News

ARU Student Visit

14 April 2026

We were delighted to welcome a group of undergraduate students from Anglia Ruskin University's Biomedical Science Society yesterday (13th April). Three of our PhD students, Holly Monkhouse, Ellie Fox and Anna Ceesay explained the different routes they took into their PhD research, and shared their experiences of being a...

Cambridge Festival Fun!

24 March 2026

We had a great time on Saturday at the Cambridge Festival's Biomedical Campus Open Day. Well over 1,000 visitors enjoyed activities and demonstrations from many of the research institutions, charities and health care workers on the Biomedical Campus. It was lovely to welcome so many visitors on a sunny Saturday! Thanks to...

Inspiring Scientists at CIMR-MBU

3 March 2026

Over the February half term CIMR, along with the Mitochondrial Biology Unit and for the first time the Institute of Metabolic Science, ran our ISACM work experience programme. We hosted 15 year 12 students, who spent three days gaining lab experience and a final day at St Catharine’s College, our partner in the scheme...

CIMR Researcher Anton Venhuizen Awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship to Investigate Rare Disease Associated with WNT Signalling

2 March 2026

We are delighted to congratulate to Dr Anton Venhuizen, a postdoc in the Gammons lab at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) who has recently been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Award to continue their work understanding rare genetic...

CIMR to co-host a new PhD studentship to investigate the root causes of childhood neurological disease

5 February 2026

The Chi-Wang studentship is a collaboration between CIMR, Jesus College and Cambridge Children’s Research Institute (CCRI) . The studentship is supported by a generous philanthropic gift from Amanda Chi and David Wang, and is a unique opportunity to pursue a four-year doctoral degree in biomedical sciences, focusing on the...

New 3D microscopy technique allows researchers to visualise individual molecules inside living cells

20 January 2026

A collaboration between Dr Sam Daly (David Gershlick’s lab) and Prof Lee’s lab in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry has made it possible to track in three dimensions individual molecules as they move through living cells. Dr Gershlick’s lab work on protein secretion (the movement of proteins from their site of...

PhD student Eleanor Fox wins EMBO Journal Poster Prize

18 December 2025

Many congratulations to PhD student Eleanor Fox who has been awarded the EMBO Journal Poster Prize, at the UK Membrane Trafficking Meeting 2025 held in King’s College London. Eleanor, who is a PhD student working with David Gershlick, Daniel Fazakerley (IMS) and Morag Rose Hunter (Astra Zeneca), was awarded the prize for...

Jennifer Palmer wins UK Dementia Research Institute PhD prize

11 December 2025

Many congratulations to PhD student Jennifer Palmer who has been awarded the UK Dementia Research Institute PhD prize. This award aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of doctoral researchers whose work has significantly advanced the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of dementia and...

Big Biology Day 2025

27 October 2025

We had a fantastic day recently at the Big Biology Day. This annual family-focused event is held at Hills Road Sixth Form College and attracts around 2000 people each year. Our researchers had a great time explaining cell biology and chatting about their research. Thanks to all of them for giving up their time at the...

Jennifer Dickens receives British Thoracic Society/ Asthma+Lung UK Lecture award

25 September 2025

We’re delighted that Dr Jennifer Dickens has been awarded the 2025 British Thoracic Society/ Asthma+Lung UK Lecture award which is awarded to recognise the achievements of established respiratory researchers in the UK. Her lecture ‘Familial ILD: clinical challenges and insight into mechanism of disease in pulmonary...