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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...

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...