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Cambridge to help tackle bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia

5 December 2014

A group from the University of Cambridge, led by Professor James Wood, Department of Veterinary Medicine, is to be part of a 5-year research project “Ethiopian Control of Bovine Tuberculosis Strategies” (ETHICOBOTS) awarded to a consortium of researchers in Ethiopia and the UK, consisting of epidemiologists, geneticists, immunologists, and social scientists.

Professor Andew Lever Wins GSK’s Discovery Fast Track Challenge

4 December 2014

We are delighted to have been chosen as one of the partners for GSK. Our work on HIV is the result of many years of contributions by scientists in my group. We believe that this is the first time that the RNA of a virus has been the target of a screen for antiviral drugs by a large company such as GSK and it is a part of...

Cambridge Academics elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology

21 March 2014

Two Cambridge academics have been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Vassilis Koronakis is Professor of Molecular Biology in the Department of Pathology. His high-resolution structures of the TolC outer-membrane 'channel-tunnel' and the periplasmic adaptor that recruits TolC have illuminated how...

Science Festival Roundup: what's on?

21 February 2014

The 10th - 23rd March marks the 20th anniversary of Cambridge Science Festival. As always, with talks and hands-on activities, the Festival is a great opportunity to explore Cambridge science, and there are numerous opportunities to find out about the work being undertaken by Cambridge researchers. We've rounded up the top...

Darwin College Lecture Series: Plagues

8 January 2014

The annual multidisciplinary series hosted by Darwin College will examine the topic “Plagues” in the broad context of a disease or calamity of proportions that cause high morbidity or mortality with lasting impact on populations. The speakers will delve into plagues of the past, present and consider future threats to all populations that inhabit the earth.

Researchers to explore the role of wild birds in the spread of avian flu viruses

6 June 2013

Cambridge researchers are working with leading Georgian scientists to address key questions about the ecology and evolution of avian flu.

Cambridge Professor elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

18 March 2013

Professor George Salmond (Department of Biochemistry) has been elected to Fellowship of the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows are elected through a highly selective, annual, peer review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Of the 87...

Structure of important trypanosome receptor solved

1 February 2013

A collaboration between scientists in Cambridge, Oxford and New York has determined the structure of a crucial Trypanosome receptor. The findings, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have revealed the structure of a crucial receptor found on the surface of trypanosome.

Cambridge researchers support the WHO

20 December 2012

A newly designated Collaborating Centre at the University of Cambridge will support the World Health Organization (WHO) in detecting and responding to major epidemic- and pandemic-prone diseases.

On the hunt for a bacterial killer in India

30 November 2012

A tropical infection that can kill within 48 hours of clinical symptoms starting but that is easily misdiagnosed by doctors and the causative bacterium readily overlooked in the diagnostic microbiology laboratory is a bad combination, but a bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei fits the description. This is the cause...