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Highly Cited Researcher Award

23 November 2023

Prof David Rubinsztein has been named as a highly cited researcher by Clarivate™. Each year, they identify the small fraction of the global research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. This select group contribute disproportionately to...

CIMR welcomes two new Principal Investigators

16 November 2023

CIMR is delighted to welcome two new PIs to the Institute, Dr Melissa Gammons and Dr Jonathon Nixon-Abell, both of whom have been awarded prestigious Wellcome Career Development Awards. Dr Nixon-Abell 's work is focussed on identifying the cellular machinery and mechanisms responsible for orchestrating communication...

Optimising a vaccine for Plasmodium vivax malaria

24 October 2023

The Rayner lab are part of a new international consortium, OptiViVax, working to develop an effective vaccine against Plasmodium vivax parasites. P. vivax is one of the principal causes of malaria and is found around the globe, with around 2.5 billion people in Africa, South America, Oceania and Asia living at risk of...

Rubinsztein lab part of Wellcome Leap Dynamic Resilience Programme Award

16 October 2023

Why is there such a great variation in the health of older people? Although people tend to enjoy better health as they age than previous generations, there are still large individual differences in health, mobility and cognition between older people of the same age. A multi-million dollar contract from Wellcome Leap’s...

CIMR/MBU launch ISAC/M work experience programme 2024

3 October 2023

ISAC/M is a free widening-participation work experience programme for sixth form (year 12) students run by the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU), in association with St Catharine’s College. The programme aims to open the world of university scientific research and...

CIMR launch Masters in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

12 September 2023

CIMR and the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU) will be offering a one-year MPhil in "The Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease" from October 2024. The course will provide an in-depth understanding of how fundamental pathways of cellular homeostasis are disrupted in genetic and infectious diseases. It will cover both...

Aspiring Scientists Training Programme

17 July 2023

Last week, CIMR hosted four sixth-form students taking part in the Aspiring Scientists Training Programme , run by the Gurdon Institute. The programme is targeted at young people from disadvantaged backgrounds or who have barriers to education, encouraging and enabling them to apply to university. This year, as well as at...

CIMR at Cambourne Science Fair

27 June 2023

Cambourne Science Fair is a chance for local children to display science projects they’ve been working on, and share them with the community. Over 60 projects were on display at the Fair on Sunday 25th June, and, despite the heat, around 300 people came to see what the children had produced. As well as the projects, Reiner...

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...