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Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme

 
Harriet Bartlett

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Harriet’s research is focused on figuring out the best ways to farm for people, the planet and pigs! There is growing evidence that land sparing (increasing yields on existing farm land and sparing intact habitat for nature) would have the best biodiversity outcomes. However, it is thought that high yield systems perform poorly in other ways, including being associated with poorer animal welfare outcomes, antibiotic use and carbon footprints. These trade-offs are largely lacking evidence, so Harriet is testing if, where and to what extent these trade-offs exist in UK and Brazilian pig production, with the aim of identifying optimal systems.

Last week BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today were featuring young voices and their opinions on re-thinking food and farming. Third year BBSRC DTP student Harriet Bartlett was part of the line up and was interviewed about her opinions on the challenges and opportunities in agriculture.

You can listen to it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p8fg and as part of the weekly summary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pf5c

Latest news

Welcome to our new BBSRC DTP cohort 2023!

10 October 2023

After a three-year funding gap, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of a fresh cohort of DTP students, generously funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Building on last year's successful securing of funding for DTP3, this October marks the commencement of the first cohort, with another set to follow next year.

Cambridge Biosciences DTP student, Maximilian Gantz, wins First Prize for ‘best talk’ at the Department of Biochemistry PhD Symposium

3 October 2023

Max (SBS DTP, cohort 2020), PhD student in Prof. Florian Hollfelder’s lab, was one of the 17 students presenting at the Department of Biochemistry PhD Symposium. His talk, with the title ‘A Microfluidics-enabled Workflow for Rapid Large-scale Fitness Data Generation Informs Biocatalyst Engineering’, won First prize for "best oral presentation".

New Training and Inclusivity Support Manager has been appointed to support our DTP cohorts

27 September 2023

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Sam Byers as the Training and Inclusivity Support Manager for the Cambridge Biosciences DTP cohorts.