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NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
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An @nihr.bsky.social partnership between @cuh.nhs.uk and the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk We research different diseases to find new treatments & medicines. Based at CUH & Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre https://cambridgebrc.nihr.ac.uk
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Are you a researcher in East England working in healthcare or science? Want to improve your media skills? @absw.bsky.social's Media Fellowship offers 2-6 weeks' paid secondment working with journalists at a top media outfit. Find out more: bit.ly/4r7eDBI or scan the QR code. Deadline 11 Feb 2026!
Are you a researcher in East England working in healthcare or science? Want to improve your media skills? @absw.bsky.social's Media Fellowship offers 2-6 weeks' paid secondment working with journalists at a top media outfit. Find out more: bit.ly/4r7eDBI or scan the QR code. Deadline 11 Feb 2026!
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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📢 Call for abstracts!

Submit abstracts for short talks, flash presentations & posters at our Cancer Metabolism & Tumour Microenvironment Symposium.

🗓 Deadline: 21 Jan 2026
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📅 Symposium 24 Feb 2026
Sign up ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancer-met...
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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📣 The Milner Consortium Call returns with its sixth call for research proposals. Academic researchers – join our Q&A webinar to learn more and ask questions about the Call!

🗓️ 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 📍 Online

🔗 Call & Webinar details: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
👉 Want to help shape a future trial focused on preventing falls in older people?
👉 Are you an older adult and/or family member/carer?
👉 Free on Wed 21st Jan 2026 at 13.30 for a one hour online group?
👉 Contact James Piercy - james@brainhrc.org
@cuh.nhs.uk @braininjuryhrc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
🎉Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🎉
Thinking of making a #NewYearsResolution?
Are you interested in giving feedback on the #research we do?
Live in the #EastOfEngland?
Then why not join our Patient & Public Involvement Panel >> To find out more: bit.ly/3LlRX1c
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Merry Christmas and a happy #NewYear from the #NIHR #Cambridge BRC!!
#Thankyou to all our amazing staff, everyone who has supported us and all those who took part in #research this year!
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🥳 As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve put together a snapshot of some of our key research stories over the year.
🥳 We’d like to thank everyone who took part in, or contributed to our research over 2025!
To learn more >> bit.ly/44BH167
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
Looking back over 2025: a year in highlights - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve put together a snapshot of some of our key research stories over the year.We'd like to thank everyone who took part in our research over 2025 - from the researchers who...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@nihr.bsky.social have announced a 13.7m investment into brain tumour research with leading Cambridge researcher, Dr Richard Mair, to play a crucial role.
The money will be used to set up a UK Consortium.
To learn more >> bit.ly/49j94tz
@crukcamcentre.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk
NIHR launches £13.7m investment into brain tumour research, with Cambridge researcher to have crucial role - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR launches £13.7m investment into brain tumour research, with Cambridge researcher to have crucial role
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December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Cambridge researchers have shown integrating genetic and metabolic markers with existing clinical data significantly enhances detection of people at high risk of heart disease,
leading to earlier and more effective prevention strategies.
>> bit.ly/4pNoAnA
@cuh.nhs.uk @dphpc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Join our Nursing & Allied Health Professionals Programme networking event in January 2026, focusing on inclusion, equity, and innovation in cancer care!

