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Mike Murphy receives the Derek Willoughby Medal from the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

1 July 2025

On 25 June, Mike Murphy received the Derek Willoughby Medal from the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary, University of London and gave a lecture at the William Harvey Research Institute's annual research day. This medal is awarded every two years for outstanding contribution to inflammation science. Previous...

CSAR PhD Student Award for MBU Student Lucia Luengo Gutierrez

1 July 2025

Congratulations to Lucia Luengo Gutierrez, who has been selected for an award from the Cambridge Society for the Application of Resarch (CSAR) . The CSAR PhD Student Awards of £1,000 each, are intended to recognise outstanding research with real world application and to assist students to pursue their research or careers...

Judy Hirst awarded European Research Council Advanced Grant

17 June 2025

Congratulations to Professor Judy Hirst , who has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Judy's grant is for the energy-converting mechanism of a modular biomachine: Uniting structure and function to establish the engineering principles of respiratory complex I. Advanced Grants may be...

MBU Postdoc receives Young Invesgator Award from SFRRE

13 June 2025

The Society for Free Radical Research - Europe (SFRR-E) is dedicated to promoting interest in all aspects of research related to Free Radicals in any scientific field. At its 22nd International Biennial meeting held in Galway, Ireland in June, Alva Casey received the Society's Young Investigator Award. Alva is a...

Abigail Giles receives The Richard J Bing Award for Young Investigators

2 June 2025

At the recent World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research , held in Japan, Abigail Giles was awarded The Richard J Bing Award for Young Investigators . Abigail studied for her PhD at the MBU, funded by the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Partnership Program, spending her time split between Cambridge and the...

Mike Murphy elected as a member of Academia Europaea

19 May 2025

Congratulations to Professor Mike Murphy , who has been elected as a member of Academia Europaea : The Academy of Europe. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all...

Structure of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier visualised by cryo-electron microscopy

18 April 2025

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists in the laboratory of Professor Edmund Kunji have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth. In collaboration with the groups of Professors Vanessa Leone at the Medical...

Pretzel Therapeutics, an MBU spin-out company, launches Phase 1 clinical study

4 April 2025

Pretzel Therapeutics has announced the initiation of recruitment for a Phase 1 clinical study of PX578, the lead therapeutic in its bioenergetics restoration phase. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of single and multiple ascending...

Cambridge Festival 2025 - Biomedical Campus Day

26 March 2025

On 22 March, members of the MBU enjoyed a very successful event at the Cambridge Festival Biomedical Campus Day. Our scientists showcased the Unit's research through the use of games and activities aimed audiences of all ages. The event was hosted at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology , where we shared a...

Batten Disease Global Research Initiative Grant for Kasparas Petkevicius

19 March 2025

Congratulations to Kasparas Petkevicius , who has been awarded a grant of $50,000 from the Batten Disease Global Research Initiative , which will fund a research project “Exploring the efficacy of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate synthesis pathway intermediates in treating CLN8 Batten disease in preclinical models.” Batten...

Mike Murphy receives the Derek Willoughby Medal from the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

CSAR PhD Student Award for MBU Student Lucia Luengo Gutierrez

Judy Hirst awarded European Research Council Advanced Grant

MBU Postdoc receives Young Invesgator Award from SFRRE

Abigail Giles receives The Richard J Bing Award for Young Investigators

Mike Murphy elected as a member of Academia Europaea

Structure of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier visualised by cryo-electron microscopy

Pretzel Therapeutics, an MBU spin-out company, launches Phase 1 clinical study

Cambridge Festival 2025 - Biomedical Campus Day

Batten Disease Global Research Initiative Grant for Kasparas Petkevicius

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