Medicine at Cambridge

Celebrating 50 years of The School of Clinical Medicine Join in the 50 year celebrations of the School of Clinical Medicine at the Cambridge Festival. Formally established in 1976, it has been home to pioneering discoveries, inspirational teaching,…

Celebrating 50 years of the School of Clinical Medicine @cam.ac.uk 🎉

As part of the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social, we are honoured to contribute to world-leading medical research, education and patient care.

Learn more & join anniversary events @cambridgefestival.bsky.social: buff.ly/X8lQSQs

Upcoming seminar:

🎓John McCafferty, @cam.ac.uk & Maxion Therapeutics

📢‘KnotBody technology creates ion channel blocking antibodies and enables modulation of T cell function by blocking the Kv1.3 channel’
📅 4-5 PM, Thu 5 Mar
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

Professor Yorgo Modis leads collaborative project on MORC2-related disorder | CITIID Professor Yorgo Modis (Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge) is leading a research project with MORCure, a patient-led global charity that leads research, innovation and best practice for…

New research led by Professor Yorgo Modis with patient-led global charity MORCure is exploring how mutations in MORC2 cause rare neurological disease. The project aims to inform future diagnosis and therapy for #M2RD patients.

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#CITIID @cam.ac.uk

Tetris gameplay treatment helps reduce traumatic flashbacks for frontline healthcare workers A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of

A simple, digital intervention involving mentally playing Tetris can help reduce PTSD for frontline healthcare workers, say scientists.

@charlottesummers.bsky.social from @vpd-hlri.bsky.social describes the treatment as "an exciting step forward”.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rjuNs2

#research 🧪

NEXT WEEKS @Cambridgeimmuno seminar:

🎓Prof Holm Uhlig, @HumanGeneticsOx, @ox.ac.uk
📢‘Monogenic and autoimmune forms of inflammatory bowel disease – an emerging taxonomy’
📅 4-5 PM, Thu 26 Feb
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

A group of people seated in an auditorium, facing two speakers on a stage engaging in a discussion with a presentation behind them. The room features framed portraits and a wood-panelled backdrop. A text overlay at the bottom reads: "Bookings now open for the Cambridge Festival 2026".

The @cambridgefestival.bsky.social is back – and it's bigger and better than ever! 🎉

With over 350 events across science, the arts, society and more, discover the ideas – and the people – shaping our future.

Dive into this year's programme: https://bit.ly/4670tIO

#CamFest #Cambridge

New Paper Alert! Hard getting this one out... Huge kudos to Paul Carter for immense amounts of experimentation - Common clonal hematopoiesis driver mutations have disparate effects on macrophage cytokines, clonal expansion, and atherogenesis. insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
❤️@thebhf.bsky.social 💰

🧬 International Women & Girls in Science Day 🧪

At VPD-HLRI, we’re proud to support women at every stage of their careers.

Meet Jennifer Martin — PhD student, new mum, and haematology data scientist — inspiring the next generation of female scientists.

#WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM

📣 The next VPD-HLRI Monthly Seminar

📅 23 Feb
🕓 4pm
📍 Room 88/89, VPD-HLRI

#HLRI #CambridgeScience

Hear more from @andresfloto.bsky.social on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
and @novonordisk.bsky.social consortium launched to transform antibiotic discovery against #AMR

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Prof James Arnold, @kingslsm.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

📢"Harnessing the Tumour Microenvironment to Unlock CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy"
📅 16:00-17:00 PM, Thu 12 February
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Professor Neil Brockdorff, @ox.ac.uk

📢"Mechanisms of Xist RNA function in X chromosome Inactivation"
📅 16:00-17:00 PM, Thu 5 February
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

Brain cooling collar trial for Addenbrooke's head injury patients A leading hospital is testing a new device aimed at reducing swelling after a brain injury.

World's first in-human study to assess whether a targeted cooling collar can improve patients' recovery from traumatic brain injuries, led by Dr Andrea Lavinio @cuh.nhs.uk.

Read more🔽
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Upcoming seminar:

🎓 @prof-tregoning.bsky.social, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

📢"RSV Revisited: Immune responses in the post vaccine era"
📅 16:00-17:00 PM, Thu 29 January
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

Thank you Irene Fernandez-Ruiz for this great piece of commentary in @natrevcardiol.nature.com on the IVORY trial published in @natmed.nature.com

Main paper can be found here:
rdcu.be/eX8W3

@ziadmallat.bsky.social @18fdg.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social

The neural correlates of shared and individual experience - Communications Biology The authors find a correspondence between dynamic ratings of subjective experience and brain network dynamics during a naturalistic auditory story. They then explore which networks differentially supp...

