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PDN PhD student to represent the UK at CERN FameLab final

17 June 2025

Earlier this month, PDN based PhD and Gates Cambridge Scholar student Spatika Jayaram was crowned the winner of the FameLab 2025 UK final at this year’s Cheltenham Science Festival. After winning a nail-biting East of England final, which was held as part of the Cambridge Festival in April 2025, Spatika went on to...

ERC Advanced Grant for Rawlins Lab

17 June 2025

The Rawlins lab has been awarded an ERC Advanced grant focused on developing the underpinning knowledge for future human lung regeneration: LungDeCode. Some lung diseases are even more deadly than cancer. The aim of the new grant obtained by the Rawlins lab is to understand, or decode, how the human lungs normally control...

Dr Eleanor Raffan sitting with a chocolate brown labrador dog. One hand is stroking the dog, the other is feeding the dog a treat.

Celebrations for the Raffan Lab

5 June 2025

Congratulations to Dr Eleanor Raffan who is the 2025 recipient of the Blaine Award. The award is presented to veterinarians who are not client facing (e.g. pathology, clinical laboratory) for contributions to the advancement of small animal science in aspects of non-client-facing sciences, including, but not limited to...

Modernized AAD classification gains global recognition as new standard

15 May 2025

Cardiac arrhythmias pose a serious global health challenge. The commonest sustained arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AF), affects 1–2% of the worldwide population. Antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) remain central to their management. The historic, widely accepted Vaughan Williams (VW) classification based on then available (1975...

Dr Caren Norden appointed Darwin Professor of Animal Embryology at PDN

8 May 2025

Dr Caren Norden has been appointed Darwin Professor of Animal Embryology, joining the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience in the School of Biological Sciences, from April 2026. Her lab will be based at the Gurdon Institute. Dr Caren Norden is a developmental biologist focused on uncovering the mechanisms...

PDN Symposium 2025

24 April 2025

The annual PDN Symposium is back! Taking place over two half days on 24th and 25th of April 2025, the symposium offers an eclectic range of talks from graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. PDN Research Symposium | Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Giussani Lab success at recent International Congress

31 March 2025

Congratulations to the Giussani Lab , who were the recipients of two prizes at the recent international annual meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), held in Charlotte NC, USA, March 25-29, 2025. processed-7e8add9e-574e-4550-af7d-de988260e38d.jpeg Skaai Davison, second year PhD Student won the top...

AIM:PhD applications now open

28 March 2025

We are happy to confirm that we will be participating in this year’s AIM: PhD programme. AIM: PhD is an application support programme, designed to support PhD applicants with their application for doctoral study at the University of Cambridge. Over the course of six months, participants receive support to prepare their PhD...

Neuron-type specific modules that control mouth movements discovered

20 March 2025

Scientists have identified previously unknown neural modules in the brain that control movement and adapt during skill learning. Their findings challenge long-held ideas about how the brain organizes movement. A new study from the University of Cambridge, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and Kumamoto...

Living Science - Cambridge Festival

19 March 2025

Living Science at PDN – Cambridge festival Saturday, 22 March, from 1.30-3pm PDN Library, Physiology Building, Downing Site. Come and support the department postdocs when they perform as part of the Cambridge Festival this Saturday. What is it like to work in a lab, to look through microscopes, or at computer screens, all...

PDN PhD student to represent the UK at CERN FameLab final

ERC Advanced Grant for Rawlins Lab

Celebrations for the Raffan Lab

Modernized AAD classification gains global recognition as new standard

Dr Caren Norden appointed Darwin Professor of Animal Embryology at PDN

PDN Symposium 2025

Giussani Lab success at recent International Congress

AIM:PhD applications now open

Neuron-type specific modules that control mouth movements discovered

Living Science - Cambridge Festival

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