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Affiliate Professor Sarah Franklin elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy

20 August 2021

Extending our congratulations in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the SHAPE subjects.

Our Green Impact members win Silver Award from the University's Sustainability Team

10 August 2021

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Lab-grown beating heart cells identify potential drug to prevent COVID-19-related heart damage

5 August 2021

Our Institute researchers have grown heart cells in the lab to reveal vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Meet the winners of our annual Institute prizes

5 July 2021

Discover more about the Institute members recognised for their outstanding contributions to research engagement, culture and integrity over the past year.

Hendrich Lab researcher Seun Ogundele receives The Diana Award

29 June 2021

The Diana Award is the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts.

Tracing oncogene-driven remodeling of the intestinal stem cell niche

7 June 2021

Mutant intestinal epithelial cells remodel their environment to gain competitive advantage, providing a first step in cancer initiation.

A human embryo at the blastocyst stage, about six days after fertilization, viewed under a light microscope. The embryo is in the process of "hatching" out of the zona pellucida - the tough outer membrane - just before implanting in the wall of the uterus

Uncovering how our bodies develop from a single cell

18 May 2021

Stem cell researchers studying how our bodies come into being from a single cell during normal development could help us to understand genetic diseases that arise during pregnancy.

Group Leaders elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences

12 May 2021

Principal Investigators Professor Brian Huntly and Professor Ben Simons are among 50 biomedical and health scientists to join the Fellowship.

Institute Group Leaders elected Fellows of the Royal Society

6 May 2021

Group Leaders Professor David Rowitch and Professor Ben Simons, alongside Affiliate Principal Investigator Dr Peter Campbell, have joined the Royal Society as Fellows.

Photo of multistorey laboratory building - the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.

Funding boost for international cell and gene therapy info hub

29 April 2021

Cambridge researchers are participating in a €2 million EU Horizon 2020 project to establish EuroGCT - the European Consortium for Communicating Gene and Cell Therapy Information.