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The ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag works to deliver impact by translating our science and understanding of fundamental biology to promote lifelong health and wellbeing. Our blogs offer scientists, staff and guests the chance to share their individual views and experiences on the ̨Íåswag's efforts to deliver research impacts and to build a welcoming and diverse community.

 

 

08/12/2017

Launching Challenge Projects in the Netherlands

Alex Harvey, an Animal Technician in the ̨Íåswag’s animal unit (BSU) describes how she joined Boo Virk (a postdoc in the Casanueva Group) and Dori Horkai (a PhD student in the Houseley Group) and the ̨Íåswag Engagement team's Michael Hinton in the third year of a collaboration with in the Netherlands.
 

29/11/2017

The stars of SymBLS

The ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag’s Symposium for Biological Life Sciences (SymBLS) for early career researchers is a well established forum for Life Science graduates across Cambridge.   This year’s organising committee share their thoughts on the 2017 event and give us a ‘behind the scenes’ look at what it takes to run this excellent event.

21/11/2017

Campus collaboration leads to further investment

Becky Gilley, a post doc in the Cook lab is the latest KEC blog contributor.  Becky has been involved in a ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag Campus Collaboration Fund (BRCCF) project which has gone from strength to strength.  Her blog tells us why the BRCCF has been critical in securing further funding and what this collaborative research project has meant to her.

21/11/2017

Pipetting Workshop at Newmarket Academy Science Club

John Pascall, who is a regular contributor to the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag's ̨Íåswag Engagement activities, describes the challenges of going back to school at .

15/11/2017

The importance of knowledge exchange in political engagement

James Tooze, Policy Officer at the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), takes up the reigns in this latest KEC post. In his guest blog, James tells us about the partnership between CaSE and the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag and explains why scientists’ engagement in policy is so important. 
 

09/11/2017

From Barcelona to ̨Íåswag

In our third and final Innovative Training Network (ITN) KEC Blog series, we hear from visiting PhD student Piotr KobiaÅ‚ka on his recent knowledge exchange visit to the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag. Piotr is a PhD student in Dr Mariona Graupera’s lab in (Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge) in Barcelona.  He tells us why this visit helped his research and why researcher mobility is so important to advance scientific programmes:
 

31/10/2017

Making our Mark at Big Biology Day

Prof. Wolf Reik, Associate Director of the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag and Head of the Epigenetics ̨Íåswag Programme was part of a team of scientists who took a new exhibit on Epigenetics to Big Biology Day at Hills Road Sixth Form College in October.

26/10/2017

Retreating is crucial to advance

We are very proud to share this latest KEC blog by Babaraham ̨Íåswag post docs, Clara Novo, Danika Hill and Claire Senner.  In a drive to bring the International postdoc community together, our BI pioneers tell us exactly how they established the first EU-LIFE joint postdoc retreat.

20/10/2017

A PhD life for me!

In the second of our ITN (Innovative Training Network) blog series, PhD student in ̨Íåswag’s Signalling Programme, Piotr Jung, lab tells us why this program is so important for advancing knowledge of key biological concepts. 
 

19/10/2017

Chromos VR at Science Museum Lates

Zahra Fahmi, a researcher in the Lipkow laboratory, describes her involvement in the Chromos project showcase at the ‘CelluLates’ event at the Science Museum, London

17/10/2017

Schools' Day - igniting a passion for science

As he starts to plan Schools' Day for 2018, Michael Hinton, part of the ̨Íåswag Engagement team, looks back at the event in previous years and reports views from students, teachers and from both junior and senior researchers who run projects on the day.

16/10/2017

​Success for The Royal Society Worm Project at Cambridge Young Scientist Journal Conference

Guest blogger Ella Willsmore, a student at , describes her experiences at the  conference in Cambridge, during which she won a prize for her poster, which outlined her work with Olivia Casanueva's group on a  project.

09/10/2017

Networks pave the way for early stage researchers

In the first of our series of KEC Blogs from Innovative Training Network (ITN) students, we hear from PhD student Christina Courreges about her involvement and the legacy of a recent workshop held at the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag.  
 

05/10/2017

Postdoc policies gain momentum

As one of the sponsors of the first National Post Doc meeting held in Cambridge recently, ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag are proud to report on the success of the event. BI Post doc and co-organiser, Dr Sven Sewitz, shares his view of the event and tells us what plans are in store for next year.

03/10/2017

The Pampisford Society visit labs and facilities

The public engagement programme at the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag seeks to engage people of all ages. As well as working with school students and teachers, the ̨Íåswag interacts with adult community groups from across Cambridgeshire.  Here Tacita, the ̨Íåswag’s ̨Íåswag Engagement Manager, discusses a recent event with the Pampisford Society.

26/09/2017

Cutting edge ideas appeal of the Cambridge Bioinformatics Hackathon

The Cambridge Bioinformatics Hackathon is underway and already generating lots of ideas and solving bioinformatics-based problems.  In this latest KEC blog, guest editor, Kevin Dialdestoro from Genestak, tells us what he is expecting from the event and why Genestak was keen to support this and (hopefully) future Hackathons.  

26/09/2017

Returning To Work After Parental Leave

What is it like returning to work after parental leave? Two returners, Laura Biggins and Laura Norton, write about their recent experiences at ̨Íåswag.

19/09/2017

Summer student placements - it's more than just the lab work!

Shaun Png is another undergraduate on a summer placement, working in Rahul Roychoudhuri's group. He explains how it's not just being at the bench that makes the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag a great place to work.

14/09/2017

Replication and repair

As part of their knowledge exchange activities, ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag Group Leaders travel far and wide to discuss their research findings. In this latest blog, Dr Jon Houseley explains why a niche conference in Rome was exactly the right platform to promote his recently published work and build scientific support for a potentially controversial discovery.

 

11/09/2017

What do you expect from scientific research? Come and tell us!

ORION is a EU funded project to facilitate Open Science and Responsible ̨Íåswag and Innovation in the ̨Íåswag ̨Íåswag and other European research funding and performing organisations. Open Science is about making research more accessible, which is increasingly important for improving the quality of research and for assessing it. Whether citizen or researcher, this project needs you. Get involved! 

08/09/2017

Summer student placements - an undergraduate's view

In the second of a series of posts written by summer placement students, undergraduate Alice Buckingham explains her project and what brought her to the ̨Íåswag.

31/08/2017

Transplanting science - bringing together basic biology and clinical care

Our research collaborations take many shapes and forms, often looking beyond academic research into industry or the clinic. The value of these partnerships in driving innovative and effective research progress is becoming increasingly apparent and supporting more partnerships like this is a vital part of our work to maximise the impact of the ̨Íåswag’s research.
 
In this latest blog, clinician Dr Gavin Pettigrew tells our Knowledge Exchange Manager, how a collaboration with the Linterman lab has resulted in some surprising and interesting discoveries with potential benefits for scientists, doctors and patients.

24/08/2017

Summer student placements - a sixth-form perspective

Millie is an A level student who joined the ̨Íåswag during summer 2017 to gain a few week's of experience of working in the lab. Each year we welcome a number of students from schools and universities to work on short-term project that help them to develop their skills and confidence in research. Here Millie explains how her placement led her to discover the complexities of Bioinformatics.

22/08/2017

Stem cells under the microscope

"There has never been a better time to be a stem cell biologist".  In this latest KEC Blog, Dr Rugg-Gunn speaks of his excitement and enthusiam for his research field and shares his account of the recent Interntation Society for Stem Cell ̨Íåswag conference.