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Our own Associate Teaching Professor of Veterinary Public Health, Milorad Radakovic, candidly shares his near-death experience.

21 June 2024

milorad.png Many of you may not know that in November 2022, while presenting at the General Assembly of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe in Malta, Milorad collapsed having suffered a cardiac arrest on stage. In his own words, he "literally died and came back to life”. The day before he was elected as president of...

Vet school researcher offers strategies for controlling pneumococcal disease and outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies

7 May 2024

Check out this article by one of our research assistants, Molly Cliff working with Professor Caroline Trotter. The correspondence piece was recently published in Nature examining the relationship between displacement and pneumococcal disease outbreaks and highlighting current data gaps. The research focuses on a key...

Parasitic worms who share their habitat with trillions of microorganisms, may be able to modulate their microbial surroundings, say researchers

17 April 2024

Mr James Rooney, a BBSRC DTP student here at the Department of Veterinary Medicine (who recently passed his viva with flying colours! Congratulations James!), was first author on a recent publication that found that parasitic worms who live in the gastrointestinal tract of small ruminants release antimicrobial peptides (...

Cambridge Festival success at the Vet School!

27 March 2024

cf_4.png We work with a great bunch of people across the Vet School, Hospital and Research Communities. No better example of this was recently with the fab work put in by many of our colleagues working and giving up their spare time to help with the Vet School’s activities at the Cambridge Festival. We opened our doors on...

Get hands-on with our fab events at this year's Cambridge Festival Open Day! - Saturday 16 March 2024

4 March 2024

cambridge_festival_website_image.jpg 10:00am - 4:00pm on Saturday 16 March Department of Veterinary Medicine, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES Once again, we are opening the doors of the Department of Veterinary Medicine to the public for a day as part of the 2024 Cambridge Festival . On Saturday 16 March, from 10:00 to...

Recently published research highlights new highly contagious strain of E. coli found in China is resistant to strong antibiotics.

21 February 2024

Dr Ibrahim Xiaoliang Ba, Senior Research Associate here at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, was lead author on a recent publication that found a new hypervirulent strain of the E. coli bacteria that is resistant to carbapenems, a group of powerful antibiotics. The research published in Nature Communications showed...

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...

Our own Associate Teaching Professor of Veterinary Public Health, Milorad Radakovic, candidly shares his near-death experience.

Vet school researcher offers strategies for controlling pneumococcal disease and outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies

Parasitic worms who share their habitat with trillions of microorganisms, may be able to modulate their microbial surroundings, say researchers

Cambridge Festival success at the Vet School!

Get hands-on with our fab events at this year's Cambridge Festival Open Day! - Saturday 16 March 2024

Recently published research highlights new highly contagious strain of E. coli found in China is resistant to strong antibiotics.

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

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