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Celebrating the career of Joy Archer as she retires after 20 years in Department

3 November 2023

joy_archer.jpg Last week we celebrated the retirement of our much-loved colleague Joy Archer. Her career highlights are a testament to her passion, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of knowledge. Joy's journey began with a deep curiosity for the sciences, leading her to study food chemistry, nutrition, biochemistry, and...

Associate Professor David Sargan retires after nearly 30 years in Department

19 October 2023

Born in Headingley and living for most of his early years within ten minutes walk of the cricket ground, David’s first memories are sargan_baby_sm.jpg actually from the USA, as his father, an econometrician, used a Fulbright Scholarship to tour extensively with his family in that country between 1958 and 1960, before...

Congratulations to award winners at September's Research Afternoon

3 October 2023

newsletter_1_awards.jpg Well done to Etienne and Marina for receiving their recent awards in September's Research Afternoon at the Department of Veterinary Medicine. Etienne's Blitz Talk was about 'Population Genetics and Mutant Library Analysis to Understand the Pathogenesis of Streptococcus Canis'. Etienne's Blitz Talk...

Professor Mark Holmes takes over as Head of Department

3 October 2023

mark_holmes_800pix.jpg The Department of Veterinary Medicine is delighted to announce that Professor Mark Holmes MA, VetMB, PhD, FRCVS takes over the role of Head of Department from October 2023. He takes over from Professor James Wood OBE who will stay at the department and continue as Alborada Professor of Equine and...

Canine Genetics Research Day welcomes dog breeders from across UK

29 September 2023

canine_research_day_0923.png Canine Genetics Research Day welcomes dog breeders from across UK to improve the genetic health of dogs. The University of Cambridge, together with the Kennel Club Genetics Centre, recently hosted a groundbreaking Canine Genetics Research Day at the University of Cambridge’s newly opened West...

MICROBIOME: The Kingdom of the Gut

24 August 2023

MICROBIOME: The Kingdom of the Gut Meet your gut microbiome: a community of around 4,500 different types of bacteria living in your bowels. Dr Alexandre Almeida leads the Microbiome Function and Diversity lab at the University’s Vet School. He sees huge potential for using the gut microbiome to improve medical diagnostics...

Peter Jackson - Obituary

5 June 2023

PETER JACKSON For those who knew Peter, he was a quiet, gentle, self-effacing person who had a steely resolve that drove him to achieve great things during his life. It was with great sadness that we learnt of his death on 14 th May 2023. Peter was born on 1 st October 1936 in Welling, Kent. When war was declared in 1939...

New study from the Transmissible Cancer Group reveals evolution of Tasmanian devil cancers

21 April 2023

devilprofile.jpg Tasmanian devils, marsupial carnivores endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania, are susceptible to two transmissible cancers, known as devil facial tumour 1 (DFT1) and devil facial tumour 2 (DFT2). A new study from the Transmissible Cancer Group at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, published...

New grants awarded by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

19 December 2022

picture.png Tim Williams has been awarded two grants by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology; the first study will investigate if urinary extracellular vesicles might be important in the pathogenesis of urinary tract stones in cats, whilst the second study, which will be undertaken in conjunction with...

Two successful grant applications from PetPlan Charitable Trust

21 September 2022

Tim Williams and Shubha Anand and colleagues from the Cambridge Cancer Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory have been awarded £9,750 by the PetPlan Charitable Trust to investigate if shallow whole genome sequencing (sWGS) performed on cells obtained by fine needle aspiration and on cell free DNA in blood can be used to diagnose...

Celebrating the career of Joy Archer as she retires after 20 years in Department

Associate Professor David Sargan retires after nearly 30 years in Department

Congratulations to award winners at September's Research Afternoon

Professor Mark Holmes takes over as Head of Department

Canine Genetics Research Day welcomes dog breeders from across UK

MICROBIOME: The Kingdom of the Gut

Peter Jackson - Obituary

New study from the Transmissible Cancer Group reveals evolution of Tasmanian devil cancers

New grants awarded by the European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Two successful grant applications from PetPlan Charitable Trust

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