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GSK, in partnership with the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton have been awarded funding from the BBSRC to launch a new doctoral programme to train the next generation of leaders in pharmaceutical science. The BBSRC Industrial Landscape Award in Transformative Technologies for Pharmaceutical Science (TTPS) will fund three cohorts of…

The School of Biological Sciences has secured funding from the UKRI EPSRC EDI Hub+ to support a 12-month pilot expansion of the Roving Researcher Scheme to physical sciences disciplines across the University of Cambridge. In partnership with the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, this initia…

Mental Health, Women's Biology, and Climate Science are key areas of research focus in the School of Biological Sciences where our scientists are working together across disciplinary boundaries to drive new discoveries and improve health outcomes worldwide. These initiatives have now received backing from Wellcome with two newly funded research pro…

Four leading scientists in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, working with colleagues in other European institutions, have been awarded Synergy Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). This major funding will support interdisciplinary projects in innovative areas of the biological sciences.ERC Synergy Grants foster …

The University of Cambridge is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Tim Dalgleish as the inaugural Dawson Professor of Young People’s Mental Health, based in the Department of Psychology, in the School of Biological Sciences. This new post was established through a generous gift by philanthropists Christina and Peter Dawson.Professor Da…

The Roving Researcher scheme was launched in the School of Biological Sciences in March 2024. To celebrate its success over the last 12 months, we were pleased to host the first Roving Researcher Showcase event on 27th March, at Newnham College. Bringing together Roving Researchers from Cambridge, Babraham, Pirbright Institute, and NKI (Netherlands…

Dr Caren Norden has been appointed Darwin Professor of Animal Embryology, joining the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience in the School of Biological Sciences, from April 2026. Her lab will be based at the Gurdon Institute.Dr Caren Norden is a developmental biologist focussed on uncovering the mechanisms underlying organ formatio…

A groundbreaking UK research network has been launched by UKRI to uncover how gut health influences the brain, immune system, and mental well-being – potentially leading to new treatments for conditions like anxiety, depression, and dementia.The UK Gut-Immunology-Brain Axis Network+ is the first in the UK to unite experts from across research disci…

The Cambridge Festival is always an exciting two weeks of events, and this year was no exception. Across the School of Biological Sciences, researchers, PhD students, technicians and professional services staff came together to create, host and engage the public in a wide range of activities, from talks and panel discussions to hands-on experiments…

Jon Simons, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, has been appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences from 1st February 2025, for a period of 4 years.As Head of School, Professor Simons has responsibility for implementation of the School's academic vision surrounding research, undergraduate teaching and postg…

Four new academic positions have been launched in the School of Biological Sciences aiming to recruit outstanding scientists in areas of significant research importance:Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary GenomicsAssociate Professor / Professor of Developmental Plasticity and RobustnessAssociate Professor / Professor of Infection and / …

The School of Biological Sciences has received one of the BBSRC Doctoral Landscape Awards announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to support our Cambridge Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Programme.The grant, worth more than £11 million, will be further supported by the University of Cambridge, with the aim to maximise the numbe…

Six leading researchers in the School of Biological Sciences, working with teams of colleagues from other institutions, have been awarded Synergy grants from the European Research Council (ERC). These major awards will enable ambitious, interdisciplinary projects across plant biology, cancer and neurobiology.ERC Synergy grants are designed to suppo…

The ambition of the partnership is to treat immune-related diseases more precisely with existing therapies and to rapidly develop new ones.The Cambridge-GSK Translational Immunology Collaboration (CG-TIC) combines University and GSK expertise in the science of the immune system, AI and clinical development with access to patients and their data pro…

The first round of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) cross research council interdisciplinary funding has now been announced with two innovative Cambridge projects involving scientists from the School of Biological Sciences among the awardees.Creating foundation systems for environmental planetary intelligenceCan AI help save the planet in the face…