Congratulations to Iva Tchasovnikarova who has been awarded the Lister Prize from @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social to expand her work on fundamental epigenetic pathways. Read more about Iva's research group and the Lister Prize: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/iva-tch... #ListerPrize2026 #GurdonInstitute

Congratulations to @claudiabonfio.bsky.social on her Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize from @rsc.org for developing biophysical and supramolecular approaches to understand the origins and evolution of primitive cells. Read more about the prize and her lab: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/claudia...

Congratulations to @hollfelderlab.bsky.social on their opportunity seed funding from @aria-research.bsky.social for a project to make iPSC technology into a broadly applicable tool for ecosystem science and species conservation. More about this crucial research: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/hollfel...

Congratulations to our former colleague John McCafferty, on being elected Fellow of The Royal Society and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

We are also hosting Pedro Madrigal (EMBL-EBI) @pmadrigal.bsky.social He leads critical RNA resources (RNAcentral & Rfam) and brings extensive expertise in large-scale omics data from his time at Sanger and Cambridge Don't miss this incredible double-session! @cambiochem.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org

From Bolivia to Oxford, Nanopore, and York! Don't miss our next RNA Club this Thursday 28th at 16:30! We are thrilled to host Miguel Aracena. He will break down his PhD work on the mechanistic basis for translation initiation on enterovirus IRES. @cambiochem.bsky.social @york.ac.uk

Congratulations to the @markohyvonen.bsky.social Group on its celebration of 25 years this week by 40 alumni! Since 2001, it has welcomed 21 Postdocs, 8 RAs, 15 PhDs, 6 Visiting PhDs, 9 MScs and 46 Undergrads and contributed over 90 publications. 🎂🎉👏 Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/hyvonen...

Join us for the next Cambridge Lactation Network Summer Symposium on Friday, 12th of June 2026. Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-... @cam-repro.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk @cambiochem.bsky.social @aj-twigger.bsky.social @koulman.bsky.social

The Patil group is part of a new collaboration that aims to understand how changes to our gut microbiome in early life impact neurodevelopment. The project is part of Wellcome LEAP's Foundation Of a Resilient Microbiome (FORM) initiative Read more:

RNA enthusiasts, clear your schedules! Our next RNA Club is happening TOMORROW ,29th April, at 16:30. Join us on Zoom. We’re diving deep into the latest research with two incredible speakers: Zhipeng Lu ( @usc.edu )& Róża Przanowska( @rprzanowska.bsky.social ) @cambiochem.bsky.social

When Rachael was diagnosed with cancer at 22, her interest in cancer research became something far more personal. Through our @crukcamctya.bsky.social PPI network, she undertook a two-week lab placement in the @cambiochem.bsky.social with Dr Lisa Dobson. 🔗 zurl.co/7w2yg ##FocusOnCamCancer #TYACAM

We are recruiting a postdoc interested in using machine learning and AI to understand and control post-transcriptional gene regulation. Please apply and join us at @cambiochem.bsky.social ⏳ Closing date: 16 May 2026 🔗 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55254 Learn more about us: www.sblab.uk

Researchers in the Patil lab found that co-culturing bacteria profoundly alters each species' behavior. Because the gut microbiome directly affects our health, understanding these interactions helps show how it responds to challenges (e.g. drugs) Read the full story: buff.ly/dZ42Vnx

CLOSING SOON: Interested in using machine learning to predict the toxicity of novel therapies? The Patil lab are recruiting a Bioinformatician to work on this in collaboration with @cambiochem.bsky.social & AstraZeneca 💵 £42,254-£56,535 📆 Apply by 20th April Apply here: buff.ly/C8UtZ2n

🗣️ On 17 April 2026, Cambridge Zero is bringing together researchers across disciplines to explore sustainable foods, medicines, and carbon management. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sC8ezn 🌏 A brilliant space for collaboration, innovation, and future funding conversations.