Consciousness is personal. Awake story listening fMRI shows that default mode network dynamics diverge across individuals, supporting personal experience, while auditory & attention networks stay aligned, underpinning shared experience. #Neuroscience #Consciousness
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Our researchers are joining a new international consortium (Gr-ADI) to transform antibiotic discovery against #AMR.

Led by @andresfloto.bsky.social, the Cambridge team will create AI-driven predictive models to define permissive chemical space in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Hidden mpox exposure detected in healthy Nigerian adults, revealing under-recognised transmission The mpox virus appears to be circulating silently in parts of Nigeria, in many cases without the symptoms typically associated with the disease, according to

The mpox virus appears to be circulating silently in parts of Nigeria, often without typical symptoms, according to new research led by Dr Adam Abdullahi & Professor Ravi Gupta, Hong Kong Jockey Club Professor of Global Health.

🔗Now in @natcomms.nature.com: buff.ly/Xd4VbFY

@cam.ac.uk
#IHVNigeria

UK-Australia study awarded £7.4 million to investigate how menopause shapes heart health | Department of Medicine A new international study co-led by the University of Cambridge has received US $10 million (approximately £7.4 million) to explore how menopause affects women’s heart health.

New study co-led by Ziad Mallat @cam.ac.uk & Martha Hickey @unimelb.bsky.social awarded $10m (~£7.4m) to explore how menopause shapes heart health and launch the largest trial of its kind to detect early artery changes for prevention.

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@vpd-hlri.bsky.social
@thebhf.bsky.social

Fresh off her @naturemedicine.bsky.social paper.
@rouchelles.bsky.social talks balancing work and life, navigating academic cardiology as a woman, and why even top achievers face imposter syndrome.

Read more ⬇️
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@nihr.bsky.social
@royalpapworth.bsky.social

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Mayuri Gogoi @mrclmb.bsky.social

📢"Innate immune regulation of lymphatic vessels"
📅 16:00-17:00 PM, Thu 22 January
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

📢 We’re #hiring!

@cuh.nhs.uk Laboratory and Facilities Coordinator to support the safe, efficient, and compliant operation of CL2/CL3 labs, support research excellence & work with cross-functional partners.

Find out more + apply by 6 Feb: buff.ly/kyDkWlw

@cam.ac.uk

We're seeking a Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology to join us for high-quality research in the immune-inflammatory mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.

Find out the requirements + apply by 9 Feb: buff.ly/Fv2HheZ

@cam.ac.uk
@cuh.nhs.uk

Upcoming seminar:

🎓Professor Sarah Walmsley @walmsley-lab.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

📢"Re-programming the Neutrophil"
📅 12:30-13:30 PM, Fri 16 January
📍JCBC @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

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#CITIID

PAPER ALERT: The IVORY trial published in Nature Medicine last week: rdcu.be/eX8W3

@ziadmallat.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @royalpapworth.bsky.social @inserm.fr @parcc-inserm.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social @rouchelles.bsky.social @jc403.bsky.social

Targeting the immune system could prevent future heart attacks, clinical trial suggests Cambridge researchers have discovered that an existing therapy which boosts protective immune cells in people who recently had heart attacks reduces blood

IVORY trial results published! 🫀

Early results show reduced artery inflammation and a trend towards fewer future heart events.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/targeting-the-immune-system-could-prevent-future-heart-attacks-clinical-trial-suggests

Nurulamin Noor awarded the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Rising Star Awards 2026 This prize is awarded each year to the most promising, emerging scientists. We are pleased to extend our congratulations to BSG members Christopher Black and Nurulamin Noor on their awards.

Congratulations to Dr Nuru Noor on receiving a UEG rising star award & ECCO young researcher of the year👏

The awards recognise his outstanding contributions to clinical care, leadership and high-impact research in gastroenterology: buff.ly/4O16Q2B

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@cam.ac.uk
@britsocgastro.bsky.social

From hundreds of publications to global media mentions and major research achievements, our Department has continued to push boundaries in biomedical science throughout the year of 2025.

Swipe through to see some of our highlights👇

The 'Women in Science' exhibition of the @unesco.org Virtual Science Museum features Sarah Teichmann & Aviv Regev, highlighting their groundbreaking work in building @humancellatlas, an international consortium to map every cell in the human body.

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The role of spatial distance in SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission The nosocomial transmission of respiratory viruses causes significant disruption to hospital care, but the spatial dynamics of transmission on hospital wards are poorly understood.

Delighted to share our fourth paper from a really rewarding collaboration bringing together biostatisticians, epidemiologists, applied physiologists and clinical and nursing experts in Geriatric Medicine and Infection Control.

www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...