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N. Moris and A. Martinez Arias group develop ESC based model of early human development

10 June 2020

Scientists from the Department of Genetics, in collaboration with the Hubrecht Institute in The Netherlands, have developed a new model to study an early stage of human development, using human embryonic stem cells. The model resembles some key elements of an embryo at around 18-21 days old and allows the researchers to...

Cambridge University enters 'red' phase in response to COVID-19 outbreak

24 March 2020

All University Staff, except those needed for business-critical activity, are now working remotely. Please contact us by email until further notice.

Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history

18 March 2020

Cambridge researchers have contributed to an international study of human genetic diversity and ancestry in 54 indigenous populations across six continents. The study, published this week in Science , clarifies the genetic relationships between human populations around the world, including shared ancestry from ancient...

Segmentation in mouse gastruloids

20 February 2020

Segmentation in mouse gastruloids A few years ago the Martinez Arias group, reported a model system to study mammalian development. Using mouse embryonic stem cells, they found that under defined culture conditions, precise numbers of cells would aggregate and undergo a series of events that mimic the early embryos. In...

Dr Ben Steventon on Open Research with Wellcome

18 February 2020

Dr Ben Steventon has been recently appointed to the Wellcome Trust Open Reseach early career advisory board. The aim of this group is to inform the Wellcome Trust about specific issues faced by early career researchers when publishing and sharing their research output through open research publishing initiatives such as...

CANCELLED - Cambridge Science Festival 2020

28 January 2020

CANCELLED Unfotunately our event as part of the Science Festival 2020 has had to be cancelled due to safety precautions relating to the COVID-19 virus. The Department of Genetics are delighted to open their doors again for the Cambridge Science Festival. We will be running a family-friendly event on 14 March 2020 from 11am...

Genetics at the Big Biology Day

10 October 2019

Members of the Department took part in the Big Biology Day at Hills Road Sixth Form on 05 October 2019. Attendees got to play an interactive game to show what a large number of biologists do daily, identify common Drosophila melanogaster phenotypes. They also played a game where they identified different species of fruit...

Genetics Society Centenary Celebrations

4 July 2019

Centernary celebrations were hosted at the John Innes Conference Centre on Tuesday 25 June 2019. Posters designed for our Saunders Lecture 2018 were displayed during the celebrations (pictured above). The posters were very much appreciated and attendees commented on how much they had learnt through these. The Director of...

Ben Steventon joins the ERC Advisory Board for Wellcome Open Research

27 June 2019

As part of their continued drive towards promoting open access publishing, and the open sharing of research data, the Wellcome trust have launched an online platform called “Wellcome Open Research”. This provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles...

Mental Health Awareness Week

14 May 2019

This is Mental Health Awareness week ( https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk for more details) To mark this event in Genetics we have a donation box in the Tea Room with some Mental Health Foundation green ribbon badges which you can wear to raise awareness and show your support for good mental health for all. A Team Logo Quiz...

N. Moris and A. Martinez Arias group develop ESC based model of early human development

Cambridge University enters 'red' phase in response to COVID-19 outbreak

Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history

Segmentation in mouse gastruloids

Dr Ben Steventon on Open Research with Wellcome

CANCELLED - Cambridge Science Festival 2020

Genetics at the Big Biology Day

Genetics Society Centenary Celebrations

Ben Steventon joins the ERC Advisory Board for Wellcome Open Research

Mental Health Awareness Week

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