a dynamic multidisciplinary environment.

The Simons lab is co-located in the Gurdon Institute, a centre of developmental and disease biology in Cambridge, and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The Institute provides a stimulating environment that promotes collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Its postdoc association encourages scientific and social interactions and provides career development and teaching opportunities.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.

The position is full time and available immediately.

Where the successful applicant does not yet have a PhD, they will normally be appointed as a Research Assistant, salary range of £34,132 on the understanding that they will be appointed as a Research Associate, salary range £37,174-£45,413, upon successful completion of their PhD.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please quote reference PR44903 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, is currently looking to appoint a Research Laboratory Assistant to join the dedicated team of support staff providing general laboratory support to research groups in the department. This is a permanent part-time position for 18.25 hours per week. Due to the nature of this role, remote working is not possible, and the post holder will be required to work in the Department for the total of their working hours.

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, the successful candidate will receive full training to enter this diverse role, which covers all aspects of technical support in biological research. The post holder will provide general laboratory support to the Department and research groups, ensuring adequate supplies of glassware and consumables, safely disposing of hazardous wastes and monitoring stocks of medical gases and cryogens. The Research Laboratory Assistant will carry out routine media/equipment preparation to support the effective delivery of teaching and research. They will also assist the Stores Technician to distribute deliveries of essential research items to laboratories as well as maintaining the correct storage conditions.

Candidates must be educated to at least GCSE /NVQ level 2/equivalent level of practical experience and be able to demonstrate basic factual knowledge of working in a laboratory. Candidates must have basic IT skills as well as excellent communication and prioritisation skills as this is essential to this role. We expect the post holder to have a positive, service-oriented, flexible, can-do attitude.

Applications close on 26th February 2025 and interviews are expected to take place on 12th March 2025.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the HR Team (hr@phar.cam.ac.uk).

Please quote reference PL44888 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Applications are invited for a Research Technician position in the group of Dr Richard Tyser within the Wellcome ¿ MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) based at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The Wellcome - Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute is an international centre of excellence for stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Scientists in the Institute collaborate to advance our knowledge of various stem cell types and to perform pioneering work in translational research areas, providing the foundation for new medical treatments (https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/).

The Tyser Lab studies how the mammalian heart forms during embryonic development, exploring how the initiation of function occurs and to what extent this defines and influences the progression of subsequent cardiac morphogenesis. We use a combination of different models including primary mouse and human samples as well as in vitro human Pluripotent Stem Cell differentiation (Tyser, Ibarra-Soria et al. Science 2021; Tyser, Mahammadov et al. Nature 20201; Tyser, Miranda et al. Elife 2016). This research will answer questions of fundamental biological importance with clear clinical relevance such as providing new insight into the origins of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) as well as augmenting cell-based approaches to treat disease.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Research Technician to join our research group with significant experience working with mice and of laboratory-based biological research. The successful candidate will support the research team by providing technical assistance, such as aiding in the management of genetic mouse models and sample generation. As such, the candidate should have good interpersonal and organisational skills, paying close attention to detail. Other responsibilities include a range of tasks to ensure the smooth running of the laboratory, such as ordering and maintaining laboratory supplies, maintaining and updating reagent databases. An understanding of the principles of cellular and molecular biology (DNA & RNA extraction, quantitative PCR, molecular cloning) is essential. It is essential that the successful candidate can work both independently and as part of a research team.

For this position we would welcome applications for part-time/flexible working patterns, including shorter working days.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 29 June 2029 in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check, a health assessment and a security check.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please ensure that you outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role on the online Application form.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

The closing date for applications is: 13th Febuary 2025

The interview date for the role is: To be confirmed

Please quote reference PS44902 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.