Exciting news! Join us for the next 'Gateway to Translation' webinar on April 30th, 2 pm. Dr. Mat Robinson from Microbiotica Ltd. will discuss the discovery of microbiome-based therapeutics. and biomarkers from clinical datasets.
Register here: tickettailor.com/events/cambrid…

📢 Calling all #undergraduates , #postgraduates & #postdocs of all disciplines – apply to the Falling Walls Lab #Cambridge !

Pitch your innovative idea in 3 minutes – you have nothing to lose & everything to gain 👇

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Deadline for applications: 12 May '24

Cambridge Network’s Jobs and Careers Fair

On 10th May, we'll be joining Cambridge Network's Jobs and Careers Fair! If you would like to learn more about careers and culture at the Milner Institute, we'll see you there! 👀

For more and to register: lnkd.in/eZ_TDQsz

Thanks to Nature Rev Immunol for the chance to write about incorporating our lived experiences into effective #sciencecommunication ! A few tips on making your science communication effective and accessible to everyone:

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Ready, steady, go!

Another working day in Cell Town, a new DNA duplication is about to begin. Everything is going smoothly as usual... or not?

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Join Pol and find the solution to this unexpected discovery in our latest #SciComm comic: What’s wrong with this DNA? tinyurl.com/23rh6rf7 3/6

🧬Happy DNA day🧬

Introducing, Pol, Hely, Topy, and the Repair Squad!

'What’s wrong with this DNA?'

Thanks to Claudia Flandoli for working with Claudia Arnedo Pac, Dr Soph Milbourne and me on this fun project - and making #LesionSegregation accessible to everyone!

Delighted to launch our first science comic this #DNADay

Follow along with Pol and learn more about some Unit research. Get your comic here: mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/public-engagem…

Huge thank you to Claudia Arnedo Pac Sarah Aitken Aitken Lab Claudia Flandoli for their work bringing this to life

Inside every cell in your body, two metres of DNA is carefully folded into a structure smaller than the width of a human hair. This #DNADay , explore how every fold and twist in the origami of our DNA can affect our bodies and ultimately our health:

Arrayed screening at the MRC-AZ-University of Cambridge Joint Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL)

8th May, 12.30pm

Join this webinar for a Q&A session about the on-going call for project proposals for the FGSL!

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Final call to register to attend the first UK Proteostasis Network conference at Babraham Institute next month!

Sign up before the deadline of April 29.

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Looking forward to an exciting day at the LifeArc Transitional Sciences Summit #LATSS2024

Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum - RNA Therapeutics.

Tomorrow, MRC Toxicology.

Cambridge NTF, CambridgeATS and Cambridge Alliance on Medicines Safety (CAMS) are hosting James Thaventhiran (@MRC_TU) and Tracey Nissan (@AstraZeneca) for two exciting talks.

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LAST CHANCE: Facilities Manager

An opportunity has arisen to join the Unit and manage the physical infrastructure, facilities and high quality support services in order to support effective operation of research activities

Deadline 24th April
Details: buff.ly/3vSjRdl

Looking for your next career move? Maybe one of our current open vacancies is for you!

🏢 Facilities Manager
🧬 Research Assistant/Associate (epigenetics, tRNAs, neurodegeneration)
🔬 Proteomics Technical Lead

Explore the opportunities on our website: buff.ly/4ayTl7X

'CRISPR and Beyond: Perturbations at Scale to Understand Genomes'

22nd–24th April.

Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training is hosting the 5th conference in the series, providing a forum for biomedical researchers from academia and industry.

More: ow.ly/U0L150QgOjp

Did you know that researchers at the Unit are growing mini livers in a dish?

Watch here as these tiny liver spheroids take shape, enabling researchers in the Aitken Lab to study DNA-damaging chemicals: buff.ly/3UnGxeV

#WorldLiverDay

VACANCY Facilities Manager

Apply before 24th April to join the Unit and manage the physical infrastructure, facilities and high quality support services in order to support effective operation of research activities

Deadline 24th April
Details: buff.ly/3vSjRdl

We have been working on a fun secret project recently and we are very excited to share it with you next week on #DNADay .

Any guesses?

We are delighted that one of the Gates Cambridge Scholars will be joining the Unit this autumn. Congratulations to all of the Class of 2024