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Read more at: Portrait of John Walker unveiled at Sidney Sussex College

Portrait of John Walker unveiled at Sidney Sussex College

5 October 2023

On Wednesday, 4 October, members of the MBU and the LMB past and present, along with Fellows of Sidney Sussex College, members of John's family and friends, attended the unveiling ceremony of the portrait, by Frances Bell , of Professor Sir John Walker . Of course, Frances Bell was there too. Frances is a member of the...


Read more at: PHAsT upscales its eco-friendly bacterial fermentation at the MBU

PHAsT upscales its eco-friendly bacterial fermentation at the MBU

4 October 2023

Last week, supported by funding from a UKRI Impact Accelerator Grant proposed by Ipsita Roy and David Gregory, members of PHAsT visited the MBU and upscaled its fermentation PHA process to the 100L scale - ending up with fantastic yields! Our Fermenter Facility Supervisor, Shane Palmer , provided significant support...


Read more at: Professor Patrick Chinnery appointed Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council

Professor Patrick Chinnery appointed Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council

22 August 2023

Congratulations to Professor Patrick Chinnery , who has been appointed Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council. Full details are available on the University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council websites.


Read more at: Assessment of left ventricular tissue mitochondrial bioenergetics in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Assessment of left ventricular tissue mitochondrial bioenergetics in patients with stable coronary artery disease

9 August 2023

In a letter published in Nature Cardiovascular Research , Professor Mike Murphy and collaborators report on a study led by Richard Jones and supervised jointly by Sanjay K Prasad (Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK) and Mike Murphy (MBU, Cambridge). Recurrent...


Read more at: Aspiring Scientists Training Programme (ASTP) 2023

Aspiring Scientists Training Programme (ASTP) 2023

17 July 2023

From 10-14 July 2023, the MBU participated in the Aspiring Scientists Training Programmme. Led by St Catharine’s College and the Gurdon Institute , we collaborated with Pembroke College , Sainsbury Laboratory , Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science in an expanded programme...


Read more at: Tenured Professorship for Michal Minczuk

Tenured Professorship for Michal Minczuk

19 June 2023

The General Board of the Faculties of the University of Cambridge has recommended that, with effect from 1 October 2023, a Professorship be established for Dr Michal Minczuk (assigned to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences). Congratulations!


Read more at: "In Our Time" - Radio 4

"In Our Time" - Radio 4

12 June 2023

On 1 June 2023, Mike Murphy , Flo Camus and Nick Lane talked to Melvyn Bragg about "Mitochondria" in an episode of "In Our Time". The podcast can be heard via this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001md34 inourtime.jpg


Read more at: Atomic details revealed of a key protein involved in the burning of fat
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Atomic details revealed of a key protein involved in the burning of fat

31 May 2023

The results of a collaborative research study led by Professors Edmund Kunji and Vera Moiseenkova-Bell , involving scientists from the Universities of Cambridge, Pennsylvania, East Anglia and Brussels, have been published in Science Advances . Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is the protein that allows specialised brown fat...


Read more at: MBU Researchers at Pint of Science (Cambridge)

MBU Researchers at Pint of Science (Cambridge)

25 May 2023

Pint of Science is a worldwide science festival which brings researchers to your local pub/cafe/space to share their scientific discoveries with you - no prior knowledge required. The event recently took place in 37 towns and cities across the UK and Dr Stephen Burr (senior postdoctoral researcher in the Chinnery group)...


Read more at: Cambridge Festival 2023

Cambridge Festival 2023

29 March 2023

On 18 March, the MBU joined other scientific organisations based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus for our first CBC in-person Cambridge Festival event since lockdown. Alongside Penny Peck and Alex Whitworth , Alva Casey ( Murphy Group ), Dnyanesh Dubal ( van den Ameele Group ), Alannah King ( Kunji Group ), Nell Nie (...