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Open Tech Collaborations Seed Fund.
EngBio IRC is pleased to present the winning projects selected for the open tech collaborations seed fund. Learn more about the four interdisciplinary projects that will be taking place over the next few months and the Cambridge researchers spearheading them.
Open Technologies Highlight: In vivo sensing of pH in tomato plants
Precision agriculture can provide farmers with valuable information about their crops and help improve yields. Researchers Antonio Ruiz Gonzales and Prof. Jim Haseloff are developing a low-cost open-source pH sensor to help directly monitor stress in plants.
Can Your Technology Make a Difference?
Cambridge Development i-Teams are searching for early-stage engineering biology research projects with the potential to make a difference in people's lives. If you are curious about the potential real-world applications of your research, please get in touch.
Events
 
Cafe Synthetique
Mon 5 Feb | 6-8pm
Panton Arms, Cambridge
"Cutting-Edge Cell Culture" with Salavat Magazov and David Fernandez-Antoran
SynBio Boot Camp
23 Jul - 6 Aug
New York
Cold Spring Harbour Lab 2 week course in synthetic biology. Applications close 31st March
Events
 
ECRs Meet, Greet & Talks
Mon 19 Feb | 12pm-1pm
Postdoc Centre, Mill Lane
Joshua Lawrence, Dept. Chemistry & Alma Wu, Engineering
GEM-2024
11 May
Vienna
Generative & Experimental Perspectives for Biomolecular Design Conference
 
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Events
 
SynBio Society Workshop
28 Jan | 4pm
Dept. Genetics
Synthetic Biology Areas and Tools biological workshop
 
Cambridge Cardio Seminar
25 January | 1-2pm
Biomedical Campus
"Bioengineering and Biofabrication for Cardiovascular Research" with Prof. Shery Huang
 

Jobs, Opportunities & Events

Jobs
Research Associate- Hollfelder Group- Functional metagenomics, novel biocatalysts for a sustainable circular economy from ultrahigh throughput screening (Fixed Term) Close 1 March 24
Research Assistant- Machesky Group (apply by 15 February)
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor - Dept Pharmacology (apply by 3 March)
University Assistant Professor in Machine Intelligence (apply by 5 Feb)
Research Assistant- Pellegrini Group Biochemistry (apply by 16 Feb)
Research Assistant/Post-doctoral Research Associate (Storer Lab) (apply by 29 Feb)
Research Assistant/Associate in Computational Neuroscience (apply by 10 March)
More jobs at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
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Funding
2024 Milner Consortium Call (apply 11 March)
2024 BMA Foundation grants open (apply by 1 March)
West Hub Researchers Fund (apply by 15 February)
UK Parliament Thematic Research Leads 2024 – deadline 3 March
Leverhulme Trust Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2024 (internal deadline:12th February, 2024)
ABSW Media Fellowships - summer 2024
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)
The EPSRC IAA Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme (apply by 26 February)
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PhD Positions, Internships and Entrepreneurship
PhD Studentship: Synthetic Organic Chemistry (apply by 29 Feb)
EPSRC DTP Studentship (apply by 15 March)
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Other Seminars & Events
Biomaker Meetups - Every 3rd Wed of Month
The Postdoc Academy - Various writing workshops, masterclasses and events
Milner Therapeutics Symposium 2024 - 2nd July
LMB Seminar Series
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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.
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Header: Fernan Federici; Latest News: Ruiz-Gonzales et al. (2022) Biosensors 12, 447, https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12070447, Hanoi Institute of Science and Technology; Events: SynBioSoc, Cold Spring Harbour, GEM-2024, Cambridge Cardiovascular
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