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CIMR’s Annual Research Retreat

18 May 2023

Our annual Research Retreat at the Hinxton Hall Conference Centre was a success, with a mix of 15 min presentations, Institute updates, and short ‘turbo talks’ to highlight some of the 34 posters presented. Congratulations to the student and postdoc prize winners - we look forward to next year’s Retreat.

Prof. Julian Rayner elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

17 May 2023

CIMR’s Director, Prof. Julian Rayner has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. This prestigious honour is in recognition of Prof. Rayner’s ongoing contributions and leadership in malaria research. Prof. Rayner said: “Malaria is a devastating and too often forgotten disease that still kills more than...

Teaching protein biochemistry in Brazil

17 April 2023

Dr Janet Deane and Professor Stephen Graham travelled to Brazil in March to teach a theoretical and practical course in Protein Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology. The course was held at the University of Sao Paulo at the Ribeirão Preto campus in the lab of Professor Luis da Silva. The course was a huge hit...

Talking malaria research with younger audiences

27 March 2023

Members of Prof. Julian Rayner’s lab took part in ‘Changing Pathogens in a Changing World’, an event that brought infectious diseases researchers from across the University together as part of 2023’s Cambridge Festival. The centrepiece was an inflatable paddling pool of red blood cells (red balls), where children used...

Inspiring Scientists at CIMR and MRC MBU

1 March 2023

We were very pleased to co-host Inspiring Scientists at CIMR and MRC MBU (ISAC/M) in partnership with the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU) and St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Eleven Year 12 students from Cambridgeshire state schools took part in the four-day work experience programme during February’s school half-...

Recognition for CIMR PhD student

26 January 2023

Congratulations to Dr Miriam Lisci, a former CIMR PhD Student who has been awarded the 2021-2022 Milo Keynes Prize for Outstanding Dissertation by the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Degree Committee. The prize is named in honour of Dr Milo Keynes, a clinician and author who had links to Cambridge during his lifetime...

A spotlight on rare disease

28 November 2022

We were very pleased to take part in RAREfest22, a two-day science, technology, community and arts festival organised by the Cambridge Rare Disease Network , and centred on people living with rare disease. As part of the RAREfest22 talks programme, CIMR’s Prof. Evan Reid gave a well-received presentation about the links...

Recognition for highly-cited CIMR researcher

16 November 2022

Professor David Rubinsztein FRS has been highlighted by Clarivate as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ in 2022. This is due to his highly-cited papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Clarivate’s Web of Science database.

Prestigious honour for CIMR’s Director

7 July 2022

Congratulations to CIMR Director Prof. Julian Rayner who was elected to membership of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), a body dedicated to excellence in European life sciences. The award reflects Julian’s achievements in malaria research and his leadership across research and public engagement. Prof...

2022 CIMR Research Retreat

24 June 2022

We were very pleased to hold our first in-person CIMR Annual Research since 2019. The busy programme included talks from early-career researchers, poster presentations and an interactive session on new computational tools for structural biology.