Engineering Biology IRC Summer Greetings

Summer Greetings!
Engineering Biology (formerly Synthetic Biology) Interdisciplinary Research Centre Update - a brief round up of news and updates.

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A Call for Applications: EngBio IRC Open Tech Collaborations Seed Fund

As part of our project: Applying Open Tools & Resources: towards Accelerating Engineering Biology Innovation in the Cambridge Cluster, we welcome you to apply for seed fund opportunities. The Engineering Biology IRC Open Tech Collaborations Seed Fund offers up to £2500 to support the further development and impactful application of open technologies in two areas of research:
1. Biomedical sciences
2. Agriculture and sustainability
More Info and to Apply HERE (apply by 25 September)

Our new publication 'Accelerating research impact with open technologies: stories from University of Cambridge' is available to download from our website. Hard copies will be available to order soon.

Cafe Synthetique
Mon 4 September, 6pm-8pm

We are back on Monday 4 September with Dr Alex Borodavka,
Royal Society and Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Dept of Biochemistry
'Viruses: Elegance in Their Simplicity, or Simply Bad News Wrapped in Protein?'
RSVP HERE on Meetup.

Future Dates: Mon 2 October with Dr Diana Fuscom, Dept of Physics

EngBio IRC Forum
27 November 2023, 5pm-8.30pm

The date of the next Forum "Engineering living systems for human health and wellbeing" is on Mon 27 November at St Catharine's College with Keynote Speakers Prof. Martin Fussenegger, ETH Zurich & University of Basel and Prof. Julius B. Lucks, Northwestern University. Registration opens in September. See our Eventbrite link HERE for more information.

Share your Research News

Please do contact us at coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk as soon as you have an article accepted for publication or would like to share your research news. We would love to help share this to our network.

Events

Keep up to date with the latest events from the EngBio IRC by joining the
Cambridge Synthetic and Engineering Biology Meetup Group.

ENGBIO POSTDOCS MEET & GREET

3rd Monday of Each Month, 12-1pm
Postdoc Centres at Mill Lane & Eddington

Join our monthly lunches to meet postdocs from across the University interested in biology, engineering, design, computer science, bioethics and more. Open to postdocs, students and research staff from across the University and affiliated institutes (MRC-LMB, Babraham Institute, Wellcome Sanger Institute).

Future dates: 18 September at Postdoc Centre Mill Lane with Aaran Vijayakumaran, MRC Toxicology Unit
'THE NANOSCALE ARCHITECTURE OF THE AIRWAY EPITHELIUM BY VOLUMETRIC EM, DEEP-LEARNING SEGMENTATION, AND SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING'

We also need speaker volunteers for future meetings, so if you’re able to give a 5-10min, overview of your research or a particular tool or technique that you use, please email Vicky at vr314@cam.ac.uk

BIOMAKER MEETUP

3rd Wednesday of Each Month, 7:30-9pm
Cambridge Makespace, 16 Mill Lane

Monthly in-person, informal meetup at the Cambridge Makespace for anyone wanting to repair, design or build lab equipment. Bring your own project to work on (anything involving lab hardware is welcome), take the opportunity to work through Biomaker training with others or join one of the Beneficial Bio community projects.

16 August - Info Click here

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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