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Read more at: Calling Enterprising Women in Science Engineering and Technology!
Calling Enterprising Women in Science Engineering and Technology!

Calling Enterprising Women in Science Engineering and Technology!

16 December 2011

EnterpriseWISE A programme for PhD and women researchers in Science, Engineering and Technology


Read more at: First Annual Cambridge Infectious Diseases Invited Lecture Announced
First Annual Cambridge Infectious Diseases Invited Lecture Announced

First Annual Cambridge Infectious Diseases Invited Lecture Announced

15 December 2011

Dr Paul Newton (Wellcome Trust Overseas Programme, Laos) and Aline Plancon (Interpol) have been invited to Cambridge to discuss the challenges of fake antimicrobial drugs.


Read more at: Malaria's achilles heel revealed?
Malaria's achilles heel revealed?

Malaria's achilles heel revealed?

10 November 2011

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, have revealed a key discovery in understanding how the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells.


Read more at: Cartographers of the infectious world
Cartographers of the infectious world

Cartographers of the infectious world

26 October 2011

Cambridge scientists, and their map-making skills, are contributing to an annual worldwide public health endeavour – the race to select a vaccine against seasonal flu.


Read more at: Addenbrooke's Abroad announces its partnership with the Humanitarian Centre

Addenbrooke's Abroad announces its partnership with the Humanitarian Centre

14 October 2011

Addenbrooke's Abroad is delighted to announce its partnership with the Humanitarian Centre for its Cambridge Global Health Year


Read more at: Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis
Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis

Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis

11 October 2011

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious disease, develops resistance to the standard antibiotic treatment.


Read more at: THRiVE programme update
THRiVE programme update

THRiVE programme update

5 October 2011

The THRiVE Programme in Cambridge aims to provide research training and mentorship to PhD and postdoctoral researchers in Africa. Two African researchers will be visiting Cambridge for the next three months, and each will be give a talk about their individual research projects.


Read more at: Developing Leaders: Widening the Pool of Research Experience

Developing Leaders: Widening the Pool of Research Experience

9 September 2011

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has allocated the University of Cambridge a small fund to enable individuals who are currently in non-research roles to work as research interns for short periods in a typical research environment. The objective is to encourage them to consider research as a career, or to re-enter the research arena after a break, and thus broaden the diversity of backgrounds and experience represented in the EPSRC sponsored pool of researchers.


Read more at: STEM projects needed
STEM projects needed

STEM projects needed

8 June 2011

Do you have small projects that could be performed by an A-Level student over the summer? The local STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Medicine) team are seeking suitable projects.


Read more at: More than 100 research reagents available for licensing through Cambridge Enterprise
More than 100 research reagents available for licensing through Cambridge Enterprise

More than 100 research reagents available for licensing through Cambridge Enterprise

6 June 2011

Cambridge Enterprise has passed an important milestone in its efforts to bring the benefit of research reagents generated at the University of Cambridge to the worldwide research community, with more than 100 reagents now available for licensing.