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Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme

 
Read more at: William Boxall, BBSRC DTP Cohort 2019, completed his PIPS placement working alongside the National Park Service in Redwood National and State Parks, California
William Boxall at Redwood National Park

William Boxall, BBSRC DTP Cohort 2019, completed his PIPS placement working alongside the National Park Service in Redwood National and State Parks, California

13 March 2023

William was looking for something that would be both rewarding and interesting to him as a plant scientist. After innumerable emails, and no small amount of luck, he found himself talking with the lead forester at Redwood National Park, and with his help arranged to travel over to Northern California to join him at Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP)


Read more at: Sabila Chilaeva, BBSRC DTP Cohort 2019 awarded research grant by Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Sabila Chilaeva awarded by the Stem Cell Institute

Sabila Chilaeva, BBSRC DTP Cohort 2019 awarded research grant by Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

8 March 2023

Research in stem cell biology requires knowledge and tools from several disciplines and in particular, from physics and biology. The Cambridge Centre for Physical Biology has been established to meet this need and recently selected Sabila Chilaeva (Cohort 2019) to participate in a 3.5-day workshop to develop her research ideas.


Read more at: DTP student, Natalie Wallis, represents University of Cambridge at the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore
Natalie Wallis at GYSS

DTP student, Natalie Wallis, represents University of Cambridge at the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore

6 February 2023

In January 2023, Natalie attended the world renowned Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) in Singapore. This is a multi-disciplinary event bringing together scientific minds from 32 countries to discuss science and technology trends, future game changers and how research could address major global challenges.


Read more at: Cambridge team led by BBSRC & SBS DTP students wins Gold Medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition
Cambridge students at the iGEM competition

Cambridge team led by BBSRC & SBS DTP students wins Gold Medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition

12 January 2023

The team of undergraduate students and postgraduate instructors, including a group of PhD candidates from the Cambridge BBSRC and SBS DTP, worked on a synthetic biology project to represent Cambridge in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2022 competition. iGEM is the largest synthetic biology...


Read more at: DTP student, Natalie Wallis, completes PIPs placement working with First Nations communities in Canada.
Natalie Wallis - PIPS abroad

DTP student, Natalie Wallis, completes PIPs placement working with First Nations communities in Canada.

28 October 2022

As part of the BBSRC DTP programme, Natalie successfully completed her twelve-week Professional Internship for PhD Students (PIPS). Natalie made the most of the scheme by taking the opportunity to do a PIPs abroad. She conducted her internship in British Columbia, Canada.


Read more at: BBSRC student meets with BioNTech co-founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci during their visit to Cambridge
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...