List of our recent events held in the Department
5-cubed Mixers
Wednesday 13th February, 11am, Sanger Perham Seminar Room
The Biochemistry Postdoc 5-cubed mixer is back, following on from the success of last term's event!
The session will once again feature quick 5-slide, 5-minute presentations from 5 different postdoc speakers.
Program
Mince Pies and Wine
Christmas is fast approaching and with it comes a postdoc Mince Pies & Wine Happy Hour. Please join for some festive spirit, mince pies & free drinks, and an opportunity to catch up with colleagues old and new.
5-cubed Mixers
Thursday 25 October, 5pm, Hopkins Stephenson Seminar Room
The Biochemistry Postdoc Committee is looking to start a new series of postdoc events. We're calling these the '5-cubed mixers'; each session will feature 5-slide, 5-minute presentations from 5 different postdoc speakers, running once a term.
The aim is to create opportunities for postdocs to meet each other, learn about who's doing what and start conversations (and collaborations). Slides should just provide a quick overview of what the speaker is working. To encourage collaboration and sharing of expertise within the department, the last slide of each talk should highlight
(1) speaker's areas of expertise, or topics they feel they could share advice on (eg, chromatin biology or cell culture)
(2) a topic or a technique where the speaker would possibly like some advice from colleagues (eg DNA repair or protein crystallography).
First event will take place on Thursday October 25th in the Hopkins Stephenson Seminar Room, from (naturally....) 5 pm. Beer and pizza will follow....
Program
Marcin Skwark - "Inverse problems in biology"
Jo Rees - "Proximity labelling and proteomics"
Tom Smith - "Protein localisation and Protein-RNA binding dynamics"
David Minde - "Structural protein dynamics across kingdoms of life"
Jeffrey Douglass - "Leveraging solar energy for bio-conversion of food waste"
PostDoc Happy Hour
Thursday 11 October, 5pm, Sanger Common room
Here comes the first Happy Hour of the academic year - held on Thursday 11 Octoberat the Sanger Common room, from 5pm onwards. Please join for some free drinks and an opportunity to catch up with colleagues.
All Department welcome, so do encourage all your lab members to join us!
2018 Biochemistry Postdoc Research Day
Thursday July 19th, 14:30-17:30, Sanger Lecture Theatre
This year's Biochemistry Postdoc Research Day features 5 interesting and varied talks by Postdocs from across the Department. FREE Afternoon tea and a FREE family-friendly evening BBQ (from 17:30) will be provided. This is a great opportunity to learn about the broad range of research undertaken by your peers, and to find out more about the expertise available in the Department.
Please register via eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-biochemistry-postdoc-research-day-tickets-47827843367
Confirmed speakers (in no particular order....):
David P Minde & Manasa Ramakrishna (Lilley Group) - 'Cell-deep insights from surface biotins'
Eleanor Campbell (Hollfelder Group) - 'Enzyme Evolution: A dynamic approach to a molecular fossil record'
Philipp Knyphausen (Hollfelder Group) - 'Directed evolution of proteases using bacterial alpha-2-macroglobulin'
Cathy Wilson (Evan Group) - 'Myc's ticket to transcribe'
Roderik Kortlever (Evan Group) - 'Myc is an immunosuppressive switch'