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12 May 2017: Wolf Reik, Professor of Epigenetics at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge and Oliver Stegle, Research Group Leader of Statistical Genomics, European Bioinformatics Institute. ... Images, including our

25 Oct 2017: Sarah Harrison, final year PhD student. Second in the series is Sarah Harrison, a final year PhD student in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, whose research highlights the importance ... Day-to-day. Rather than using whole

12 Oct 2017: They didn’t just have to understand anatomy and physiology. They had to deal with not understanding the words they were using to describe structures and processes,” says Dr Brassett, who ... Isla Fay, the Human Anatomy Technical Coordinator in the

4 Aug 2017: I still remember that moment,” says Zernicka-Goetz, Professor of Mammalian Development and Stem Cell Biology and group head of the Zernicka-Goetz Laboratory. ... Human and mouse development at this time have a lot of common elements.

8 Nov 2017: We’ve shown that sheep have advanced face-recognition abilities, comparable with those of humans and monkeys. ... Researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience trained eight sheep to recognise the faces of four

20 Jun 2017: The first to be backed came out of a 20-year search by Dr Ravi Mahadeva at Cambridge’s Department of Medicine for a small molecule drug to treat Alpha-1 ... For Professor Randall Johnson, Apollo funds have meant that his research in Cambridge’s

4 Oct 2017: Professor Ben Luisi, from Cambridge's Department of Biochemistry and who led a consortium to establish a cryo-electron microscopy facility at the University, said: "The award recognises and celebrates the ... Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz,

25 Oct 2017: and heart rate in response to changes in the amount of oxygen available in the environment. ... Nine of ten cases of high blood pressure appear to occur spontaneously, with no known cause,” says Professor Randall Johnson from the Department of

13 Jun 2017: Gavin Jarvis. Dr Gavin Jarvis from Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience re-examined data going back to the 1940’s and concluded that previous claims about natural embryo ... Of those that do and are transferred into

9 Jul 2017: The Cambridge research will be led by Professor Jenny Morton from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. ... Professor Morton has developed a number of tests that can be used for measuring learning and memory in sheep.

9 Mar 2017: Research. Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly.. ... See the world through the eyes of a robber fly in the Plant and Life Sciences Marquee at the Cambridge Science Festival, Saturday 18 March 2017.

23 Feb 2017: early stages of Huntington’s disease, and that the illness affects the body long before physical symptoms appear. ... The development of objective and reliable biomarkers that can be rapidly measured from blood samples becomes immeasurably important

2 Mar 2017: Goetz from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who led the research. ... Without this partnership, the correct development of shape and form and the timely activity of key biological mechanisms doesn’t take place properly.”.

22 May 2017: of nitric oxide, a chemical that opens up blood vessels and keeps blood flowing. ... By understanding how Sherpas are able to survive with low levels of oxygen, we can get clues to help us identify those at greatest risk in ICUs and inform the

19 Apr 2017: disease, and the development of new therapies. ... Paul Schofield from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

8 May 2017: This is a characteristic of anxiety disorders. Marmoset brain with Areas 25 and 32 highlighted. ... In the vast majority of cases, this involves using mice, rats and zebrafish.

10 Apr 2017: There is also strong evidence that the conceptus sends signals to the endometrial glands that then stimulate the development of the placenta. ... In this way, the conceptus is able to stimulate its own development through a ‘dialogue’ with the mother;

6 Apr 2017: The lead author is Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, from St John’s College, Cambridge, and the Centre for Trophoblast Research in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. ... However, because the foetus receives different amounts of

11 Jul 2017: This seems fitting as, in later years, Barcroft became interested in fetal development, and in particular the effects of low levels of oxygen on the unborn baby in the womb. ... They are particularly interested in the role of hormones – in both the