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Applications are NOW OPEN for the INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative 2024 entry

16 November 2023

The INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance is a programme that integrates the expertise and capabilities of two Universities that are globally recognised for excellence in health science research. This is funded by the IOI with studentships fully funded for 3.5 years (fixed term). 3 studentships will be awarded in Oxford (DPhil) and 4 will be awarded in Cambridge (PhD), with students will be encouraged to train in both Universities. This provides the chance to experience the best of both academic environments and their established networks.

Pilot to monitor wastewater at the West Hub

6 October 2023

The University of Cambridge's Estates Division is working with Untap Health to monitor the collective health of West Hub users during Michaelmas term. The two-month pilot project (from 2 October to 1 December) will use innovative technology to monitor the health of the whole community for selected pathogens, in real-time, using a single test station, in the outgoing sewage.

INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance – Applications open for 7x studentships starting Oct 2023

9 January 2023

The INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative is a programme from the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI), University of Oxford and University of Cambridge to train the next generation of outstanding scientific champions to tackle the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We are now accepting applications. Application Deadline: 20 January 2023 at 11:59pm GMT Start Date: October 2023

“Nature finds a way…” How activation of a hidden pathway can help a respiratory pathogen survive in the infection environment

22 November 2022

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Saarland (Germany) have performed a systemic analysis of the metabolism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa – a WHO “critical priority pathogen” responsible for causing serious airway infections in humans – and have identified an unusual and unexpected mechanism that...

Meet the winner: Asta Hobbs-Hart and the persister behaviour of S. suis – Summer Studentship 2022

13 October 2022

Context Every year, Cambridge Infectious Diseases organises a competition for undergraduates to submit research proposals for a summer studentship . This summer, CID awarded the grant to Asta Hobbs-Hart , a BA student in Natural Sciences. We have asked her about her summer project experience. Why did you decide to apply...

New doctoral research funding initiative to tackle antimicrobial resistance – Ineos Oxford Institute for AMR, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge

1 June 2022

A new Oxbridge PhD programme: The Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI) has this week launched a new doctoral initiative with the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers. The successful candidates will be fully...

Meet the winner: Smart Probiotics to fight Antimicrobial Resistance – AMR Sandpit 2021

20 April 2022

Last November 2021, Cambridge Infectious Diseases hosted a Research Sandpit focused on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) topics. The event was directed to the early career researchers in the network and CID offered a pump-priming grant to the best proposal coming up from the Sandpit. Here, we are interviewing the winners.

Cambridge Festival: 'In conversation with SARS-CoV-2 variant hunters’, a summary by COG-UK

13 April 2022

In the 2022 edition of the Cambridge Festival, Cambridge Infectious Diseases joined COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) to contribute with an online talk: 'A conversation with the SARS-CoV-2 variant hunters' , by Prof Sharon Peacock and Dr Katerina Galai. Access the webinar recording and an event summary at the COG-UK website.

CID Annual Symposium: bringing back in-person connections

31 March 2022

On the 9th of March, Cambridge Infectious Diseases successfully celebrated its Annual Symposium . Finally, after two years of break, we could bring back talks to the stage and face-to-face discussions in diverse areas related to infectious diseases. Read the summary.

Meet the winner: Kathryn Bowers and mathematical models for human epidemics – Summer Studentship 2021

27 January 2022

In 2021, Cambridge Infectious Diseases organised a competition for undergraduates to submit research proposals for a summer studentship . After evaluating the submissions, CID awarded the grant to Kathryn Bowers , a BA student in Mathematics. We have asked her about her summer project experience.