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Read more at: Two new grants for the Jackson Group
Jackson Group

Two new grants for the Jackson Group

We are delighted to announce that the Jackson Group has been awarded two new grants from Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation . These awards will enable their ground-breaking research targeting voltage-gated sodium channels in a variety of cancers, including breast cancer, as well as pharmacological...

Read more at: Paper paves the way to convert properties of lignocellulosic biomass for better use
Fig. 6: Summary of substrate specificity of MAGT and effect of galactosylation on AcGGM-cellulose interaction

Paper paves the way to convert properties of lignocellulosic biomass for better use

Yoshihisa Yoshimi has published a paper in Nature Communications , ' Glucomannan engineering highlights roles of galactosyl modification in fine-tuning cellulose-glucomannan interaction in Arabidopsis cell walls ' with colleagues from the Dupree Lab and the Universities of Warwick, Jagiellonian and Saitama....

Read more at: Biochemistry Away Days
Biochemistry Away Days attendees

Biochemistry Away Days

Over 90 members and associates of the Department attended our Away Days earlier this month. They braved the cold in the Old Divinity School for a splendid annual get-together. The programme included the PhD Symposium, which featured 20 papers and posters from our vibrant postgraduate community. Congratulations to all...

Read more at: Mark Carrington Retirement
Carrington Retirement Dinner

Mark Carrington Retirement

Professor Mark Carrington is retiring after 37 years in the Department. He is pictured here at his retirement dinner at Jesus College, where he was an undergraduate in Cambridge.

We thank him for his long service and wish him all our very best wishes for the future.

Read more at: George Salmond awarded the Marjory Stephenson Prize for 2025
George Salmond

George Salmond awarded the Marjory Stephenson Prize for 2025

Our emeritus professor, George Salmond has been awarded the Marjory Stephenson Prize for 2025 from the Microbiology Society . Professor Salmond spent his distinguished career studying the molecular genetics of cell division, developing genetic tools to control the growth of bacteria and working on the discovery,...

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