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The Department of Genetics will be hosting a display of posters as part of the first University Of Cambridge Graduate Open Day on Wednesday 2 November 2016 from 1.30 pm until approx 2.30 pmVisitors will also be able to chat to Group Leaders and current Graduate students a about study options and life in the Department.Please see our Postgraduate to…

The 11th Physics of Living Matter Symposium will be held on 22 - 23 September at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The series was launched in 2006 to promote the interface between the Life and Physical Sciences in Cambridge. Since then interest has grown considerably and the Symposia are now jointly organised by Cambrid…

See Alex Patto from the Department of Genetics, and Waterscope co-founder Tianheng Zhao, discussing their water testing kit on Cambridge TV>> http://www.cambridge-tv.co.uk/alexander-patto-and-tianheng-zhao-waterscope/>> More information about Waterscope

Alex Patto, a member of the O'Kane Group, was part of the team who won £5,000 in the Social Enterprise category for their business plan for Waterscope at the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs event in May.Waterscope, developed by members of the Department of Physics Dr Richard Bowman, Dr Nalin Patel and Tianheng Zhao, as well as Alex, provides wat…

Centrosomes are the major microtubule organising centres (MTOCs) in somatic animal cells. They are localised at each pole of the mitotic spindle and persist throughout the life cycle of a cell. Each centrosome is composed of two barrel-shaped structures, known as centrioles, surrounded by electron dense material that contains proteins required for …

Visitors to our departmental presentation for the Cambridge Science Festival 2016, as well as Department members, voted for images submitted to the first Department of Genetics Photo Competition.Rhys Grant won with the image above. It shows a dividing cell from the human retina, stained with antibodies against Aurora kinase A (green), actin (red) a…

The Department has now yet another organism to add to its repertoire of experimental model species: The gallant Gallus gallus.One of the oldest species to shed light on the inner workings of embryonic development (stretching all the way back to work by Aristotle), our ability to culture embryos both inside and outside of the shell enables a unique …

The Bioinformatics Training Facility of the School of Biological Sciences has just launched a new website describing its activities and linking to several bioinformatics training resources and providers. The new address is: http://bioinfotraining.bio.cam.ac.uk/ The Facility offers over 35 different training courses in 'basic skills and programming'…

Leishmaniasis is a disease causing approximately 40,000 deaths per year, mostly in the Asian subcontinent.  The disease is caused by parasites, which are spread by the bite of the sandfly.  The disease is treatable via the administration of drugs, but there are signs of increasing drug resistance in the parasite population.  Researchers from the Il…

A stimulating and successful panel discussion on Open Data was held on 4 November in the Department of Engineering. Rafael Carazo Salas was one of the five panel members. When the fundamental question was asked - 'What are the benefits of Open Data?' - Rafael was able to counter with the argument, 'What aren'tthe benefits?' Data sharing is importan…

Jelena Aleksic, a former MRC-funded Graduate Student in Professor Steve Russell's Group in the Department of Genetics [>2011] has been named as a rising star in the biotech industry.  Jelena is featured as an inspirational female bio-entrepreneur in 'BioBeat : 50 Movers & Shakers in BioBusiness 2015' Earlier this year, Jelena and Robert Stojnic, wh…

Appearing in 'Science' this week is a paper by Aylwyn Scally and colleagues, 'Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding'. Genomes were sequenced and compared, showing that some sub-species have suffered population decline for thousands of years, which has led to further degeneration through in-breedin…

Because of extensive refurbishment to labs in the Department of Genetics, beginning in April 2014, many Groups working in the main Genetics building have moved. Some Groups have relocated within the same building, but some have moved elsewhere for the time being.Watch this space for updates! Group Lab pages will also reflect the changesMoves now co…

Are you a IB student interested in Part II Genetics? Come and visit the Department on our Open Day : Thursday 12 March, between 15:30 and 17:00. Come and talk to current Part IIs and quiz members of staff.If you cannot make the Open Day : No problem! You can pick up a copy of the course brochure from reception - or download it here. It contains mor…