Engineering Biology IRC Newsletter

The IRC welcomes the new “National Vision for Engineering Biology'' published by the UK government highlighting strengths, challenges and opportunities in UK Engineering Biology research. The report outlines how the government plans to support the growth of the bioeconomy up to 2030, including pledging £2 billion in investment.

Latest News

Professor in Synthetic Biology/Engineering Biology
Exciting Opportunity to join the Dept. of Biochemistry and work closely with the IRC, across the School of Biological Sciences, and the Departments of Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Closes 19 December.

Events

Cafe Synthetique
Mon 8 Jan | 6-8pm
Panton Arms, Cambridge
"BMax, An engineered living biofilm to coat surfaces" with the University of Cambridge iGEM Team.

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Biomaker Meetup
20 Dec | 7-9pm
Makespace, Mill Lane
Monthly in-person, informal meetup for anyone interested in bio and tech.

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Events

EngBio Forums 2024
Dates TBC
Thank you to everyone who attended the EngBio Forum on 27th Nov. Dates for the 2024 Forums will be announced soon.

West Hub Research Café
17 Jan | 11.30am
West Hub, West Cambidge
"Data Intensive Science" with Keynote speaker Dr James Robert Fergusson

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JOIN THE MEET UP GROUP

Events

ECRs Meet, Greet & Talks
Mon 22 Jan | 12pm-1pm
Postdoc Centre, Mill Lane
“A microfluidics-enabled workflow for rapid large-scale sequence-function mapping informs biocatalyst engineering”

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LMB Seminar Series
5 Jan | 11am
LMB, Addenbrookes Site
"From regeneration to homeostasis: tissue-scale decision making" with Prof. Prisca Liberali

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Jobs & Opportunities

Jobs
Assistant/Associate Professorship in Integrated Host-Pathogen Biology (close 11 January)
Professor in Synthetic Biology/Engineering Biology (close 19 December)
Assistant/Associate Professor in Next-Generation Molecular Therapeutics (close 17 December)
More jobs at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
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Funding
SBS Participatory Research Support Fund - This is a rolling call - apply anytime
BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account Pump-Priming Funding Call 2024 (apply by 16 Feb)
Impact Funding Call OPEN: BBSRC IAA Pump-Priming Funding Call 2024 (close 16 February 2024)
Call for Social Ventures - Cambridge Enterprise (apply by 31 January)
Pre-Announcement - Restricted call: MRC/ESRC Adolescent Health Study call for study sites (Indicative internal deadline: early February 2024)
Pre-announcement – Restricted Call: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships 2023-24_Round 2 (internal deadline: 12 noon on 5th Feb 2024)
Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship (Internal deadline: 17th January 2024)
Restricted call: BBSRC/Innovate UK Alternative Proteins Innovation and Knowledge Centre (internal deadline: 16th January, 2024)
Royal Society Career Development Fellowships - funding opportunity for STEM researchers from underrepresented backgrounds (close 24 January 2024)
CSAR PhD Students Awards For Applied Research (close 20 Jan 2024)
The EPSRC IAA Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme (apply by 26 February)
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PhD Positions, Internships and Entrepreneurship
4-year PhD Studentships in the Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience (PDN) (close 4 January)
AZ funded Non clinical PhD Studentship in Unravelling and predicting toxicity of Antibody Drug Conjugates in the lung using genome-wide multi-omics and CRISPR-Cas9 (close 8 Jan)
3 PhD Studentships: Molecular technologies in human health (close 30 November)
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If you have an opportunity to advertise to the Cambridge EngBio community, please contact the IRC Coordinator at coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk.

Image Credits
Header image: Fernan Federici; Event/Listing Title: LMB, PostDocs of Cambridge Society.

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