In August, ICaMB‘s Tom Williams (a postdoc in Martin Embley’s lab) was invited to attend Sci Foo camp. Here he tells us all about it. By Tom Williams This is a post that’s been brewing for a while, since I … Continue reading
Ready to replicate the success of last year’s Away Day, it was en masse outing time for ICaMB again! Time to find out who all the new faces are, and to find out exactly what that person you have … Continue reading
Blogs are now a widespread science communication tool, with many researchers taking to the blogosphere to discuss the latest scientific discoveries, explain the basic concepts in their research field to a wide audience or just talk about science and … Continue reading
By Neil Perkins At the one year anniversary of the ICaMB Blog, and after publishing 35 articles, it seemed like a good time to reflect on what this initiative has (or has not) achieved. When Paula Salgado, Phil Aldridge and … Continue reading
by PAN!C committee Last Tuesday marked the biggest PAN!C event to date: the Careers PAN!C Postgraduate Symposium. Like many postgraduate research students, it’s likely you’ve been subjected to those pesky lab bench shackles, leaving you little time to give a … Continue reading
PhD student recruitment season is upon us. If you or maybe someone you know is interested in a doing PhD in Cell and Molecular Biosciences in a leading UK Research Institute (that happens to be based in one of the most … Continue reading
by Phil Aldridge As scientists, it is critically important to prevent ourselves from becoming isolated in our own specialised world , as maybe, just maybe, the best person to help solve the scientific riddle you have been fighting with works just down … Continue reading
“Most of us know that we should wash our hands after being around animals but do most of us know the reasons why? As a researcher who spends most of his time in the lab killing E. coli, using E. coli specific … Continue reading
By the IPA committee Thursday 23rd May saw the IPA’s second Science Lives Seminar. Following on from our first talk about the realities of establishing an independent research group in academia, the IPA wanted to explore what else a post-doc … Continue reading
One of the newest recruits to ICaMB is Professor Bert van den Berg, who arrived here in December 2012. Bert is already off to a great start having been awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in April. Here we … Continue reading