Are you interested in using machine learning to predict the toxicity of novel therapies? The Patil lab are recruiting a Bioinformatician to work on this in collaboration with @cambiochem.bsky.social & @astra-zeneca.bsky.social 💵 £42,254-£56,535 📆 Apply by 20th April Apply here: buff.ly/C8UtZ2n

We are seeking an IT Apprentice to assist us in delivering a robust digital infrastructure that our diverse scientific initiatives depend upon. Apply here by 20 April: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/it-appr...

Engineering Biology Symposium & Forum - Register and submit your abstract for a chance to win up to £500 to support conference registration and expenses. More information: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/events/engbi...

Just 4 days left to submit your abstract for the Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 🌱 Join us in Cambridge (22–24 Sept) to share your work on plant morphogenesis — talks & posters all welcome. 🗓 Deadline: 30 March 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la... Don’t miss out! #SLS26 #PlantScience #plantsci

Don't miss the next RNA Club session on the 26th March! @cambiochem.bsky.social

EngBio ECRs Meetup returns Mon 20 April! 🎉 12-1pm. Two great talks: 🔬 Holly Bachas Brook – 3D eccrine sweat gland-on-chip 🧪 Fatma Mihoubi – Nucleotide & peptide diversity in coacervate protocells Hear new research and connect with fellow ECRs. All wellcome. 👉 Sign up buytickets.at/engineeringb...

This was such an inspirational visit to the @cambiochem.bsky.social (thanks to @ericmiska.bsky.social & Ulrika Yuan for inviting & hosting), and then informally catching up with @trayon.bsky.social + lab @babrahaminst.bsky.social and Juliette Fedry @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social! Science is fun!

Calling all colleagues with teenagers. Join us on Saturday 28 March, 2pm-3.30pm in the Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building for our #CamFest event on how AI can be applied to big questions in Biochemistry for ages 12+. All welcome, book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biochemist...

Don't miss today's RNA Club! At Sanger Building @cambiochem.bsky.social , 26th Feb 16:30h!

📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow! Machine learning applications to cancer Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar 📅 Thurs 26 February, 9:30-10:30 📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine All welcome! @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

🎤🍕Cafe Synthetique is back! Mon 2 Mar,6pm Join Gabriela Guedes, Joel Roca & Gorjan Stojanovski for talks on #proteins #nanomedicine #plastic-eatingenzymes 🧫 🎟️Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... @hollfelderlab.bsky.social @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk

At the #GlWoBr my department @cambiochem.bsky.social hosted, I was one of the panelist’s and had the chance to reflect on my career path. Thanks to @claudiabonfio.bsky.social lab organising it and to a live illustrator (paraphrase.studio) capturing our conversation, this lovely sketch came out 🥰

What if RNA–DNA hybrids don’t just form in the nucleus… but trigger immune responses from the cytoplasm? Join us on 26th Feb 4 pm at @cambiochem.bsky.social for Magdalena Crossley's talk and dive into the fascinating world of R-loops, genome regulation & innate immunity

Special guest lecture by Professor Bill DeGrado on '𝘋𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨-𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴'. 📅 5 March 2026 | ⏲️ 12:00 📍 Department of Pharmacology Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/special-ph... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk

Congratulations to our new group leader @jenny-molloy.bsky.social on her Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards in Brussels last week. 👏 👏 👏

Wonderful news that the @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Lab's research on removing PFAS 'forever chemicals' from the human body has been developed into a probiotic and can be clinically tested through this investment. 👏 👏 👏

Grateful to @cambiochem.bsky.social for spotlighting my PhD work, recently published in @embomolmed.org. We're really proud of this international collaboration between a wide range of researchers and clinicians. Thanks to everyone involved! www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/embo-mo...

@ecwalsh.bsky.social , @jonlp-bioinf.bsky.social , @paula-milan-rois.bsky.social , and @bianca-pierattini.bsky.social presented their work at #RNAUK26. We enjoyed the perfect combo of great science, inspiring discussions, and scenic hikes. Thank you to the organiser for such a fantastic conference!

