Monthly Archives: January 2012
BlueSci Film: Wanted – Scientists in the field
We are interested in showcasing the work that scientists here at Cambridge do when away from the city. So if you’re interested in sharing your experiences, contact BlueSci Film Editors Nick and Alex at film@bluesci.co.uk.
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‘Great Lake’ on Jupiter’s moon may harbour life
Scientific analysis of the surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, suggests that warm water rises from its deep oceans to form shallow nutrient-rich lakes that could support life. Scientists suspect that Jupiter’s icy moon has a salt water ocean 10-30km beneath the ice crust that contains more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. However, [...]
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Using antibodies to help prevent HIV infection
Researchers in California have developed a novel form of gene therapy for preventing HIV infection. In a recent Nature paper, the group showed that mice treated with a single dose of this therapy produce long-lived antibodies that fight off HIV and help maintain a normal immune system. Thirty years since the first reported case of [...]
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OBR Event: Catenion Academy: Risky Business Workshop (Cambridge)
For more information, see here. Through the medium of a board game, Cantenion invite you to take on the mantle of a pharmaceutical company’s executive team – to experience the highs of nursing a project from lab to market, the lows of seeing your beloved drug crash out in Phase III, and the thrills of [...]
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CSaP Event: Cambridge Public Policy Series (Seminar 14)
These seminars aim to bring together a diverse range of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural sciences to discuss the public policy implications of their work and research. They will take place on Fridays between 1-2pm, during the Lent term. Venue to be confirmed. Each talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be [...]
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CSaP Event: Cambridge Public Policy Series (Seminar 13)
These seminars aim to bring together a diverse range of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural sciences to discuss the public policy implications of their work and research. They will take place on Fridays between 1-2pm, during the Lent term. Venue to be confirmed. Each talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be [...]
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CSaP Event: Cambridge Public Policy Series (Seminar 12)
These seminars aim to bring together a diverse range of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural sciences to discuss the public policy implications of their work and research. They will take place on Fridays between 1-2pm, during the Lent term. Venue to be confirmed. Each talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be [...]
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CSaP Event: Cambridge Public Policy Series (Seminar 11)
These seminars aim to bring together a diverse range of individuals from the humanities as well as social and natural sciences to discuss the public policy implications of their work and research. They will take place on Fridays between 1-2pm, during the Lent term. Venue to be confirmed. Each talk will last 25-30 minutes and will be [...]
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BlueSciFilm: We are Sitting in the Mollusc Store
Snails, clams, squids and octopoda… Dr. Richard Preece took BlueSci film editor Nick Crumpton behind the scenes in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge to see the 100,000 specimens of bivalves, gastropods and cephalopods kept behind the museum’s closed doors. For the past year researchers in the museum have been taking stock of the collection, [...]
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Clever corvids: quoth the raven ‘look at this’