The students enjoyed a series of educational, scientific talks from Sarah Bolt, Head of Characterisation Services, and Wyn Forrest-Owen, Head of Production Sciences, during which they learned about the production of Abcam’s products, and how scientists use the reagents in their research. Abcam’s Resourcing Advisor, Claire Warburton, also gave the students some practical tips on writing a CV and applying for jobs in the science industry. The visit finished with a tour of the laboratory where the production and testing of some of Abcam’s products takes place.
Claire Sellick, Biology Lecturer at Cambridge Regional College, said: “The visit has been really inspirational for our students and has helped them better understand the day-to-day running of a lab at a successful biotech company. We’re grateful to Abcam for taking the time to support and encourage our students with their studies.”
Wyn Forrest-Owen, Head of Production Sciences said: “We hope that we’ve been able to excite the next generation of scientists about their future careers in the industry. Today will have given the students a little insight into the practical skills and knowledge required to be a successful scientist.”
About Abcam
Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools. These tools enable life scientists to analyse components of living cells at the molecular level, which is essential in understanding health and disease.
Headquartered in Cambridge (UK), Abcam has subsidiary offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, MA (USA), Eugene, OR (USA), San Francisco, CA (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Hangzhou and Hong Kong (both in China), allowing it to serve a global customer base in over 130 countries. Abcam employs over 680 staff across its eight operating companies.
Abcam now has an online catalogue of over 105,000 products sourced from over 400 suppliers. The catalogue includes a growing range of non-primary antibody products such as secondaries, proteins, peptides, lysates, immunoassays and other kits. Products are available for life science research and distributed to academic and commercial users. A highly developed eCommerce platform, which includes regional websites for the Chinese and Japanese markets, allows customers to access up-to-date and detailed technical product data sheets at the Company's website www.abcam.com.
Contacts:
Francesca Axe
+44 (0)1223 696000
Katie Odgaard
Zyme Communications
Phone: +44 (0)7787 502 947
Email: katie.odgaard@zymecommunications.comAbout Cambridge Regional College
Cambridge Regional College is one of the largest providers of full-time further education for 16 to 19 year-olds in the eastern region. The College has more than 4,000 full-time and 6,000 part-time students, coming from a 40-mile radius, covering Cambridge and its surrounding villages, eastern Bedfordshire, northern Essex and western Suffolk.
Contact:
Lynn O’Shea
Communications and PR Manager
Phone: +44 (0)1223 418773
Email: loshea@camre.ac.uk
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