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Olympic medal winner Gail Emms opens gym for brain injured people
On Monday (18 January), badminton ace Gail Emms - who took home a silver Olympic medal in Athens in 2004 - will officially launch a brand new gym at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, a centre for both Sue Ryder’s Hospice and Headway Cambridgeshire’s provision of services for brain injured people.
OpenPlant Fund 2016 now open to applications
OpenPlant Fund offers £5000 to support open, interdisciplinary and innovative projects to engineer plant biology. Applications are now open until 4 March 2016.
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team open for applications until 26 Jan 2016
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team seeks members to compete in an international undergraduate synthetic biology competition in Summer 2016.
Chief Medical Officer Birgitte Volck to leave Sobi
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi) today announced that Birgitte Volck, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President of Development and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Sobi, will leave the company to join the rare disease research group at GlaxoSmithKline as Head of R&D Rare Diseases. Birgitte will work through a six month notice period before leaving Sobi.
Watch Tim Peake's spacewalk at Cambridge Science Centre today
Go along to the Cambridge Science Centre at lunchtime today (Friday, January 15th) to watch British ESA astronaut Tim Peake take his first steps out of the international space station (ISS) to perform a space walk.
Have you made it to the gym yet?
A new year, a fresh start, but what would motivate you to keep those good intentions past January? Behavioural scientists from breakthrough innovation consultancy Innovia think that a ‘commitment pact’ could be the answer.
Secretary-General of the United Nations to receive Honorary Degree
At a special Congregation in the Senate House, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, will admit His Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, to an honorary doctorate.
A perfect storm?
The world faces many challenges, but human inventiveness is capable of meeting them, says The Scientific Alliance.
Maplesoft strengthens operations in Europe with new partner for engineering business
Maplesoft, the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics, today announced a reseller agreement with EnginSoft, a premier consulting company specialising in simulation-based engineering. EnginSoft will represent Maplesoft in the commercial markets in Germany, France, Italy, UK, Nordic, Spain, and Turkey.
Velocix Digital Media Delivery Platform
The surge in consumer demand for high-quality multimedia entertainment on television, personal computers and mobile devices is having a profound impact on the network infrastructures and business models that are in place.
Founder views: Paul Larbey, Head of IP Video Business at Nokia
Did you know that the round-the-clock nerve centre for some of the world’s largest cable TV operators is located here? That’s just one reason why Paul Larbey, Head of IP Video Business at Nokia, thinks Cambridge is amazing. In the latest of Cambridge Network's interviews with Founder members, he says we should be shouting about it.
New paper validates automated versus manual colony counting
Synbiosis is delighted to announce that a new paper entitled ‘Evaluation of heterotrophic plate and chromogenic agar colony counting in water quality laboratories’ has been published in the peer-reviewed journal, Methods X.
Bidwells announces strategic promotions for 2016
Bidwells' Senior Partner, Patrick McMahon, has announced a series of strategic promotions for 2016 and revealed that in the head office at Cambridge, a total of 13 people had been promoted.
Virgin Management highlights workplace culture initiative at Employee Engagement conference
Business leaders and HR professionals across Cambridgeshire are invited to attend the Best Employers Eastern Region’s employee engagement seminar on 28 January, which includes the opportunity to hear from a HR expert at Virgin Management, the UK’s most prominent business in the field of workplace culture.
2-day Intensive Workshop 'Genome Editing: CRISPR Design & Strategy'
Participants will learn how to efficiently modify mammalian genomes using CRISPR technology, including the latest developments in the field from world leaders in genome editing. Delegates will get the chance to design CRISPR strategies and target constructs relevant to their research of interest.
Cambridge Consultants: an 'extraordinary' company
Cambridge Consultants achieves 3-star “extraordinary” Best Companies accreditation and features in The Sunday Times top 100 list.
cr360 combines leadership and specialism by integrating EH&S and Sustainability Management
According to Verdantix's latest Green Quadrant report for Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Software, cr360 should be shortlisted by all EH&S directors seeking an easy-to-use and cost-effective software platform.
International Baccalaureate appoints Conscious Communications across AEM region
Prestigious education non-profit foundation, the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IB), has appointed Cambridge based Conscious Communications to handle public relations activities across Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
Deloitte predicts technology trends for 2016
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has today announced its predictions for the technology sector in 2016. It sees mobile touch commerce usage likely to increase by 150 percent globally, to 50 million in 2016, and says 18 to 24 year-olds will be the biggest PC users this year.
New hope for people who suffer with IBD with the launch of a major new research resource
People with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are being asked to take part in a nationwide genetic database to help develop new treatments.
Bronze Age stilt houses unearthed in East Anglian Fens
Large circular wooden houses built on stilts collapsed in a dramatic fire 3,000 years ago and plunged into a river, preserving their contents in astonishing detail. Archaeologists say the excavations have revealed the best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain.
Study exposes the hidden costs of international payments
UK banks charge SMEs £4bn in hidden international money transfer costs each year, with over 96% of the costs hidden in the exchange rate.
Ben’s walking with giants on BBC One
Anglia Ruskin University Teaching Fellow Ben Garrod comes face to face with two giants on BBC One later this month.
Meet the archaeologists making ancient rock art into 3D reality
An event next Monday (18 January 2016) will give the public a chance to experience at first hand the technologies that have enabled archaeologists to create 3D visualisations of images etched into rock thousands of years ago. The day-long event is free and open to all.
Are you contributing to the Skills Gap?
Having spent yet another day talking to a stressed manager who can't find the people with the right skills to join their technology company in Cambridge, the more convinced I am that it’s not just about skills, says Katherine Wiid of Recrion.