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Highlights from the Designer Membranes and Bio-inspired Interfaces Symposium

17 April 2026

The Designer Membranes and Bio-inspired Interfaces Symposium, organised by Dr. Roger Rubio Sánchez at Wolfson College, Cambridge, brought together physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers to explore the evolving fundamental and applied role of membranes and interfaces.

Symposium considers the next generation of vaccines

15 April 2026

Professor Mark Howarth reflects on the recent "Integrating chemistry, engineering and biology to create the next generation of vaccines" symposium held at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Welcome to Dr Francis Krampa

23 February 2026

Dr Francis Krampa joins the Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre (EngBio IRC) as Coordinator and Events Manager.

EngBio co-chair Dr Jenny Molloy receives Special Recognition award

9 February 2026

Dr Jenny Molloy received Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the 2nd Annual European Open Source Awards in Brussels.

Celebrating the Cambridge Engineering Biology Community

12 January 2026

We reflect on some of the achievements of our Cambridge engineering biology community in 2025.

Photo of presentation slide from EngBio Forum on Synthetic Cells in November 2025

Synthetic Cells: what are they and why make them?

8 December 2025

Following our recent EngBio Forum, Dr Stephanie Norwood shares her thoughts on the exciting field of synthetic cell research.

Picture of the 2025 Cambridge iGem team with their gold medal

The 2025 Cambridge iGem team wins Gold

27 November 2025

The Cambridge iGEM team won a Gold Medal at the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree. Their project ‘ CamiRa ’ aimed to develop a cheap, fast and accessible tool for on-farm crop diagnosis.

Collage of photos of young scientists wearing teal t-shirts in front of a stall with EngBio branding. Some of the people are smiling at the camera, some are chatting to fair-goers

Freshers Fair 2025: Welcome to the EngBio IRC!

17 October 2025

A huge thank you to everyone who came and spoke to us at Freshers Fair, and to those of you who've recently joined our mailing list. We had a great time chatting and meeting fellow EngBio and biotech enthusiasts and we hope to see you soon at one of our events.

Illustration of three people, one woman with short har, one man with a beard, and one man with glasses. They are this year's laureates for the Nobel Prize in Medicine

What are regulatory T cells? An explainer of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine

16 October 2025

This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has highlighted important work done by scientists across the globe to understand immune intolerance and regulatory T cells, also know as Tregs. But what are Tregs? And why are they important? Professor Adrian Liston discusses.

Calling all Postdocs, PhDs and Technical Staff! Join the Engineering Biology ECR Committee

16 September 2025

The EngBio IRC is searching for enthusiastic Postdoc, PhD student and support staff volunteers to join the Early Career Researcher Committee, and help shape the future of engineering biology research in Cambridge.

Highlights from the Designer Membranes and Bio-inspired Interfaces Symposium

Symposium considers the next generation of vaccines

Welcome to Dr Francis Krampa

EngBio co-chair Dr Jenny Molloy receives Special Recognition award

Celebrating the Cambridge Engineering Biology Community

Synthetic Cells: what are they and why make them?

The 2025 Cambridge iGem team wins Gold

Freshers Fair 2025: Welcome to the EngBio IRC!

What are regulatory T cells? An explainer of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Calling all Postdocs, PhDs and Technical Staff! Join the Engineering Biology ECR Committee

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