A second application round for the 2019 intake of the Wellcome PhD for Clinicians Programme in Cambridge, including the Sanger Institute is now open. This prestigious scheme enables clinicians or veterinarians to undertake placements in different laboratories/groups, in order to make an informed choice of project and supervisor, leading to a higher PhD degree. Fellowship […]
GP as a career? Dr John Benson and Cambridge medical students explain why they wouldn’t choose anything else
Watch this short film to discover what it’s like to study medicine at Cambridge and see why Cambridge medical students are considering GP as a career. Please share: the film is for science-minded young people who like the idea of becoming a GP and for medical students who are interested in GP as a career. […]
2022 Clinical School Annual Distinguished Lecture
Recorded: Friday 28 October 2022 Speaker: Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, the World Health Organisation Talk Title: Towards a Healthier and Equitable Future for All Dr Soumya Swaminathan was appointed WHO’s first Chief Scientist in March 2019 and has worked throughout her career to translate research into impactful programmes. Dr Swaminathan was Secretary to […]
Profile: A child psychiatrist and champion of children
Dr Mike Shooter (Matriculated 1963 Catharine’s College; 1969 Clare College) MA MB BChir, CBE, FRCPsych, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRCGP, FRCPI, FAMSingapore) Mike came to Clinical Medicine (St Catharine’s 1963, Clare 1969) almost by accident, via a history and law degree, newspaper reporting, teaching, and a host of other jobs. He applied to go back to university […]
Alumni give back to honour the legacy of clinician and mentor Theo Chalmers
Theodore Chalmers was an exceptional clinician, teacher and leader of UK medicine who worked to establish the Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine. Now, his legacy and impact on students and colleagues have been honoured with the naming of a lecture theatre at the Clinical School and a new annual medical student prize in his […]
Profile: Where Paediatrics and Cardiology Come Together
Dr Ronel Talker (Matriculated 2010; Downing College) MB BChir MA (Cantab) MRCPCH Ronel qualified in Clinical Medicine at University of Cambridge in 2016, during which he took a keen interest in paediatrics and child health through elective placements in Cambridge, London and Mumbai (India). He completed his foundation training before pursuing Paediatrics specialty training in […]
Human stem cell lines: separating the wheat from the chaff
Collaborative research, led by Florian Merkle (Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science), has analysed the genetics of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) at single nucleotide resolution, revealing a wealth of biological insights and identifying cell lines particularly suitable for diverse applications. HPSCs are remarkable since they can self-renew indefinitely while retaining the ability to differentiate into […]
The Carbon Footprint of Bioinformatics
A study by Jason Grealey (Cambridge Baker Systems Initiative, Melbourne) and Loïc Lannelongue (Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Baker Systems Initiative), led by Michael Inouye (Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge Baker Systems Initiative), has quantified the carbon footprint of widely used algorithms in bioinformatics, computational biology and statistical genetics. The study raises awareness, […]
Genetic mutations causing a type of adult blood cancer occur in childhood, or even in the womb
A collaborative study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) and the University of Cambridge, led by Jyoti Nangalia (Haematology, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI) and WSI), Peter Campbell (WSI) and Tony Green (Haematology and CSCI) has traced genetic mutations, linked to adult blood cancer, to childhood, showing that they proliferate in the body over decades […]
Magnesium is essential for the immune system, including in the fight against cancer
Researchers, including Adrià-Arnau Martí i Líndez and led by Christoph Hess (both Medicine, CITIID), have shown that the level of extracellular magnesium is an important factor in the immune system’s ability to tackle pathogens and cancer cells. The collaborative project, with the University of Basel, reported that T cells need a sufficient quantity of magnesium […]
Use of whole genome sequencing to determine the genetic basis of suspected mitochondrial disorders
A collaborative study by Katherine Schon, led by Patrick Chinnery (both Clinical Neurosciences and MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit), demonstrates that whole genome sequencing (WGS), from a single blood test, picks up 31% more cases of rare genetic disorders than standard tests, shortening the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ that affected families experience, and providing huge opportunities for future […]
How HUSH defends your genome from DNA invasion
Research by Marta Seczynska, led by Paul Lehner (both Medicine, CITIID) in collaboration with Sergio Martinez Cuesta (Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca) shows how the HUSH complex protects the human genome from foreign (retroelement) invasion. The human genome is under constant threat from invasion by mobile genetic elements. These include viruses (such as HIV) and retrotransposons (Line […]
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