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We are delighted to see that the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has made Engineering Biology one of its top 5 priorities for its future strategy. Given the strong cross-disciplinary ethos in Cambridge, this provides a real opportunity to grow this area and build on what our IRC has established. With...

The Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre provides a hub for anyone interested in Engineering and Synthetic Biology at the University of Cambridge. We are seeking a Cambridge postgraduate student to join the IRC Steering Committee, to help set IRC strategy and plan regular event series and funding...

Our project responds to a key challenge of informing the biotech community about exciting open resources and seeding intersectoral collaborations to develop them further. To do so, we will organise sandpit workshops, offer seed funding and produce a compendium of open resources. We will share more news and information...

The EngBio IRC welcomes new joint chairs Prof. Laura Machesky, Dr Jenny Molloy and Coordinator Hend Aly to Cambridge Engineering Biology network. imgonline-com-ua-collage-ukwzihsaxo3tf.jpg A warm EngBio IRC welcome to our new joint Chairs, Professor Laura Machesky from Dept of Biochemistry, Dr Jenny Molloy, Dept of...

The Engineering Biology IRC is pleased to announce the date for the Open-Source Lab Automation Workshop. The workshop will take place in one session from 1:15-5:30pm on 24th November and will include hands-on sessions. This workshop has the objective to introduce automation to wet-lab researchers interested in implementing...

The University of Cambridge Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre is pleased to announce the Autumn 2022 Engineering Biology Forums. Join us for a series of events exploring key tools for the future of engineering biology and biotechnology. Events will be held at the Old Divinity School, St. John’s, 5-9pm...

The Cambridge Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre are seeking an enthusiastic Coordinator and Events Manager (Maternity Cover) to help organise, manage and deliver our activities, focussed around engineering biology, synthetic biology, bioinnovation, biotechnology, bioethics and open technologies.