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Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme

 
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Sabila Chilaeva with BioNTech co-founders

BBSRC student meets with BioNTech co-founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci during their visit to Cambridge

16 October 2022

BioNTech founders, Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, visited Cambridge to give the annual Milstein Lecture at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. During their visit, Sabila Chilaeva (BBSRC DTP 2019 Cohort) had the opportunity to have lunch with them.


Read more at: Welcome to the new 2022 SBS DTP cohort!
SBS DTP Induction - Cohort 2022

Welcome to the new 2022 SBS DTP cohort!

7 October 2022

We are very pleased to welcome the new 2022 SBS DTP students to Cambridge. This was a great opportunity to meet in-person with students after almost 2 years of online induction events.


Read more at: Cambridge Biosciences DTP Symposium 2022
Symposium 2022

Cambridge Biosciences DTP Symposium 2022

26 July 2022

On Monday 25 July the Cambridge Biosciences DTP hosted another successful Annual DTP Student Symposium at Robinson College!


Read more at: DTP Student, Jack Marcus Smith, featured on BBC Springwatch
Jack Smith featured on BBC Springwatch

DTP Student, Jack Marcus Smith, featured on BBC Springwatch

11 July 2022

Our DTP Student, Jack Marcus Smith, was recently featured on BBC Springwatch. Jack is currently on the last year of his PhD in the Department of Zoology.


Read more at: 'Masked' cancer-killing drugs avoid harming healthy cells – new research from our alumna Dr Lavinia Dunsmore
Lavinia Dunsmore

'Masked' cancer-killing drugs avoid harming healthy cells – new research from our alumna Dr Lavinia Dunsmore

6 July 2022

A new methodology, developed by our Cambridge Biosciences DTP alumna, Dr Lavinia Dunsmore, during her PhD, has created a way to avoid the toxicity of some plant-derived cancer-killing drugs by 'masking' their toxicity until they reach their targets, potentially leading to more effective cancer therapies. Using the new...


Read more at: Recent Publication: Harriet Bartlett (BBSRC DTP 2017 Cohort) – Royal Society Open Science
Harriet Bartlett

Recent Publication: Harriet Bartlett (BBSRC DTP 2017 Cohort) – Royal Society Open Science

24 June 2022

Congratulations to Harriet Bartlett, 2017 cohort PhD student on the BBSRC DTP programme, for publishing the Research Article ‘ Understanding the relative risks of zoonosis emergence under contrasting approaches to meeting livestock product demand ’ in Royal Society Open Science .


Read more at: Alumni survey reveals impacts of DTP
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Alumni survey reveals impacts of DTP

6 June 2022

A recent survey of all alumni of our DTP1 and DTP2 programmes provides a snapshot of their career trajectories and insights into how the DTP programme helped to launch their careers.


Read more at: Recent Publications: Naomi van den Berg (2020 cohort) – Bluesci and Nature Ecology & Evolution
Naomi van den Berg - articles

Recent Publications: Naomi van den Berg (2020 cohort) – Bluesci and Nature Ecology & Evolution

5 June 2022

Congratulations to Naomi van den Berg, 2020 cohort PhD student on the SBS DTP programme, for publishing two articles, "Pro-Science? Fight Anti-Science Compassionately" in Bluesci and, "Ecological modelling approaches for predicting emergent properties in microbial communities" in Nature Ecology & Evolution .


Read more at: DTP student Natalie Wallis receives best poster prize at department research retreat
Natalie Wallis - best poster prize - IMS

DTP student Natalie Wallis receives best poster prize at department research retreat

26 May 2022

Natalie attended the Institute of Metabolic Science (IMS) Away Day at Robinson College where she presented a poster of her PhD research. Natalie’s research focuses on elucidating the genetic basis of obesity and how investigation in dogs can offer translational insight into human obesity.


Read more at: Recent Publication: Kyle Reid (2019 cohort) – Frontiers in Immunology
Kyle Reid-Frontiers in Immunology

Recent Publication: Kyle Reid (2019 cohort) – Frontiers in Immunology

25 May 2022

Congratulations to Kyle Reid, 2019 cohort PhD student on the BBSRC DTP programme, for publishing the Research Article ‘ Brain Cells Release Calreticulin That Attracts and Activates Microglia, and Inhibits Amyloid Beta Aggregation and Neurotoxicity ’ in Frontiers in Immunology.


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.