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The Babraham Institute works to deliver impact by translating our science and understanding of fundamental biology to promote lifelong health and wellbeing. Our blogs offer scientists, staff and guests the chance to share their individual views and experiences on the Institute's efforts to deliver research impacts and to build a welcoming and diverse community.

 

 

25/10/2023

Cracking the Code: The Cambridge and Antwerp Bioinformatics Three-Day Hackathon

Jo and Simon reflect on the 2023 Hackathon.

hackathon | events | bioinformatics | collaboration | international | transferable skills
By Jo Montgomery

12/01/2022

Why circular careers in science are great

Career paths are often depicted as a straight line. Academic ones sometimes as a pyramid. Jo shares more about her career patchwork as she find herself back at the beginning of her career - geographically at least!

bioinformatics | training | outreach | education | women in science | schools
By Jo Montgomery

13/10/2021

Public Engagement prize-winners announced

A round up of this year's public engagement prize-winners and nominees.

public engagement | prize | epigenetics | immunology | cell signalling | bioinformatics | women in science

06/09/2021

RAP 2021: Skills and connections

In this blog series, we hear from some of the students on the Babraham Institute's 2021 Research Access Programme. In this article we hear from Anna; a Biochemistry student at Imperial College London.

placement | work experience | public engagement | dna damage | houseley | epigenetics | bioinformatics | diversity
By Guest Blogger

22/10/2020

Hackathon 2020: How isolation brought us together

knowledge exchange | bioinformatics | hackathon

26/09/2017

Cutting edge ideas appeal of the Cambridge Bioinformatics Hackathon

The Cambridge Bioinformatics Hackathon is underway and already generating lots of ideas and solving bioinformatics-based problems.  In this latest KEC blog, guest editor, Kevin Dialdestoro from Genestak, tells us what he is expecting from the event and why Genestak was keen to support this and (hopefully) future Hackathons.  

bioinformatics | collaborative research

24/08/2017

Summer student placements - a sixth-form perspective

Millie is an A level student who joined the Institute during summer 2017 to gain a few week's of experience of working in the lab. Each year we welcome a number of students from schools and universities to work on short-term project that help them to develop their skills and confidence in research. Here Millie explains how her placement led her to discover the complexities of Bioinformatics.

bioinformatics | students
By Guest Blogger

16/08/2017

Core Facilities find a common voice

BI’s staff and scientists find many routes to share their knowledge and know-how, often creating networks or co-creating events in respective their fields.  In this blog, Head of Bioinformatics Facility, Dr Simon Andrews tells us why he applied for KEC funding to establish the Bioinformatics Core Facilities group and how this group helps to develop his research interests.

bioinformatics | funding | knowledge exchange
By Simon Andrews

28/06/2017

Calling all Hackers!

Babraham Institute Bioinformatics Department has long since led the way when it comes to knowledge exchange; sharing best practice, tools, and codes in open source platforms. This year they are pioneering a new initiative.  
 

bioinformatics | data | knowledge exchange

30/08/2016

My Nuffield research placement - a student's view

Every summer the Babraham Institute welcomes sixth-form students into its laboratories for the four-week Nuffield Placement Scheme . Here, Austin See describes his experience in the Bioinformatics facility.

bioinformatics
By Guest Blogger