Gut bacteria’s interactions with immune system mapped
The first detailed cell atlas of the immune cells and gut bacteria within the human colon has been created by researchers. The study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators revealed different immune niches, showing changes in the bacterial microbiome and immune cells throughout the colon.
What next for graphene?
Graphene has long been heralded as the wonder material, with much press around its discovery in 2004. It was going to be used to for everything – not least faster electronics and graphene touchscreens. So, is it living up to expectations?
Researchers at the Cambridge Science Festival reveal latest insights into the brain
Leading scientists at the forefront of neuroscience discuss the latest research into hallucinations, dementia, autism, OCD and eating disorders as part of a series of events examining the brain at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival.
Pure supports Eastern region’s businesses to prepare for potential IR35 changes
Pure, the professional recruitment company for the East of England, has worked with Birketts LLP and accountancy firm PEM to deliver a series of business breakfasts designed to help demystify the potentially imminent IR35 changes to ‘off-payroll’ workers in the private sector.
Digital showcase for Marshall Centre marks its apprenticeship scheme centenary
Cambridge-based web design and development agency, Onespacemedia, has launched a new website for Marshall Centre, part of Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Ltd, to showcase its training offering for apprenticeships, professionals and companies.
Cambridge company allows its employees to flourish
Could your working environment be holding your employees back from reaching their full potential? Yes, says Katherine Wiid, Recruitment and Retention Coach at Recrion.
EL AL returns to London Stansted to boost route network
EL AL Israel Airlines is to return to London Stansted when the carrier launches a new five-times a week service to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport.
Claire Lomas MBE keynote speaker at Chamber event to celebrate International Women’s Day
Delegates are encouraged to help create a gender equal world to celebrate International Women’s Day at Peterborough Cathedral on Friday 6 March. This annual, prestigious event in the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce calendar is expected to be another sell out, with over 150 business people in attendance.
Tame your computer - the name game
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year! - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to speed up navigation in a large workbook using named ranges (Microsoft Excel).
Plunder your way to better marketing messages
Looking for the magic words to boost sales and win market share? Sookio's answer is simple. Steal them.
Employment laws are changing
New employment law is just around the corner for Cambridgeshire businesses.
Horizon 2020: what it is and how to apply for funding
How UK businesses and researchers can continue to access Horizon 2020 funding even after Brexit (31 January 2020).
Bighous repurposes property to tackle homelessness
An entrepreneur on the Master of Studies in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School ‘recycles’ distressed properties and brings them back as housing for society’s most vulnerable people.
Emerging children’s book talent goes on display
Artwork by some of the rising stars of world children’s book illustration will go on show in Cambridge this week, when the annual MA Children’s Book exhibition opens to the public at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
Internet Watch Foundation launches its #Every5Minutes campaign
Every five minutes, analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in Cambridge find and remove an image or video online of a child suffering sexual abuse. Cambridge Network is working with them to beat the harmful side of technology by helping them to develop and harness cutting-edge tools to stop the repeat victimisation of those abused in childhood.
Zero Carbon Communities grant scheme boosts Cambourne planting
More than 1,200 young trees and shrubs are being planted in Cambourne thanks to local councils and schoolchildren.
Onespacemedia expands with appointment of new team members
Cambridge web design and development agency, Onespacemedia, has welcomed two new members of staff after a string of new business wins in the life science and technology sectors.
Cancer mutations occur decades before diagnosis
Researchers at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Francis Crick Institute have analysed the whole genomes of over 2600 tumours from 38 different cancer types to determine the chronology of genomic changes during cancer development.
Spill the beans – Is chocolate good for me?
A new survey by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has found that more than two-fifths of Brits confess to being chocoholics, and as many as 45 per cent would really struggle to try and give up the chocolate if push came to Crunch(ie).
Challenging and growing
The best way to grow in life - and not just via media training, although this experience shows how it can help...
Liminal BioSciences chooses Iconix 1 at Unity Campus as base for future growth
Cambridge-based property developer and investor Howard Group is delighted to announce that Iconix Park at Unity Campus in Sawston is now fully let, having agreed a five-year lease for 3,985 sq ft of space within the Iconix 1 building to Liminal Biosciences.
Valentine's feeling: first impression matters in dating as much as in advertising
Lovers celebrating Valentine's Day tomorrow know it well. All it took was a first sight to know they were made for each other, and they might be right! Research shows that it takes less than a second to figure out such a match – but is it only true for dating? What about advertising?
Sphere Fluidics expands commercial operations to increase supply of Pico-Surf surfactant for droplet microfluidics
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercialising single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today announced investment in the production and supply of its proprietary biocompatible surfactant, Pico-Surf™, for reliable and highly stable droplet generation and processing.
Arecor signs a new feasibility study agreement with top five pharma company
Arecor Ltd, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that it has signed a further collaboration agreement with a top five pharmaceutical company. The pharmaceutical partner will fund the feasibility study and has an exclusive option to a global royalty bearing licence to the new formulation and Arecor’s associated Intellectual Property.
Licensed process technology from Dow and Johnson Matthey selected for new butanol facility in China
Dow and Johnson Matthey have announced China-based company, Guangxi Huayi New Material Company Ltd. (Huayi) has selected LP OxoSM SELECTORTM 10 Technology to produce butanol at a new manufacturing facility.