Babraham Press Releases 2011

 

Sixth formers broaden their horizons at the Babraham Institute

The Babraham Institute opened its doors recently to over 60 sixth formers from around the region for a unique learning experience. Established in 2009, this conference provides Applied Science students with in-depth information about the Babraham Research Campus and career options related to science.
29th November 2011

Babraham Institute to lead £3.6M research project investigating how ageing affects immunity

Maintaining a healthy lifespan for an increasingly older population is a major challenge facing society. Efforts to understand the effect of ageing on the immune system received a boost today as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announced investment in a new £3.6 million research project, which will be led by researchers from the Babraham Institute with partners from the University of Cambridge and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
29th November 2011

Babraham Researchers Receive European Accolade

Two researchers from the Babraham Institute have been elected as members of the Academia Europaea, an international association of scientists and scholars with elected members selected from the whole European community across all academic disciplines.
15th November 2011

EMBO selects Babraham Immunologist for its prestigious Young Investigator Programme

Marc Veldhoen, Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, has been selected as one of 22 new scientists to join the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme, which aims to support the career development of Europe's most promising young researchers.
10th November 2011

Babraham Researcher awarded €1.5M Grant from the European Research Council

Dr Marc Veldhoen, a Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, has been awarded a prestigious grant by the European Research Council (ERC). His €1.5M award from the ERC will enable further investigation into understanding how cells of the immune system interact with microbes in the gut to influence immunity, metabolism and potentially safeguard the gut from inflammatory disorders like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
21st October 2011

Babraham announced as partner in €M30 European project to decipher the epigenome

Researchers from the Babraham Institute's Epigenetics Laboratories are partners in an exciting new initiative, launched this month by the health-research division of the European Commission with an investment of €30-million. The 4 year project, known as BLUEPRINT, aims to unravel how the epigenome influences health and disease and will be a major contributor to the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC).
20th October 2011

Green vegetables directly influence immune defences and help maintain intestinal health

Leafy greens, widely recognised as containing essential ingredients for ensuring optimum health and wellbeing, have been shown to influence our intestinal health by delivering a protective factor to certain cells of the immune system. These findings have implications for better understanding the basis of intestinal inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and may offer new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
13th October 2011

Babraham epigenetics research paves the way for a better understanding of unexplained infertility

Scientists at the Babraham Institute have made a breakthrough in understanding how mammalian genomes are modified in the egg and sperm and are reprogrammed after fertilisation, which also has implications for better understanding fertility.
18th August 2011

Babraham Bioscience Boot Camp inspires a new generation
28th July 2011

Babraham hosts inaugural BioAcademic Showcase to foster links with Industry
21st July 2011

Babraham scientists awarded inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards
7th June 2011

Babraham's Biotechnology Investment Forum 2011 fosters finance opportunities for 16 companies
6th June 2011

Babraham scientist elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society
20th May 2011

Babraham Research Campus visited by local MP and MEP to see impact of investment
16th May 2011

Babraham Nursery receives outstanding Ofsted report and celebrates opening of new facilities
15th April 2011

Babraham scientists reveal how white blood cells get activated in auto-immune disease, helping to better target drugs for these disorders
12th April 2011

Newly discovered epigenetic tag offers insight into embryonic stem cell regulation
3rd April 2011

Babraham researchers discover how tumour cells acquire resistance to new emerging drugs
28th March 2011

Babraham Research Campus receives £44M boost for bioscience innovation
24th March 2011

Babraham research provides insights how genomes are reprogrammed at the start of life
15th March 2011

Babraham Institute develops new way of seeing signalling molecules at work
9th March 2011

Babraham research provides new insights into factors ensuring a healthy pregnancy
7th February 2011