Past Events

FameLab, created by Cheltenham Festivals, is the largest, public facing, science communication competition and training programme in the world.

iGEM is an annual competition of high acclaim, with 350 participating teams from 45 countries  last year. The competition involves teams of students trying to solve real-world problems using Synthetic Biology tools.

Finding time for professional development as a postdoc can be difficult to factor into your working life. Here is an opportunity to develop a broad range of key skills, all in one go, and to build your interdisciplinary networks.

The Accessibility & Disability Resource Centre (ADRC) is currently recruiting Study Skills Tutors to support neurodivergent and disabled students in STEM subjects, on a part-time basis. Study Skills Tutors support students to overcome barriers to their learning with a toolkit of strategies in areas such as:
 

Fabio Saluz will be presenting the results of his Master thesis to our group. He is a Master student from ETH (Switzerland) who recently completed his 6-month project at CEB.

Speaker: Dr David Adams - Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute

Date: 12th December 2024

Time: 9:30am - 10:30am

Venue: Theo Chalmers Lecture Theatre, Clinical School

Speaker: Mark Islan - Imperial College London

Date: Tuesday, 10th December

Time: 12:00pm

Venue: Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre

Gain hands-on skills and experience in entrepreneurship and consulting, by working on a real university invention in a multi-disciplinary team, supported by entrepreneurs and industry experts. Projects include new diagnostics and drug formulations, and making evidence-based decisions in the fields of biodiversity and education. 

The next EngBio ECR’s Meet, Greet & Talks (with light lunch) will be on Monday 9 December, 12pm-1pm, West Hub (East 1) featuring 2 talks:

The 2024 ReachSci Global Conference: Advancing Research and Innovation for a Connected World is a public conference designed to bring together researchers, academics, professionals, and anyone passionate about improving Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Accessibility (IDEA) in research and inno