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Challenging scientific bias
While scientific research pushes the boundaries of human knowledge for the better, the culture of extreme competition within academia can give rise to unfair advantages. It doesn’t need to be […]
From the lab to the patient
Nouran Abdelfattah [2013] is passionate about translating research into drugs that can treat cancer. Her master’s research in translational medicine will build on her undergraduate research on T-cell Acute Lymphobalstic […]
Synaesthesia more common in autism
People with autism are more likely to also have synaesthesia, suggests new research published in the journal Molecular Autism. The research was carried out by Gates Cambridge Alumna Donielle Johnson […]
VC, Chancellor and Provost to address internal symposium
The Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and the Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust will speak at a Gates Cambridge internal symposium for the first time […]
Secular and domestic
A book about the history of one of Cambridge’s landmark buildings – the Master’s Lodge at St John’s College – has been published by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Richard Butler’s […]
Singing with many voices
Just as she was preparing to travel to Cambridge to take up her masters in choral studies, Erin Plisco found out that she and her high school choir had scooped […]
In step with romance
Men who are in love adapt their walking pace so they are in step with their partner, according to new research led by a Gates Cambridge Alumna. Cara Wall-Scheffler‘s research, […]
A year of silence on a mountain and other stories
Want to know about medicine in rural India or life as a red-haired Minnesotan in South Korea? Maybe you’d be more interested in sustainable beer brewing in Burkina Faso or […]
Treating countries like businesses
Arbitrators in international investment cases play a huge role in creating law and steering state behaviour, according to research by a Gates Cambridge Scholar which will be presented at an […]
Memory boost
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is presenting research on the potential for boosting memory function through diet at the world’s largest neuroscience conference next week. Brianne Kent will be presenting her […]
