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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you, or do you know, a yr 12 student interested in medicine/research careers? Applications now open for ISAC, our work experience scheme for local young people. Places at CIMR, @mrc-mbu.bsky.social @ims-mrl.bsky.social & @slcuplants.bsky.social Apply via link: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/inspiring-sc...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Explore the fine details of disease and transform your career in medicine and biotechnology. Our taught MPhil course is now open for applications! Full details here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mitochondrial DNA has resisted the genetic engineering revolution for ~50 years. @aria-research.bsky.social is launching an ambitious effort to change that. Prof Michal Minczuk of @mrc-mbu.bsky.social will lead a £7.7mil project to make mitochondria programmable. www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/news/michal-...

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Jenny Dickens @jennydickens41.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Delighted to share the first official Dickens lab publication! "Gene editing of alveolar organoids reveals AT2 dysfunction due to endosomal SFTPC accumulation" academic.oup.com/ajrcmb/advan... Lovely work by @eimearrutherford.bsky.social at the ever-supportive @thecimr.bsky.social

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Delighted to be hosting the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics from Apr '27; bringing together global experts in mitochondrial disease & clinical translation to improve patient outcomes for devastating mitochondrial DNA diseases. www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/news/mrc-cen...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New paper out from Elaine Soon and the @profmarciniak.bsky.social lab www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research-adv...

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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The @rosswaller.bsky.social lab, with @kathrynlilley.bsky.social lab and Rayner lab @thecimr.bsky.social have produced the most comprehensive map yet of where proteins are located inside the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in @natcomms.nature.com Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/waller-...

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Jonny Nixon-Abell @abelljonny.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Wow! It was not simple, but we managed to package and ship 3 confocal microscopes from @thecimr.bsky.social to the Sena Institute of Technology in Penyi, Ghana. A massive thanks to all the amazing people at CIMR who helped out, and can’t wait to see these scopes running and producing data at SIT!

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Briggs Group @briggsgroup.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The architecture of carriers formed by AP3:ARF1 for lysosomal membrane protein transport: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Work from @jggkaufman.bsky.social, in collaboration with @dgershlick.bsky.social and David Owen. @mpibiochem.bsky.social @thecimr.bsky.social

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Architecture of clathrin-independent AP3:ARF1-coated carriers

AP3 generates clathrin-free carriers on endosomes by organizing via ARF1 dimers into elongated membrane-deforming arrays.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Are you/ do you know a sixth former who would like some lab work experience but can't access an in-person placement? We have a great alternative this August that's on-line so no travel necessary! All the details here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/reaching-res...

A montage of images showing microscope images of cells, and scientists working in labs

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We've had a great day with a group of biomedical science students from @angliaruskin.bsky.social They found out about different career paths into science via PhDs and technical routes from some of our students and facilities staff and left inspired to work in research!

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A scientist explains how proteomics is used in research to a group of undergraduate students

A scientists demonstrates equipment to explain how flow cytometry is used to sort cells

Students looking down microscopes to compare views of cells using different imaging techniques

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 25/03/2026

A PTPN23-dependent #ESCRT pathway is essential for constitutive secretion in mammalian cells, say Danièle Stalder, Conceição Pereira, David C. Gershlick @dgershlick.bsky.social and colleagues @thecimr.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Trafficking #Biochemistry #Golgi

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 18/03/2026

Stalder, Pereira, @dgershlick.bsky.social et al. @thecimr.bsky.social uncover new regulators of #Golgi-to-plasma membrane transport, showing that a PTPN23-dependent #ESCRT pathway is essential for secretion of membrane & soluble cargoes, including hormones & antibodies. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Well done to CIMR PhD student Lewis & the rest of the team!

