skip to content

Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

 
Read more at: ISSCR Annual Meeting
ISSCR Annual Meeting

ISSCR Annual Meeting

22 November 2016

The ISSCR's flagship meeting serves as the largest forum for stem cell and regenerative medicine professionals from around the world. Through lectures, symposia, workshops, and events attendees experience innovative stem cell and regenerative medicine research, advances and learn about what's on the horizon.The meeting...


Read more at: Bon-Kyoung Koo awarded Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
Bon-Kyoung Koo awarded Sir Henry Dale Fellowship

Bon-Kyoung Koo awarded Sir Henry Dale Fellowship

22 November 2016

The SCI's new Group Leader Bon-Kyoung Koo has been awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Dale Fellowship . The Fellowship brings together the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust, two of the world's most prestigious and influential scientific organisations, in their shared commitment to supporting the future leaders of...


Read more at: SCI student wins Journal of Cell Science 2012 'paper of the year' award
SCI student wins Journal of Cell Science 2012 'paper of the year' award

SCI student wins Journal of Cell Science 2012 'paper of the year' award

22 November 2016

Vincent Pasque and Aliaksandra Radzisheuskaya received the prize for their joint first-author paper entitled ‘ Histone variant macroH2A marks embryonic differentiation in vivo and acts as an epigenetic barrier to induced pluripotency ’ (Pasque et al., 2012). The prize, $1000, is awarded annually to the first author of the...


Read more at: Professor Rick Livesey receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
Professor Rick Livesey receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award

Professor Rick Livesey receives Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award

22 November 2016

Investigator Awards provide funding for scientists who have an excellent track record and are in an established academic post. They offer the flexibility and time to enable them to tackle the most important questions in their field. For more information see http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funded-...


Read more at: SCI Student wins Outstanding Poster Award
SCI Student wins Outstanding Poster Award

SCI Student wins Outstanding Poster Award

22 November 2016

Aliaksandra Radzisheuskaya won the outstanding poster award for her work on the role of Oct4 during reprogramming at the CiRA International Symposium 2013 “Raising the next generation of stem cell research” in Kyoto, Japan. The award ceremony was presented by the Nobel laureates Professor Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John...


Read more at: Jennifer Nichols honoured at Suffrage Science 2013
Jennifer Nichols honoured at Suffrage Science 2013

Jennifer Nichols honoured at Suffrage Science 2013

22 November 2016

Dr Jennifer Nichols was one of twelve women honoured for their outstanding contributions to science at Suffrage Science: 2013 . This year focused on women in engineering and the physical sciences related to medicine. Descendants of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, great-granddaughter Helen and her daughter Laura...


Read more at: SCI to contribute to Science Festival
SCI to contribute to Science Festival

SCI to contribute to Science Festival

22 November 2016

The Wellcome Trust - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will participate with two events at the 2013 University of Cambridge Science Festival . As a part of the Science on Saturday programme, the SCI is arranging Stem Cell Generation - a hands on, drop in event for all ages in the Biology Zone at the Arts School. Everyone...


Read more at: SCI scientist receives £1.3 million to study faulty ‘gene switches’ in blood cancer
SCI scientist receives £1.3 million to study faulty ‘gene switches’ in blood cancer

SCI scientist receives £1.3 million to study faulty ‘gene switches’ in blood cancer

17 November 2016

Professor Bertie Gottgens and his team of researchers have been awarded a grant of £1.3m by the blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research for a new research programme which they hope will lead to the discovery of new treatments that will help rewire the faulty ‘switches’ that inadvertently cause the most...


Read more at: Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in world-class Stem Cell Institute
Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in world-class Stem Cell Institute

Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in world-class Stem Cell Institute

17 November 2016

Two of the UK’s largest funders of medical research are to invest £8 million in a new world-leading centre for stem cell biology and medicine. The Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will advance our understanding of stem cells and their potential to treat a range of life-threatening...


Read more at: Stem Cells in Cancer
Stem Cells in Cancer

Stem Cells in Cancer

17 November 2016

The 2nd International Cambridge Stem Cell Symposium The Symposium took place in July at the Homerton College. It brought together world-leading scientists working on different aspects of cancer initiation, maintenance and recurrence. The meeting covered the latest findings in stem cell biology and cancer, including novel...