Professor Christopher Dobson awarded 2014 Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics

15 April 2014

探花直播Heineken Prize is among the most prestigious in the scientific community, and a recognition of lifetime achievement which is widely regarded as second only to a Nobel Prize.聽 探花直播award recognises聽Professor Dobson's achievements in helping to identify the root causes of so-called 鈥渕odern鈥 disorders, such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 diseases.

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Queen bee larvae

How large is the alphabet of DNA?

12 December 2013

New sequencing technology is transforming epigenetics research, and could greatly improve understanding of cancer, embryo formation, stem cells and brain function.

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HIV-1 budding from a cultured cell

Offensive manoeuvres in the war against HIV

25 February 2013

Although anti-HIV drugs can significantly prolong life, patients must take the drugs for the rest of their lives. New approaches to therapeutics may hold the answer to finding a cure for HIV.

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Andy Leonard, Vice President BP Cambridge, with some of the first BP supported Cambridge-MIT exchange students at the launch of the extension of the programme to non-Engineers from Cambridge  探花直播.

Cambridge extends MIT exchange partnership

10 October 2012

An extension to the 探花直播 of Cambridge鈥檚 exchange programme with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been announced, enabling more undergraduates to study at 鈥渂oth鈥 Cambridges during their degree.

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Microcapsules

鈥楽mart鈥 microcapsules in a single step

10 February 2012

A new, single-step method of fabricating microcapsules, which have potential commercial applications in industries including medicine, agriculture and diagnostics, has been developed by researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge. 探花直播findings are published Friday (10 February) in the journal Science.

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A palladium catalyst in action

Synthesis made simpler

01 November 2010

Research is bringing closer the conversion of simple organic molecules into drugs, plastics or potential new fuels in a single step.

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