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 17/03/2026

Ever wondered what microscopes can reveal? 🔬 Visit us at the Cambridge Festival (@cambridgefestival.bsky.social) to find out more! 📆 21/03 ⏰ 11am-4pm 📍Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology #CamFest

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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Come and find us on the second floor of the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, this Saturday 21 March from 11am-4pm and get hands-on with cancer research in Cambridge as part of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social! 🥽 🦠 🧬 Find out more ➡️ zurl.co/GC3pX

Teal event poster titled “Get hands-on with cancer research in Cambridge” with Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and Cambridge Festival logos at the top. Takes place Saturday 21 March 2026, 11am–4pm at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, CB2 0SZ. QR code included.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Looking forward to @cambridgefestival.bsky.social open day at the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social next Saturday. Come and join us at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology for lots of family-friendly science!

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Delighted to announce that @antonvenhuizen.bsky.social has received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, working with @melissa-gammons1.bsky.social to further understanding of the rare genetic disease Robinow Syndrome www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/news/cimr-re...

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worbenny.bsky.social @worbenny.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The @thecimr.bsky.social and MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit are celebrating "Rare Research Day" TODAY! By creating factsheets on how their work contributes to greater understanding and potential treatments. #RareDiseaseDay #ShareYourColours #RareDiseaseDay2026 #UniversityofCambridge

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Sara Cuevas Ocaña @saraocana1.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Celebrating the efforts that many scientists put into understanding and curing #rarediseases +++investment needed!! 11 years for me working on #CF #IPF, now #BHD #FPF @lifearc.bsky.social @profmarciniak.bsky.social @jennydickens41.bsky.social @thecimr.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Abida_Pranty @abida-pranty95.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

7 years of working on various rare diseases and emphasising on its impact every single day! Here is the outline of our current research of rare respiratory disease in Dickens Lab at Cambridge #RareDiseaseDay #28thFebruary #DickensLab_CIMR_UniversityofCambridge

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

School pupils Noor and Zarah spent a few days in our lab at @thecimr.bsky.social over half-term as part of the ISAC/M programme. Their mini projects had them studying cellular senescence & antitrypsin polymerisation respectively Their talks at @stcatharines.bsky.social today did us proud 🥹🔬🧬

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We're having a great half term week with this year's lovely group of year 12 work experience students. Looking forward to a day @stcatharines.bsky.social tomorrow!

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CamRARE (Cambridge Rare Disease Network) @camrare.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Join #CamRARE in Cambridge (27 Feb) for #RareDiseaseDay Through powerful lived-experience stories & a multidisciplinary panel, we’ll explore what it means to live with a rare condition & how systems can better respond throughout a lifetime. Tickets: camrarerarediseaseday2026.eventbrite.co.uk

Graphic using Rare Disease Day branding. Title CamRARE, living rare. Photos of speakers along the bottom edge of the image, including two young adults.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In a collaboration with @stevethechemist.bsky.social at Yusuf Hamied Dept of Chemistry, Dr Sam Daly from the @dgershlick.bsky.social lab has developed a new 3D microscopy technique allows researchers to visualise individual molecules inside living cells www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/news/new-3d-...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Congratulations to PhD student Ellie Fox who has been awarded the EMBO Journal Poster Prize, at the UK Membrane Trafficking Meeting 2025. Ellie's PhD is a collaborative project with @dgershlick.bsky.social lab, Daniel Fazakerley @ims-mrl.bsky.social & Morag Rose Hunter @astra-zeneca.bsky.social

Image of Ellie holding up a certificate in front of her prize-winning poster

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Well done to @jenniferepalmer.bsky.social who's been awarded the @ukdri.ac.uk PhD prize, given to researchers whose work has significantly advanced the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of dementia and neurodegenerative diseases. 👏👏👏

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We have some very crafty staff here at CIMR! Thanks to the amazing reception team for the beautiful hand-made decorations and to the labs who contributed science themed wreaths to brighten up our building

A purple felt model of the inside of a cell with beads and other coloured felt used to represent organelles. The model is used as a bauble on a Christmas tree

A felt model of a scientist wearing a white lab coat. The model is used as a bauble on a Christmas tree

A model of a DNA double helix made from blue and pink pipe cleaners, and used as a Christmas tree decoration

An alternative Christmas wreath, made with red and yellow pipette tip holders, test tubes and 3D folded paper stars

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Just a couple of weeks left to apply for our taught Masters in the Molecular Mechanisms of Human Disease. All details here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... Apply by the funding deadline, 2nd December

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Cambridge Biomedical Campus @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The Cambridge Biomedical Campus Open Mic returns! With a fully stocked bar and food on sale, whether you’re performing or just soaking up the atmosphere, everyone is welcome – you don’t need to work at the Biomedical Campus to join in! Find out more: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/open-m...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Our mission is to determine the molecular mechanisms of disease in order to advance human health. Want to join our vibrant and diverse research institute as a funded PhD or taught MPhil student? Apply by the 2nd December 2025. More information here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Great win for @darwincollegecam.bsky.social in last night's University Challenge - featuring CIMR PhD student Lewis Strachan. Well done team!

Darwin College team congratulating their opponents after winning this week's University Challenge

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Spread the word! Outstanding UK students can experience life at Catz @isaacphysics.org STEM SMART: apply by 31 Oct undergraduate.study.... @thecimr.bsky.social Inspiring Scientists: apply by 21 Nov cimr.cam.ac.uk/inspi... @cam.ac.uk Bangla Soc Access Day: apply by 15 Dec forms.gle/KReLakbpAS...

School pupils tour the Sherlock Library at St Catharine's during a visit

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Jenny Dickens @jennydickens41.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The beginning of a new era. Behold the Dickens lab @thecimr.bsky.social - small but perfectly formed. Excited for what is to come! Thanks @profmarciniak.bsky.social for letting me squat until now…

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Jennifer Palmer @jenniferepalmer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

As always, the Big Biology Day at Hills Rd Sixth Form was an absolute blast! A great morning with @alzheimersresearchuk.org and a great afternoon with @thecimr.bsky.social

The ARUK stand in the calm before it began, with our activities and 3D printed brains

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CamRARE (Cambridge Rare Disease Network) @camrare.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The #RAREsummit25 agenda is live! Packed with diverse voices, patient-driven insights & bold innovation. www.camraredisease.org/raresummit25... Grab your ticket to join us on 6 Nov to be part of the conversation & on't forget to book your dinner spot! What are you most looking forward to?

An abstract image formed of an array of triangles in the shape of a forward facing arrow. Some of the triangles contain pictures from the previous summits, illustrating the talks, exhibitions and conversations. Text: Thurs 6 November at Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We've just welcomed this year's cohort of MPhil students studying the Molecular Mechanism of Human Disease so it's time to start preparing for next year! Applications are now open - details and link to apply here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/masters-mole...

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lautenschlagerlab.bsky.social @lautenschlagerlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Only two more days to go!! This Saturday from 10am to 4pm at Hills Road Sixth Form @thecimr.bsky.social will be joining Big Biology Day. Come along and bring your #family to join in lots of #fun #science activities.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Applications now open for our work experience programme for year 12 students, run with @mrc-mbu.bsky.social & @stcatharines.bsky.social We give students a valuable insight into life as a research scientist and student in Cambridge. Details & application link here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/inspiring-sc...

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Great to welcome our second cohort of students to our Masters in Molecular Mechanism of Human Disease today. Have a good year everyone!

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We're looking forward to the Big Biology Day at Hills Road Sixth Form on Saturday 11th October - who's coming?

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Jenny Dickens @jennydickens41.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

*job alert** Wanted - 2 enthusiastic postdocs to join me @thecimr.bsky.social and Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social to build complex models and use -omic approaches to understand mechanisms in human lung disease in collaboration with GSK. Contact us for more info! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52936/

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Research Associate: Human Lung Disease Mechanisms (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Associate: Human Lung Disease Mechanisms (Fixed Term) in the Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research @thecimr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Great new paper highlighting @jenniferepalmer.bsky.social 's PhD work: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research-adv...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

New JCS snapshot - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes adapt to the loss of Cdc42 @adamrochussen.bsky.social presents the key findings from their recent JCS paper with Claire Ma and Gillian Griffiths @griffithslab.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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