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11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. BBS Part II timetable. BBS Part II. Options for students taking the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) course in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos. Part II students' guide: BBS

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part III students' guide. Part III students' guide. These pages contain information for students taking the NST Part III course in History and Philosophy of Science. For an introduction

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga. Professor of Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga is a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He has published

11 May 2024: Toxicology research in the Unit impacts on major areas of socioeconomic importance, namely drug development and diseases that result from exposure to both endogenous toxic agents and environmental hazards.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Simon Schaffer. Professor of History of Science. Simon Schaffer was trained in natural sciences and history & philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. History of Medicine. History of Medicine. The Department of History and Philosophy of Science is a major centre for research, teaching and public engagement in history of medicine. The

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Complaints. Difficulties can usually be resolved informally. Students who have a complaint about supervision or any other aspect of teaching should do the following:. Speak to your

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Helen Anne Curry. Honorary Senior Research Fellow. I’m the Kranzberg Professor in the History of Technology in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech. I research and teach

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Edwin Rose. AHRC Early Career Research Fellow. Advanced Research Fellow, Darwin College. Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of History. Edwin Rose is currently Principal Investigator on the

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Peter Lipton. Professor Peter Lipton died suddenly of natural causes on the evening of Sunday 25 November 2007. His funeral was held on 28 November 2007, and a memorial service was held

11 May 2024: October issue with an accompanying News and Views highlight. First demonstration of the global effects and targeting efficacy of endogenous miRNA on gene expression in plants.

11 May 2024: These effectors manipulate endogenous plant processes in order to modify host immunity and development, leading to the production of a unique organ from which the nematode draws nutrition for the remainder

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Many Births of the Test-Tube Baby. Born following in vitro fertilization in Oldham, near Manchester in 1978, Louise Brown made global news. Some five million children later, she won

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Funding for postgraduate students. Some options for obtaining funding are given on this page. See Cambridge Funding Search for details of other awards that are available. We recommend

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Richard Staley. Hans Rausing Lecturer and Professor in History and Philosophy of Science. I am a faculty member both in Cambridge and at the University of Copenhagen. I complement

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examiners' reports. Introduction to examiners' reports. Please note that all undergraduate submitted work and examination scripts are marked anonymously; in fact all HPS examinations are

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part II. Part II. The Part II course in History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) gives students an insight into the historical development of science, medicine and technology. It addresses

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Matt Farr. Associate Teaching Professor in Philosophy of Physics. Matt Farr is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department. Before joining the University of Cambridge, Matt was a

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Applying for research grants and post-doctoral fellowships. HPS has internal mechanisms for scrutinising research grant applications that enable us to work quickly and efficiently. All

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Making Climate History. Making Climate History. Two centuries after the emergence of steam technologies and 170 years after initial suggestions that the atmosphere keeps Earth warm,

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Advice. Advice. In this section:. Some basic strategies to help demystify the process of writing. Answering an exam question – what to do and what to avoid. Learning strategies and exam

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Our MPhil (Master of Philosophy) provides students with an unparalleled

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Seb Falk. College Fellow. Fellow, Girton College. Email: sldf2@cam.ac.uk. Research interests: History of astronomy, late medieval sciences, scientific instruments and history of the book

11 May 2024: His group pioneered the use of ACTH stimulation testing to monitor the treatment in canine hyperadrenocorticism in the UK and developed the use of endogenous ACTH concentrations and adrenal ultrasonography to

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. PhD in History and Philosophy of Science. PhD in History and Philosophy of Science. Students in history and philosophy of science and medicine write substantial, focused and independent

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philippa Carter. University Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine and Health before 1800. Philippa Carter is a historian of early modern Europe and the Atlantic world (c.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Liba Taub. Professor Emerita. Director of Research, Whipple Museum of the History of Science. Research interests: History of scientific instruments and the preservation of material

11 May 2024: Competition between virus-derived and endogenous small RNAs regulates gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans. ... and Miska, EA., 2008. Piwi and piRNAs act upstream of an endogenous siRNA pathway to suppress Tc3 transposon mobility in the

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Becoming an Affiliate. Process. Submit an application to your sponsor (a member of staff in HPS). The sponsor forwards the application form (if they accept it) to

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Jia Yu. PhD student. College: Lucy Cavendish. Supervisor: Mary Brazelton, Jim Secord (advisor). Thesis topic: Early twentieth century periodicals and natural histories in modern China.

10 May 2024: 2023). (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-bd24m). Endogenous Metal-Ion Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for NMR Signal Enhancement in Metal Organic Frameworks.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Anna Alexandrova. Professor in Philosophy of Science. I study how scientists navigate morally charged and complex phenomena and the role of formal tools such as models and indicators in

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Hasok Chang. Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science. Head of Department. Research interests. History and philosophy of chemistry and physics from the 18th century

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Student representation. Monitoring Committee. The Monitoring Committee is a forum for discussion of matters directly affecting students. The Department finds that obtaining feedback from

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of Plant Sciences. Dr Natasha Yelina. Research group. Research overview. Crop breeding relies on selecting new combinations of traits that result from crossovers, reciprocal exchange between parental chromosomes during meiosis

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Joshua Nall. Director and Curator, Whipple Museum of the History of Science. Joshua Nall joined the Whipple Museum as Curator of Modern Sciences in 2013, having previously completed his

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Nick Jardine. Emeritus Professor. Research interests: Historiography of the sciences; early-modern cosmology; history of natural history; philosophy of the sciences. Nick Jardine was the

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Daniel Ott. PhD student. College: Trinity Hall. Supervisor: Marta Halina. Thesis topic: Nosology of chronic pain: technological innovation catalyzing novel disease categorization.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Niall Roe. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Pragmatism and the growth of concepts. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Use of Turnitin UK. This page explains how the text-matching software Turnitin UK is used by the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. It also explains the implications for

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Vesalius Census. The Vesalius Census provides a world-wide descriptive census of the first major illustrated atlas of anatomy. We are documenting every known surviving copy of the

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Lewis Bremner. Teaching Associate. I study the recent history of science, technology, and medicine, with a focus on East Asia. I am particularly interested in scientific and technological

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Angela V. Gui. PhD student. College: Corpus Christi. Supervisor: Mary Brazelton and Nick Hopwood. Contact me: vag27@cam.ac.uk. My research focuses on lung disease epidemics in twentieth

11 May 2024: This prompts the question of what pre-existing endogenous plant developmental pathways are subsequently recruited and modified to differentiate coloniser-induced organs from endogenous organs in form and function. ... Discovering effectors that

11 May 2024: Endogenous retroviral insertions drive non-canonical imprinting in extra-embryonic tissues. Genome Biology, 20(1):225.

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Staffan Müller-Wille. Professor in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. I was trained in the sciences (Geology/Palaeontology) and moved into the History and Philosophy of Science

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Harry Law. PhD student. College: Fitzwilliam. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Thesis topic: Bell Labs and the History of Complex Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence in the

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Hitesh Pant. PhD student. College: Selwyn. Supervisor: Helen Curry. Thesis topic: Historical perspectives on crop diversity and food security. Department of History and Philosophy of

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. The Lost Museums of Cambridge Science, 1865–1936. 1 March 2016 to 31 August 2019. This Leverhulme and Newton Trust funded project examines the practices of collecting, display and

11 May 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Amelia Urry. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Co-supervisor: Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Centre, Cambridge). Thesis topic: Sensing oceans, mapping ice: a