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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…

In July 2024, over 100 delegates met in Cambridge to discuss the biggest questions in tissue development and regeneration, share their latest discoveries and identify future scientific directions for innovation and collaboration. The ‘Building and Rebuilding Complex Tissues’ meeting brought together scientists from across all career stages and inte…

The Experience Postgraduate Life Sciences internship programme is running at the University of Cambridge, across the Schools of Biological Sciences and Clinical Medicine, for the fourth year.The group of 14 undergraduate students will be in Cambridge from 8th July to 30th August, staying at Corpus Christi College and working in research labs across…

Four research projects in the School of Biological Sciences have received £5.4M in funding through the UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Awards to develop transformative technologies across biomedicine and clean growth.Antibodies for new therapeuticsThe “MAST, modular activator and silencer therapeutics” project brings together an interdisciplinary …

A Wellcome Discovery Award funds a new groundbreaking study characterising the development of the brain during childhood and adolescence in unprecedented detail.A Wellcome Discovery Award has been awarded to Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore from the School of Biological Sciences (Psychology) at the University of Cambridge, together with colleagues a…

The School of Biological Sciences has announced three new Professor posts in areas of significant research importance across the biological sciences: Professor of Evolutionary Networks, Professor of Biotic Interactions and Professor of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience. These exciting new positions aim to attract experts in their fields to drive…

We are very pleased to welcome the first cohort of students joining the MPhil in Biological Sciences at the University of Cambridge.The series of new Master’s courses, launched last year in the School of Biological Sciences, combines interactive seminar-style teaching with professional skills training while also giving students the opportunity to g…

In our Spotlight on series, we bring you interviews with the fascinating and diverse individuals who make up the School of Biological Sciences.Our latest story features Mekayla Storer. Dr Mekayla StorerCareer Development Fellow and Group Leader, Wellcome – MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.…

By Eva AmsenUniversity of Cambridge researchers are forming equitable partnerships with collaborators in low- and middle-income countries to advance disease research and health outcomes.Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately affected by both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Partnerships with researchers in LMICs …

We are delighted to welcome the 15 students in the 2023 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences widening participation internship programme at Cambridge. This group of undergraduate students was selected from over 200 applicants from almost 50 different universities and will be in Cambridge from 10th July to 1st September.They will be working in research…

The School of Biological Sciences, in partnership with the Isaac Newton Trust, have launched a seed funding grants scheme to support scientists across the School to develop ambitious research programmes and facilitate new collaborations that address biological problems across scales and systems. The scheme has emerged following two successful years…

Funding from the BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) has been awarded to 3 projects in the School of Biological Sciences, enabling researchers to develop wider societal benefits and impact as a result of their research.The projects, which commenced in February 2023, will run for 6 months and cover the following areas:Equitable partnerships and …

Researchers in the School of Biological Sciences were recently recognised for their outstanding contributions to science. Professor Eric Miska was elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship and Professor Christopher Jiggins and Professor William Sutherland were elected Fellows of the Royal Society. Professor Eric Miska FMedSciHerchel Smi…

The University of Cambridge is to host one of the new Wellcome Mental Health Awards in the School of Biological Sciences, Department of Psychology. The Principal Investigator – Dr Rebecca Lawson – will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers in a six-year programme of research to study the mechanisms that underlie the treatments for common me…

In March 2023, the Biological Sciences Early PI Network invited a team of training specialists to come to Cambridge and deliver one of the prestigious EMBO Leadership Courses. As part of the School of Biological Sciences commitment to research culture and career support, we were delighted to champion this initiative and provide support funding to e…