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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.

UCam News: The video ‘What impact will your next connection have?’ highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research

7 October 2021

The video called ‘What impact will your next connection have?’ encourages researchers to get involved in the lively network of cross-School initiatives at the University.

A futurist method for detecting potentially dangerous bugs in freshwater systems

19 January 2021

Climate change, rising urbanisation and agricultural intensification lead to global depletions of safe drinking water resources, and consequently reinforce the need for comprehensive monitoring frameworks.

Evolution and geographical spread of a Tasmanian devil transmissible cancer

24 November 2020

A new paper from the Transmissible Cancer Group at the University of Cambridge Department of Veterinary Medicine reveals how a transmissible cancer has spread through the Tasmanian devil population, and how this cancer’s genome has evolved and diversified during it evolution.

A Tale of Two Cesspits: DNA Reveals Intestinal Health in Medieval Europe and the Middle East

7 October 2020

New research proves the feasibility of retrieving bacterial DNA from ancient latrines Analysis of 14 th -15 th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia identifies some of the microbes resident in the guts of these pre-industrial populations, illuminating how gut contents have changed since medieval times. A new study...

University of Cambridge’s Prof Jonathan Heeney answers call from Bill Gates to transform flu vaccine

8 October 2019

Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries that could provide the foundationfor a future universal flu vaccine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the philanthropy Flu Lab have announced. Professor Jonathan Heeney, the Laboratory of...

University Enterprise Zone aims to drive innovation across Cambridge

23 September 2019

Cambridge is to establish a University Enterprise Zone as part of a new government initiative announced today by Universities Minister Chris Skidmore.

Investigating the zoonotic disease risk of displaced communities- 21 August 2019

21 August 2019

Dorien Braam's PhD investigates whether displacement puts communities at greater risk of zoonotic disease transmission.

Early fish tapeworms found at 'Britain's Pompeii' Must Farm- 16 August 2019

16 August 2019

The earliest evidence of fish tapeworm in Britain has been discovered preserved in human faeces, according to experts at Cambridge University.