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Successful networking event for early career researchers

6 April 2018

Twenty five early career researchers from eight departments across the University met at a networking event yesterday at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Made in the Sainsbury Lab

4 April 2018

Can technology create better food? The BBC interviewed Giles Oldroyd and Ottoline Leyser of the Sainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge University.

Meet Dr Pablo Salas

3 April 2018

This Latin American researcher is not afraid to tackle big issues head-on. He wants to make the world more resilient to climate change, and he’s doing it by pulling together global expertise and using it to help policy-makers and the public make fully informed decisions.

Meet Dr Tarra Penney

2 March 2018

Tarra Penney is fascinated by human behaviour and why people do the things they do. She’s interested in supporting the prevention of chronic disease by understanding if, and how, changes in the food system influence population diet and health.

Building innovation communities through potatoes

28 February 2018

Representatives from across the potato industry joined researchers from the University of Cambridge and NIAB at a reception on 21 February 2018 to celebrate their achievements in innovating for increased value capture in the potato value chain.

Tina Barsby awarded an OBE in 2018 New Year Honours List

4 January 2018

Dr Tina Barsby, CEO of Cambridge-based crop science organisation NIAB and member of Cambridge Global Food Security's Steering Committee, has been awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours List for services to agricultural science and biotechnology.

Meet Dr Dan Tucker

4 December 2017

He was the first in his family to go to college rather than become a farmer, and he’s now a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Cambridge and a consulting vet. Dan Tucker's latest work has taken him to the emerging economy of Myanmar in southeast Asia to look at the pig supply chain.

October: Meet Dr Ksenia Gerasimova

2 November 2017

Ksenia Gerasimova is a Research Associate at the University’s Centre for Development Studies. She compares different modes of agricultural production to understand the complexities involved in each approach.

Find out what you missed at 'GM Food: What's the Problem?'

19 October 2017

GM Food: What’s the Problem? In an event hosted by Cambridge Global Food Security on 17 Oct 2017, experts from Cambridge University presented the facts about GM and answered questions from the public.

Meet Professor Ian Hodge

10 October 2017

With Brexit on the horizon, the UK needs a new agricultural policy. Ian Hodge, Professor of Rural Economy in Cambridge’s Department of Land Economy, believes this is our opportunity for a radical rethink.

Successful networking event for early career researchers

Made in the Sainsbury Lab

Meet Dr Pablo Salas

Meet Dr Tarra Penney

Building innovation communities through potatoes

Tina Barsby awarded an OBE in 2018 New Year Honours List

Meet Dr Dan Tucker

October: Meet Dr Ksenia Gerasimova

Find out what you missed at 'GM Food: What's the Problem?'

Meet Professor Ian Hodge

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