📅 27 January 2026 | 09:30 - 16:00
📍 CRUK Cambridge Institute
🎟️ Free registration: zurl.co/M1dWx
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
RESEARCHERS do you want to use our wonderful PPI Panel to review your documents or hold focus groups? Please note our Christmas deadlines in the slide below! The PPI office will close from ​
22 Dec-4 Jan 2026 ​& no doc reviews will be sent to the Panel from 15 Dec-6 Jan @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
People, Culture and Environment Conference 2025
Open to UoC staff, researchers & students!
Includes talks, panel discussions, posters and networking!
📅 Tues 09 Dec | 09.30-15.30
📍 Clinical School / Online
👉 In person booking: bit.ly/4iBxvWn
👉 Online booking: bit.ly/4oqwIZt
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
👉East of England health researchers!
👉Want to learn strategies to reduce barriers in health inequalities?
👉Book onto our free, online Inclusivity training with Dr Heidi R Green via: bit.ly/4peHjYX
👉8 Dec | 10am - 11.30am
For info: georgina.norris3@nhs.net
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @dphpc.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🔴Today #WorldAIDSDay2025 highlights the global commitment to end new HIV infections & find a cure for AIDS
🔴 Learn about Prof Ravi Gupta, HIV researcher from the Cambridge BRC, who successfully treated the 'London Patient': >>> bit.ly/4pGbwj9
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nat.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
👉 NIHR EoE Applied Research Collaboration 'Research and Impact Fellowship' applications are NOW OPEN!
👉 Deadline is 07 January 2026 - 12.00pm
👉 To find out more bit.ly/4pxLJd6
@cuh.nhs.uk @cuhpartners.bsky.social @angliaruskin.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
ARC Research and Impact fellowships
Applications for 2026 are now open. The deadline is 7 January 2026 at 12:00pm. For more information, please refer to the ‘Apply Here’ section.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A BIG THANK YOU to all our researchers, public members & students who took part in last week's open event on translational paediatric research. Great talks, amazing research posters. One woman said: “Really fascinating talks. I wish I'd brought my 14 year old daughter" @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What a fantastic series of talks from our 3 speakers, Dr Anna Moore Winter, Dr Kate Baker & Dr Chenqu Suo at our Public Open Event in Translational research in infants, children and young people! Topics included big data, rare childhood disorders & brain development! @cuh.nhs.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tomorrow! Thursday 20 Nov! FREE, F2F, public event about paediatric translational research! Hear from 3 local researchers about big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease!
👉 Talks 4pm & 6pm
👉 Refreshments and poster exhibition 5pm - 6pm
👉 bit.ly/CYPafterEve
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
RESEARCHERS do you want to use our wonderful PPI Panel to review your documents or hold focus groups? Please note our Christmas deadlines in the slide below! The PPI office will close from ​
22 Dec-4 Jan 2026 ​& no doc reviews will be sent to the Panel from 15 Dec-6 Jan @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📣 Don't miss out on this FREE, F2F, open event to learn more about paediatric research in big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease!
📣 20 Nov | Hexagon Room, CUH
📣 Talks 4pm & 6pm
📣 Poster exhibition & refreshments 5pm - 6pm
📣 Book: bit.ly/47EIvhV
📣 All Welcome!
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk
LEARN something you didn't know before in our FREE talk 20 Nov @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social from doctors & researchers about their paediatric translational research in big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease. ALL WELCOME! bit.ly/4nCoTjf @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Curious to know what a poster entitled 'DNA in The Fast Lane' is about?
Come along to our FREE open event on paediatric research 20th Nov & find out!
Great posters to view, researcher talks & refreshments..did we mention this event is FREE?? bit.ly/47EIvhV
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @cph.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Curious to know what a poster entitled DNA in the fast lane is all about? Come along to our free open event on paediatric research 20th Nov & find out! Some great posters to view, researcher talks, free refreshments...did we mention this event is FREE? bit.ly/47EIvhV
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
LEARN something you didn't know before in our FREE talk 20 Nov @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social from doctors & researchers about their paediatric translational research in big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease. ALL WELCOME! bit.ly/4nCoTjf @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97.

Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Discovering 'the secret of life' - 70th anniversary of DNA double helix breakthrough
The DNA structure breakthrough at Cambridge has led to world-changing advances in many fields, not least in biological research. But the discovery was only possible because of the work of a host of ta...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨Cambridge researchers are leading the way in developing the world’s first cot-side functional neuroimaging system to help rapidly detect brain injuries such as cerebral palsy in newborns.
🚨 Learn more: bit.ly/47INInH
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @braininjuryhrc.bsky.social @gowerlabs.bsky.social
Cutting-edge baby brain scan technology is world first - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
A team effort to develop the world’s first cot-side functional neuroimaging technology to speedily detect brain injuries including cerebral palsy in newborn babies is being spearheaded in Cambridge.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM