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Read more at: Pain in IBS and a cover image!
Pain in IBS and a cover image!

Pain in IBS and a cover image!

30 December 2018

Dr Jim Hockley from the Smith lab used retrograde tracing in Mrgprd-GFP mice to show that Mrgprd is present in a distinct subset of colonic sensory neurones...


Read more at: Raising money for charity
Raising money for charity

Raising money for charity

30 December 2018

On November 4th 2018, members of the Smith Lab ran the BonfireBurn 10 km run to raise money for Versus Arthritis...


Read more at: Shooting calcium at lysosomes
Shooting calcium at lysosomes

Shooting calcium at lysosomes

12 December 2018

Peace Atakpa, working with Babu Thillaiappan, David Prole and Stefania Mataragka in Colin Taylor’s lab, has shown, using a variety of approaches including a novel genetically encoded Ca2+ sensor, that a specific intracellular channel selectively delivers Ca2+ to lysosomes...


Read more at: Dr. Walid Khaled Awarded Human Cell Atlas Grant from the MRC

Dr. Walid Khaled Awarded Human Cell Atlas Grant from the MRC

9 December 2018

The MRC, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is investing £6.7 million to support the UK’s contribution to mapping every cell type in the human body, through the global Human Cell Atlas initiative..


Read more at: Kyren Lazarus has been awarded the 2019 Lorne Boomerang Travel Fellowship
Kyren Lazarus has been awarded the 2019 Lorne Boomerang Travel Fellowship

Kyren Lazarus has been awarded the 2019 Lorne Boomerang Travel Fellowship

6 December 2018

Kyren Lazarus has been awarded the 2019 Lorne Boomerang Travel Fellowship that aims to bring cancer scientists back to Australia...


Read more at: A brain highway for glucose
A brain highway for glucose

A brain highway for glucose

27 November 2018

Margit Muller (in Colin Taylor’s lab) has shown, using optical sensors that report glucose concentrations within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), that a hitherto enigmatic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphatase-β, is required for effective glucose uptake by astrocytes...


Read more at: BSc Pharmacology Prize

BSc Pharmacology Prize

14 November 2018

We are pleased to inform you all that two of our Part II class from last year won prizes from the British Pharmacological Society...


Read more at: Potential target for lung cancer treatment discovered
Potential target for lung cancer treatment discovered

Potential target for lung cancer treatment discovered

21 August 2018

Scientists have identified a key molecular player in a subtype of lung cancer which could lead to a new way to tackle the disease, according to research published in Nature Communications today...


Read more at: Jonathan Cutajar

Jonathan Cutajar

21 June 2018

Congratulations to Jonathan Cutajar...


Read more at: University of Cambridge welcomes MRC Toxicology
University of Cambridge welcomes MRC Toxicology

University of Cambridge welcomes MRC Toxicology

23 April 2018

On Thursday, 19th April 2018 Abby Fowden was accompanied by members from the School to a Welcome Party hosted by Professor Anne Willis...