Sedgwick Studentships at Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University and the Cambridge Philosophical Society are requesting applications for two PhD studentships.

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Image:Travel Grant helps PhD student present his work in Hawaii

15 January
2026

Travel Grant helps PhD student present his work in Hawaii

A CPS Travel Grant helped PhD student John Hancock to present his work at the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Image:Video: Dr Richard Henderson: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life  - Honorary Fellows Lecture

04 April
2022

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Video: Dr Richard Henderson: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life - Honorary Fellows Lecture

Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Dr Richard Henderson gives our Honorary Fellows Lecture: Using electron microscopy to understand the molecules of life. 

Image:A V Hill Lecture - Kings and Queens of the Mountain: Studies of Extreme Physiology in Himalayan Sherpas

23 November
2020

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A V Hill Lecture - Kings and Queens of the Mountain: Studies of Extreme Physiology in Himalayan Sherpas

Dr Andrew Murray, Reader in Metabolic Physiology from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience discusses the body’s responses to altitude and considers the different evolutionary strategies adopted by Sherpas and other high-altitude dwelling people.

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What Did Viruses Ever Do For Us? The Evolution of “Good” Viruses

Professor John Carr - President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Booking Recommended
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Do Children and Other Animals Think Like Scientists?

Professor Marta Halina

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Larmor Lecture
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