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Read more at: What is it like to be a student on our MRC Physical Biology of Stem Cells PhD programme?
What is it like to be a student on our MRC Physical Biology of Stem Cells PhD programme?

What is it like to be a student on our MRC Physical Biology of Stem Cells PhD programme?

23 January 2017

Given the unique nature of our MRC Physical Biology of Stem Cells PhD studentships , we asked two of our current PhD students about their Physical Biology of Stem Cells journey, to give us an insight into how these studentships work in context. Fiona Hamey (who began her studentship with us in 2014), and Sam Watcham (who...


Read more at: Understanding X-chromosome silencing in humans
Understanding X-chromosome silencing in humans

Understanding X-chromosome silencing in humans

23 January 2017

Affiliate PI Peter Rugg-Gunn's Lab at the Babraham Institute and researchers at the Paris Diderot University, Institut Curie report today in Cell Stem Cell that a second long RNA molecule, XACT , which exists in humans but not in mice, accumulates with XIST on active X-chromosomes in human embryos. The two RNAs do not...


Read more at: Commercial licence to produce platelets from stem cells

Commercial licence to produce platelets from stem cells

20 January 2017

Intellectual Property (IP) from Boston, MA, and Cambridge, UK, have combined to advance commercial development of safe, plentiful, non-donor-dependent platelets Platelet BioGenesis, a biotech startup developing a method for producing life-saving platelets without the need for human donations, has acquired exclusive...


Read more at: Cambridge’s Stem Cell Institute receives five year funding boost
Cambridge’s Stem Cell Institute receives five year funding boost

Cambridge’s Stem Cell Institute receives five year funding boost

20 January 2017

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute has today been confirmed as a major research centre by biomedical research charity Wellcome and the Medical Research Council, receiving continued support for a further five years. The Wellcome / MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Wellcome / CRUK Gurdon Institute have been named as two of 14...


Read more at: Controlling gene activity in human development
Controlling gene activity in human development

Controlling gene activity in human development

20 January 2017

06.12.16 - New research from Affiliate PI Peter Rugg-Gunn's Lab, published in Cell Reports , has revealed a new understanding of the molecular switches that control gene activity in human embryonic stem cells. This insight provides new avenues for improving the efficiency of being able to drive stem cells to create a...


Read more at: Enhanced CRISPR lets scientists explore all steps of health and disease in every cell type
Enhanced CRISPR lets scientists explore all steps of health and disease in every cell type

Enhanced CRISPR lets scientists explore all steps of health and disease in every cell type

20 January 2017

CSCI researchers from the Vallier lab have created sOPTiKO, a more efficient and enhanced inducible CRISPR genome editing platform. The study, published today in Development , describes how the freely available single-step system works in every cell in the body and at every stage of development. This new approach will aid...


Read more at: New Group Leader/Clinician Scientist opportunities
New Group Leader/Clinician Scientist opportunities

New Group Leader/Clinician Scientist opportunities

20 January 2017

We currently have opportunities for both Clinician Scientists and Independent Research Group Leaders to join us. Find out more on our Jobs pages .


Read more at: Stem cells know how to open up and unwind
Stem cells know how to open up and unwind

Stem cells know how to open up and unwind

13 December 2016

Research led by SCI Affiliate PI Dr Peter Rugg-Gunn, at the Babraham Institute, with collaborators in the UK, Canada and Japan has revealed a new understanding of how an open genome structure supports the long-term and unrestricted developmental potential in embryonic stem cells. This insight provides new avenues for...


Read more at: New research from Sinha Lab recreates genetic heart disease in a dish
New research from Sinha Lab recreates genetic heart disease in a dish

New research from Sinha Lab recreates genetic heart disease in a dish

29 November 2016

The Sinha Lab, funded by the British Heart Foundation, has created, for the first time, blood vessel tissues in a petri dish which mimic Marfan syndrome in human arteries. The study is published in Nature Genetics . An estimated 13,000 people in the UK have Marfan syndrome, which is caused by mutations in a gene known as...


Read more at: Candidate Group Leader Presentations
Candidate Group Leader Presentations

Candidate Group Leader Presentations

28 November 2016

Candidate Group Leader Presentations will take place on Tuesday 29th July, 14:30, Lecture Theatre, Department of Biochemistry, Sanger Building