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

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-...

Best of luck and congratulations Priyanka!

Jonny Nixon-Abell@abelljonny.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is bittersweet as we have to say goodbye to the amazingly talented Priyanka Peres. Our first lab alumni who will be going on to do her PhD as a Clarendon Scholar at Oxford. Huge congrats Priyanka - you will do great things and will be sorely missed @thecimr.bsky.social 🙏

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!

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

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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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...

🚨 Job Alert in my lab! Clinical PhD in Rare Respiratory Disease Suitable for any resident doctor up to ST8 Birt-Hogg-Dubé models in @thecimr.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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!

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

Huge congratulations to Dr Jenni Palmer!

Jennifer Palmer@jenniferepalmer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ecstatic to share that I have formally finished my PhD! Very grateful to my supervisor Prof David Rubinsztein, examiners Profs Felix Randow and Ian Ganley, and the friends and labmates (esp. @thecimr.bsky.social and @corpuscambridge.bsky.social) who have made it a very enjoyable experience!

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/...

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

Darwin College, University of Cambridge@darwincollegecam.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Great to see Ruth Ní Mhuircheartaigh running away with the Irish mythology round on the eve of St Patrick's Day! Congratulations to Ruth, Louis, Lewis and Jon on a spectacular quarter-final win in last night's University Challenge. The team now have to play one more quarter-final match to proceed.

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

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

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!

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...

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

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

Abida_Pranty@abida-pranty95.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

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

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 🥹🔬🧬

Stefan Marciniak@profmarciniak.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today local pupils who spent part of their half-term having lectures and doing experiments in @thecimr.bsky.social will have a day in @stcatharines.bsky.social learning about university life and giving talks about the experiments they did. www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/inspiring-sc...

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!

Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate

Polyamines are often associated with ribosomes and are thought to stabilize their integrity. In Arabidopsis, the polyamine thermospermine (tSpm) affects xylem cell fate. tSpm induces translation of SU...

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a PhD studentship in collaboration with @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social and Cambridge Children’s Research Institute, part of the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital. Closing date 20th Feb; all the details here: www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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

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-...

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

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. 👏👏👏

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

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

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...