News

BBSRC DTP student wins Monogram early career excellence award

1 September 2021

Yeorgia Argirou has won the Monogram early career excellence award - awarded annually to young scientists researching small grain cereals and grasses – for her work on the use of novel genetic diversity in hybrid wheat.

BBSRC DTP student won the Young Entrepreneur Scheme competition with her team

10 May 2021

The Young Entrepreneur Scheme is a global competition developed to raise awareness of how ideas from science and engineering are commercialised. University teams develop a business plan for a start-up company based on a hypothetical but plausible idea.

BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today interviewed Harriet Bartlett (Cohort 2017)

18 November 2020

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.

Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards 2020

9 October 2020

Congratulations to Hamish Symington and Laura Taylor (BBSRC DTP Cohort 2017) for the Highly Commended Award in the category of Peer Support.

Recent Publication: David Willer (2016) - Frontiers in Nutrition

22 July 2020

Congratulations to David Willer, 2016 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the article 'Vitamin Bullets. Microencapsulated Feeds to Fortify Shellfish and Tackle Human Nutrient Deficiencies' in Frontiers in Nutrition.

Recent Publication: David Willer (2016) - Nature Food

10 July 2020

Congratulations to David Willer, 2016 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the article 'Sustainable bivalve farming can deliver food security in the tropics' in Nature Food.

FAQs and Advice during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

25 March 2020

Please check our FAQs and Advice during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak here . You can also find further information available on the University’s dedicated coronavirus webpages .

Recent Publication: Eleanor Miller (2015) - Royal Society, Open Science

22 August 2018

Congratulations to Eleanor Miller, 2015 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the paper ‘ Global demographic history of human populations inferred from whole mitochondrial genomes ’ in Royal Society, Open Science.

Recent Publication: Josie Gaynord (2014) - Advanced Therapeutics

7 August 2018

Congratulations to Josie Gaynord, 2014 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the paper ‘ Two‐Component Stapling of Biologically Active and Conformationally Constrained Peptides: Past, Present, and Future’ in Advanced Therapeutics. Abstract Peptides are an emerging class of therapeutics in the...

Recent Publication: Laura Mitchell (2014) - Proteins

25 July 2018

Congratulations to Laura Mitchell, 2014 cohort PhD student in the BBSRC DTP Programme, for publishing the paper ‘ Comparative analysis of nanobody sequence and structure data’ in Proteins. Abstract Nanobodies are a class of antigen‐binding protein derived from camelids that achieve comparable binding affinities and...

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.

View all news

Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme

BBSRC DTP student wins Monogram early career excellence award

BBSRC DTP student won the Young Entrepreneur Scheme competition with her team

BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today interviewed Harriet Bartlett (Cohort 2017)

Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards 2020

Recent Publication: David Willer (2016) - Frontiers in Nutrition

Recent Publication: David Willer (2016) - Nature Food

FAQs and Advice during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Recent Publication: Eleanor Miller (2015) - Royal Society, Open Science

Recent Publication: Josie Gaynord (2014) - Advanced Therapeutics

Recent Publication: Laura Mitchell (2014) - Proteins

Latest news

Contact Us

Partners

UIS Websites

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge