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Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger wins major Fellowship award to establish a Cambridge lactation lab

4 December 2023

It was announced today that Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger has been awarded a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship. These Fellowships are awarded by UKRI to support universities and businesses in developing their most talented early career researchers and innovators. Dr Twigger, a Research Associate in...

Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis named as an Emerging Leader in Leukaemia

25 October 2023

Last week, the journal Leukemia announced CSCI PI Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis as one of three Emerging Leaders in Leukemia. The Nature Publishing Group journal’s Emerging Leaders collection selects rising talent in the field of haematology, providing a spotlight so they can share their work with others. Kostas and his group...

Sarah Teichmann elected as Professor in Stem Cell Medicine

18 October 2023

It was announced today (18 October) that Dr Sarah Teichmann and her group will join the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) Sarah will be moving from the Wellcome Sanger Institute , where she has been heading the Cellular Genetics programme. Sarah is a highly distinguished computational biologist, and co-lead of the...

CSCI Welcomes Dr Thorsten Boroviak as new Group Leader

10 October 2023

Dr Thorsten Boroviak joins us this month (from 1 October) as a Principal Investigator researching primate embryogenesis. Dr Boroviak joins us from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at University of Cambridge. CSCI Director Bertie Göttgens comments on Dr Boroviak's appointment: "I am very happy to...

Sinha Lab to receive one of four new BBSRC sLoLa grants

29 September 2023

Professor Sanjay Sinha and his team have just been announced (28 September) as one of the four world-class teams to receive a share of £18 million to pursue transformational bioscience research programmes. The four teams will tackle bold challenges at the frontiers of bioscience, combining world-class ideas, people and...

Ball of neuroblastoma cells forming mature nerves after drug treatment (Credit: Kirsty Ferguson/Developmental Cell)

Philpott Lab discovery could lead to 'kinder' treatment for neuroblastoma

20 September 2023

Neuroblastoma is responsible for 15% of cancer deaths in children. Research out today from the Philpott Lab offers hope to these children, who could in future be given treatments with fewer side-effects than those associated with the current chemotherapy. The approach involves the use of a ‘differentiation therapy’, a type...

SKAN Research Trust and Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute to collaborate in stem cell research

6 September 2023

Today (6 September) the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) welcomed Indian entrepreneur Ashok Soota from SKAN Research Trust (SKAN) to Cambridge to mark an upcoming partnership between the two organisations that will bring cutting edge expertise in stem cell research to India. SKAN (an acronym for Scientific...

CSCI PI Maria Alcolea named one of three Cambridge researchers shortlisted for $25m Cancer Grand Challenges funding

5 September 2023

In March, Cancer Grand Challenges announced nine new challenges, with 178 interdisciplinary, world-class global teams submitting bold ideas to take them on. Today (5 September 2023), 12 teams have been shortlisted to further their research and compete for up to $25m in funding. CSCI PI Maria Alcolea has been announced as...

Cambridge and ISPA scientists create a tool to identify individuals at risk of developing different myeloid leukaemias

24 August 2023

Scientists have created a new test for identifying people at risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia and related cancers, years before they do. The new platform, ‘MN-predict’, will allow doctors and scientists to identify those at risk and to design new treatments to prevent them from developing these potentially lethal...

Figure 7 from Nature Genetics Paper 2023

CSCI scientists complete a comprehensive study investigating chromatin factors in haematopoiesis

23 August 2023

Cambridge scientists, in collaboration with colleagues across Europe, have completed the most comprehensive study yet attempted to assess the role of chromatin factors in normal and malignant haematopoiesis, the process of blood formation, in a study published this month in Nature Genetics . The study provides an important...