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Read more at: Synthetic Cells: what are they and why make them?
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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.


Read more at: The 2025 Cambridge iGem team wins Gold
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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.


Read more at: Freshers Fair 2025: Welcome to the EngBio IRC!
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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.


Read more at: What are regulatory T cells? An explainer of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
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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.


Read more at: Calling all Postdocs, PhDs and Technical Staff! Join the Engineering Biology ECR Committee

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.


Read more at: Call for Collaborators: Live Cell Imaging
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Call for Collaborators: Live Cell Imaging

16 September 2025

Testers wanted! Local start-up CCA.BIO are looking for collaborators working with live cell imaging to test their environmentally-controlled microscope prototype.


Read more at: What are your hopes and fears for the future of Engineering Biology?
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What are your hopes and fears for the future of Engineering Biology?

16 September 2025

The Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science, and the Public (KCSEP) are looking for researchers to join the latest iteration of 'The Hopes and Fears Lab'. The Lab invites publics and researchers to connect over something we're all experts in — how we feel about the future of science and technology. It all takes place in a cardboard lab designed by artist Tom McLean.


Read more at: Thank you to everyone who joined our first annual symposium!
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Thank you to everyone who joined our first annual symposium!

14 July 2025

A massive thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday 7 July 2025 for our first annual symposium. It was great to see many familiar faces, as well as some new ones, and to celebrate the thriving Engineering Biology community in Cambridge. Take a look at our round-up from the event.


Read more at: Horizon Europe Explained: Opportunities for Engineering Biology
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Horizon Europe Explained: Opportunities for Engineering Biology

10 July 2025

Not sure how you can benefit from Horizon Europe? Here’s a quick run-down of the programme and current open calls relevant to Engineering Biology.


Read more at: Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants
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Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants

10 June 2025

Two groups involving researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences are among nine teams to have been awarded funding today from the UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)’s Synthetic Plants programme.