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Different perspectives
Sean Collins is used to straddling different cultures and disciplines. As a young boy he grew up in Germany, but moved to a German school in the US where the […]
Scholar scoops ABTA award
Gates scholar Molly Fox has won a prestigious doctoral research award from the Association of British Turkish Academics. She won first place in the category of Biological and Medical Sciences for […]
The evolution of genetic variation
One-letter switches in the DNA code occur much more frequently in human genomes than anticipated, but are often only found in one or a few individuals, according to new research […]
The ethical brain
Gates Cambridge alumna Molly Crockett is taking part in a BBC World Service programme airing this Saturday on the degree to which our moral beliefs are shaped by our neurochemistry and […]
The right to a good death
Liz Dzeng was working in a US hospital taking care of an 86-year-old woman dying of metastatic cancer. In line with the US health system, Liz, a doctor specialising in […]
Rallying call for global health
The editor-in-chief of the prestigious medical journal The Lancet used his Gates Distinguished Lecture to issue a rallying call for scientists to work together to tackle insidious world problems, from […]
Scholars tell their stories
A trip in a dugout canoe to investigate the impact of fishing on a Pacific ecosystem, crossing country and subject borders, riding the rails with a “hobo” and volunteering at […]
From PhD thesis to a crime novel
Jakub Szamalek’s first book was published to acclaim last year and he is now working on a second. Although he is completing his PhD in Classics focusing on the relations […]
Health checks on the move
A mobile phone-based biometrics project which allows healthcare workers to collect and check patient information in the developing world has won two business innovation competitions. The Sim-Prints technology was designed […]
$1.25m award for vaccine research
A Gates Cambridge alumna has been selected for a prestigious five-year, $1.25 million grant to investigate a meningitis vaccine in Mali. Nicole Basta is one of the first 10 recipients […]
