The Inositide ISP - Skills Training

The Inositide ISP aims to have a cohort of students (currently around 10 across the year groups) studying for their PhD in research groups, directly supervised by group leaders and often supported by one or more postdocs. In addition to scientific training, students are encouraged to develop their ‘transferable skills’, participating in schemes such as BBSRC’s Biotech YES business plan competition to gain an awareness of business development/commercialisation processes, undertaking public engagement work and presenting their research at conferences.

The Inositide ISP laboratories have also supported the training of eight Master’s students from Italy, selected through the Da Vinci UniPharma Graduates Project since the partnership with the University of Rome began in 2006. The scheme provides 6 month’s training and several of these students have continued with further degrees either at Babraham or in Italy.

Undergraduates and 6th formers, supported by organisations such as the Nuffield Foundation, Biochemical Society, BBSRC and AMGEN, have been selected to undertake summer research projects of between 6 and 10 weeks in the Institute’s research laboratories. In addition to the skills developed by the bursary holder, those supervising in the hosting laboratories have gained valuable training and mentoring experience.

Dr Simon Rudge who has supervised several 6th form students and undergraduates in recent years explained, "This scheme is very useful, not only because it ensures that new ideas and experiments are explored in our laboratory, but I personally enjoy mentoring young scientists and providing them with an opportunity to develop their enthusiasm for research science."
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Key publications from the Inositide ISP

Translating the ISP's Research into Action (KEC)

Public Engagement

Skills training