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The Babraham Institute works to deliver impact by translating our science and understanding of fundamental biology to promote lifelong health and wellbeing. Our blogs offer scientists, staff and guests the chance to share their individual views and experiences on the Institute's efforts to deliver research impacts and to build a welcoming and diverse community.

17/05/2023

Showing our working - Transparency for trustworthy science

Richard Action writes about reproducibility and the importance of scientists showing their working.

open science | data | methods

By Richard Acton

10/05/2023

Public Engagement: A PIPS perspective

Miriam describes her placement in the Public Engagement team.

By Guest Blogger

26/04/2023

Celebrating the contributions of the Islamic world to natural sciences

Arqum writes about the history of Islam and science in the first of two blogs about Muslim scientists.

equality | equality4success

By Arqum Anwar

19/04/2023

Inclusive communications – a beginner's guide to being a better communicator

equality4success | inclusion | communications

By Honor Pollard

05/04/2023

My scientific conference experience

Danny Collins describes his experience presenting at the Dynamic Phospholipids in Health and Disease Conference in Florida.

phd student | conference | signalling | early career

By Danny Collins

22/03/2023

A day with a difference: Schools’ Day 2023

Schools Public Engagement Officer shares his reflections on his first Schools’ Day event (and the 28th in the Institute’s history)

15/03/2023

Reflections on RITS 2023: building confidence to develop your career as a technician

After an enriching day at the 2023 Research Institutes Technician Symposium, Experienced Animal Technician, Sarah Drummond, describes how the theme of career confidence ran through the day’s programme, prompting not just reflection on Sarah’s professional development, but personally too.

22/02/2023

Owning an Electric Vehicle: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

If you are wondering about the pros and cons of owning an Electric Vehicle (EV) and considering the switch from a petrol/diesel car to an EV, then this blog has been written with you in mind!

Green Labs | environment | sustainability | climate change

By Simon Walker

15/02/2023

Khuluud’s story: Research Access Programme 2022

Khuluud shares her experiences from her placement in the Liston lab as part of last summer's Research Access Programme.

By Guest Blogger

08/02/2023

My experience as Entrepreneur in Residence

Danuta Mossakowska reflects on her three year residency at the Institute.

knowledge exchange | entrepreneurship | royal society | women in science | translation

18/01/2023

EU-LIFE: Collaborating in Crete at the annual meeting

Jayashree Chakraborty, Grants Officer, reflects on her experience of the EU-LIFE annual meeting.

eulife | international | collaboration | networking

By Jayashree Chakraborty

04/01/2023

Marzana's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Marzana discusses her experiences in the Corcoran lab on this summer's Research Access Programme.

By Guest Blogger

14/12/2022

"Fulfilling and rewarding": our Sixth Form Conference

Read about what went on at our 2022 sixth form conference.

12/12/2022

The equality4success Alternative Gift Guide 2022

gift | equality4success | christmas | holiday | gender equality

By Elizabeth Wynn

30/11/2022

Reducing our ecological footprint – a personal perspective

Green Labs | climate change | sustainability

By Guest Blogger

09/11/2022

Hanan's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Hanan shares her experiences of her Research Access Programme placement in the Flow Cytometry facility.

By Guest Blogger

26/10/2022

A lab that sparks joy: my experience setting up a lab from scratch

Mark Cheong describes his first few months at the Institute spent setting up the Trefely lab.

careers | people | research assistant | mass spectrometry

By Mark Cheong

05/10/2022

Top tips for new PhD students

As our new PhD students arrive at the Institute, Laura reflects on her experience so far

phd student | careers | advice | people

By Laura Weatherdon

22/09/2022

Why postdocs are “the Swiss army knife of biomedical research”

postdoc | research | people | workplace culture

By Louisa Wood

14/09/2022

One log decade: My odyssey at the Institute

This month marks the ten year anniverary of our Flow Cytometry Facility Head, Rachael Walker, starting work at the Institute. Here she reflects on her journey over that time, both professionally and personally.

By Rachael Walker

07/09/2022

Asma's story: Research Access Programme 2022

Asma, one of our 2022 cohort of Research Access Programme students, discusses her time in the Houseley lab and the highlights of her experience.

By Guest Blogger

24/08/2022

Mentorship – working across the Babraham Research Campus to nurture scientific careers

How the Babraham Research Campus Mentorship Scheme is sharing perspectives between academic and commercial researchers to support career explorations, knowledge exchange and network building.

17/08/2022

An evolutionary battle of the sexes: The epigenetic phenomenon of genomic imprinting

Epigenetic researchers Leah McHugh and Christian Belton provide a potted history of the discovery of genomic imprinting, how it’s achieved and why understanding this and other epigenetic phenomena is important for health.

kelsey | epigenetics | research | genomics

By Leah McHugh

08/08/2022

Climate solutions in Cameroon – community forestry and rural women

In this guest blog post, Green Labs invited Ewi Lamma to share her experiences and insights on the power and potential of rural women and community forestry in Cameroon.

Green Labs | climate change | environment

By Guest Blogger