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New Academic Promotions

19 June 2023

Our congratulations to Hugh Robinson (Professor G11), Benedicte Sanson (Professor G12) and David Bainbridge ( Professor G12), who have been awarded professorships in this years Academic promotions, as published in the University of Cambridge Reporter. Hugh and Benedicte were both recognised for their outstanding...

First PDN tree added to the Forest of Biologists

13 June 2023

We have planted our first tree in the Forest of Biologists! - a living forest, created as part of a biodiversity initiative from The Company of Biologists, with support from The Woodland Trust. For each Research Article or Review article published, a living tree will be planted in a UK forest. The initiative will also fund...

Schematic of zebrafish inducible gene expression system.

An inducible expression system for the manipulation of autophagic flux in vivo

13 June 2023

A new paper by the Fleming lab, and published in Autophagy , presents their findings from the development of an inducible expression system to up- or downregulate autophagy in vivo , in zebrafish. Autophagy is a process that occurs inside cells that allows them to clear damaged, misfolded or aggregated proteins and damaged...

New Gates Scholar Spatika Jayaram

16 May 2023

Congratulations go to Spatika Jayaram on being a 2023 recipient of a Gates Scholarship We will be welcoming Spatika in October when she will be joining us from India, via Oxford, to begin a PhD with Professor Angela Roberts https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/18697/ https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/gates-...

New paper published by Julija Krupic

16 May 2023

Unsupervised, frequent and remote: A novel platform for personalised digital phenotyping of long-term memory in humans A short study description: Krupic lab developed a novel hAge platform (healthy Age) for remote and unsupervised testing of long-term memory in humans, which has the potential to be used as an early digital...

Farewell to Phil

28 April 2023

After working as an integral part of PDN for the past 27 years, today we say farewell and happy retirement to the Department's Principal Assistant, Phil Garrett. Phil started working for the University of Cambridge in August 1974 when he was 16 years old - almost 49 years ago! His first role was in the Department of...

Training Hub provides help to new educators

18 April 2023

PDN Academic, Professor Matthew Mason , is working with the Physiology Society to create a series of video resources as part of their new Training Hub. The three-part series, focusing on cardiovascular physiology, provides physiology educators who are new to teaching with useful analogies and advice to communicate key...

A new study from the Roberts Lab pieces together how different circuits produce individual symptoms, and how they can be treated.

13 April 2023

A study by a team of PDN researchers under the leadership of Professor Angela Roberts and published in Science Translational Medicine , reveals how the anxiety and anhedonia that is induced by overactivation of Area 25, a region of the frontal lobe intimately associated with depression in humans, is dependent upon two...

Dr Angie Tavernor awarded The Pilkington Prize for Teaching 2023

4 April 2023

Congratulations to Dr Angie Tavernor , Veterinary Teaching Associate at PDN, who is one of thirteen recipients of this year's Pilkington Prize for Teaching Excellence. The prizes are awarded to individuals who make an outstanding contribution to teaching at the University of Cambridge. They were endowed and inaugurated in...

Professor Christine Holt seated next to a microscope, gently smiling at the camera

PDN Professor Christine Holt wins world’s top neuroscience award

23 March 2023

Our congratulations to PDN Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, Christine Holt , who has been awarded the Brain Prize 2023. The prize is awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation for critical insights into the molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity. It is the world’s largest award for outstanding...

New Academic Promotions

First PDN tree added to the Forest of Biologists

An inducible expression system for the manipulation of autophagic flux in vivo

New Gates Scholar Spatika Jayaram

New paper published by Julija Krupic

Farewell to Phil

Training Hub provides help to new educators

A new study from the Roberts Lab pieces together how different circuits produce individual symptoms, and how they can be treated.

Dr Angie Tavernor awarded The Pilkington Prize for Teaching 2023

PDN Professor Christine Holt wins world’s top neuroscience award

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