We were very lucky to receive two free places to attend the Danish Diabetes Academy’s Winter School in Malaga in March. The Winter School is an annual event for post-docs/final […]
No more cloning: quick and easy CRISPR with sgRNA gene fragments
Ralitsa Madsen is a PhD student in the University of Cambridge. Below she shares her journey in harnessing the power of CRISPR. Ultimately, she was able to create point mutation […]
Researcher Spotlight at Wellcome Trust: Naomi Penfold
Naomi Penfold has a four-year MRes plus PhD programme studentship from the Wellcome Trust, and is currently working towards her PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on […]
Three shades of fat
Until recently, our body fat, the adipose organ, was thought to be composed by white adipose tissue, which has been described merely as a passive storage organ for excess calories, […]
The Road to Rio, via Seoul – Going to the Paralympic Qualifiers
Written by Sarah M Leiter, MB/PhD student at Semple Lab, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories Hello everyone, My name is Sarah and I am a 3rd year PhD student […]
The Tower of Babel: scientists and the public
by Ralitsa Madsen, Wellcome Trust PhD student in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories Most of us have heard about the Tower of Babel, […]
Obesity in dogs: a big problem
‘I am inclined to resent the wide publicity recently bestowed upon a certain [cat which] has achieved notoriety by measuring 33 inches round the waist and weighing just over 2 […]
An insider’s view of the PhD Student Symposium
Written by Vivian Peirce & Naomi Penfold; photos credited to Annie Robbins & Joseph Polex-Wolf. On Monday 21st July, the Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science’s Metabolic Research Laboratories (IMS-MRL) […]