Huge congratulations to @juancruedas.bsky.social for successfully passing his PhD viva with minor corrections yesterday! 🧬We’re incredibly proud of you! And even more exciting, the manuscript is on the way. Stay tuned! 👏🥳 @cambiochem.bsky.social

We are recruiting for a postdoc with a background in cell biology and an interest in infection research to join the @camillagodlee.bsky.social Lab to study how Salmonella remodels host membrane dynamics. Apply here by 24 Feb: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

🧬🧫 EngBio ECRs Meetup is back! 📅 Mon 16 Feb | ⏰ 12pm 📍 Postdoc Centre Mill Lane Two great talks on capsid proteins & RNA organelles in bacteria from Daniela Gjorgjevikj and Brian Ng 🎟️ Sign Up at www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... #EngBio #ECRs #RNA #bacteria #CapsidProteins

How is RNA regulation shaped across tissues and species? Join us for two exciting talks by Roberto Campalastri (tRNA gene regulation) @mrc-tu.bsky.social and Meenu Bhati @meenubhati.bsky.social (lncRNA discovery in the bovine genome) Don’t miss it! Thursday 22nd 16:30h Zoom @cambiochem.bsky.social

Excited that our study on oogenesis and germinal bed morphology in the brown anole is published! Find it here: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdandersn.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.uk

We had a great time at the @cambiochem.bsky.social Away Days, learning about the exciting research across the Department! It was a pleasure to share some of our group’s projects thanks to @migueldvalmeida.bsky.social and @ecwalsh.bsky.social . All set for a year full of science! Stay tuned!

We are looking for a Postdoc to join the Lilley Group and work on an ancient universal membrane effector system, and tackle the question of how members of the microbial IM30 protein family function to protect biological membranes. Apply here by 13 Feb: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

The @claudiabonfio.bsky.social Group is seeking a Research Associate with a PhD in Organic, Supramolecular or Medicinal Chemistry to work on an exciting project that combines prebiotic and supramolecular chemistry and biophysics. Apply here by 14 January: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Our Pharmacology Seminar Series returns on the Friday 9 January The talk will be a Research Culture lecture, featuring Corinna Alberg, Sara Pensa (Cambridge Africa) and Lucy Woolhouse (University Library) 📖 Talks are in person only. More info here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/department-p...

Café Synthetique returns in 2026! Join us on Mon 19 Jan for talks on Cellular Decision Making in Plant Environmental Response & miRNA Crop Assessment with @xanderjones.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social and the Cambridge iGEM Team 🪴🌱 Sign up👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...

The Smith Group is recruiting a new postdoc for an exciting interdisciplinary BBSRC funded project: "Molecular grammar of a cell-type specific alternative splicing regulator" Apply here by 23 Jan: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

This Wed 10th, 16:30h (Zoom)! Discover how ribosome structures are reshaping the battle against AMR. Don’t miss this deep dive into cutting-edge Cryo-EM by Dr Martino Morici ( @uni-hamburg.de )! @cambiochem.bsky.social #RNAclub #CryoEM

The @mrc-tu.bsky.social, Department of Biochemistry, @astra-zeneca.bsky.social, @cruk-si.bsky.social, & @mrcharwell.bsky.social have been awarded a £3.4 million MRC Prosperity Partnership grant to fund research on the toxicity of advanced therapeutics. Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/mrc-fun...

Hear Prof Ben Lehner next Thurs 4 December at 4.30pm talk about using massively parallel sequencing experiments and AI to understand the properties of proteins and reveal biological function; followed by a drinks reception in the Whale Café. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alkis-sera...

The @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Group have published a paper in Nature Microbiology that identifies over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a toxic effect on bacteria found in the healthy human gut microbiome. Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/patil-g...

📢 RNA fans! Join us tomorrow at 16:30h in @cambiochem.bsky.social for a new Cambridge RNA Club session. Come for the science, stay for the community! 🧬

Happy Birthday to the Lilley Group and the Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, who are celebrating 25 years! 🎂🥂👏 Since they started in 2000, they have acquired 12 mass spectrometers and contributed to over 300 publications and 1000s of projects. Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/lilley-...