The grateful gardener who brought Apocalypse Now to a flowerbed
23 November 2020He builds human-sized nests from twigs, spins circles in the garden and torches wicker men at Harvest Moon. The music-loving college gardener Peter Kirkham believes...
Professor Chris Abell FRS, FMedSci (1957 – 2020)
27 October 2020The University is saddened to announce that Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Todd-Hamied Fellow of Christ’s College, has died...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
22 October 2020Her plans to study the effects of social isolation on adolescents have become particularly pertinent this year. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a cognitive neuroscientist who has...
Cambridge researcher named to Time 100 list of world's most influential people
23 September 2020Professor Ravi Gupta has been named today as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year, in recognition of his work...
The chemist who fuses fashion with science
21 August 2020Areeb Mahtey is studying for a PhD in epigenetics, but outside the lab he is a member of the University of Cambridge’s Fashion and Luxury...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Daniela De Angelis
20 August 2020Since January this year, Daniela De Angelis and her team have been informing the UK Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their real-time model of...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Gordon Dougan
16 July 2020“In many parts of the world people still live with the daily threat of diseases like cholera, typhoid, and malaria. In reality COVID is just...
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Estée Török
09 July 2020Long hours running COVID-19 vaccine and drugs trials have left little time for Estée Török to contemplate her postponed wedding. With over 20 years' clinical research...
Eight Cambridge researchers elected as members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
07 July 2020Eight Cambridge researchers - six from the University of Cambridge and two from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - are among the 63 scientists...
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Charlotte Summers
02 July 2020An intensive care specialist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Charlotte Summers has spent the last few months dealing with the biggest challenge of her career. And after long, exhausting...