CMI researcher wins SET Award

04 May 2004
Dr Athina Markaki, from Cambridge University’s Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, has been awarded a 2004 SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) for Britain awards. It recognises her work arising from the CMI-funded project on ‘Developing an ultra-light stainless steel sheet material’. Dr Markaki conducted research into another possible application for the metal fibres, to connect prostheses to bone more effectively.
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Genetics and disability

29 April 2004
The completion of the Human Genome Project, research in gene therapy and stem cell therapy, and the development of antenatal screening and embryo selection technologies has fuelled belief that genetics is the answer to the disability problem. Dr Tom Shakespeare from the University of Newcastle will be giving a lecture ‘Can Genetics Solve The Disability Problem’ on Wednesday, May 5 (2004) at St John’s College.
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Forget learning

26 April 2004
A recently published paper in ‘Science’ magazine explores the way in which our long-term memories can be affected when they are recalled.
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Lord Winston on Judaism and Science

23 April 2004
Professor Lord Winston, a renowned academic and member of the House of Lords, will deliver the seventh annual Yerushah Lecture in Cambridge on Monday, April 26 about the relationship between Judaism and science.
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Archbishop visits Cambridge

21 April 2004
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, mixed the formal with the informal when he visited Cambridge yesterday.
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Topping out ceremony for landmark building

15 April 2004

A world-class centre of excellence in Cambridge, set to speed up the delivery of new ways of diagnosing, treating and preventing cancer, has entered its final phase of development today (Monday 19 April).

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