Blog
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.
08/11/2023
Getting social with the Biological Support Unit
Aimee, Small Animal Facility Supervisor, reflects on her involvement in the Institute's takeover of the Understanding Animal Research Instagram account.
25/10/2023
Cracking the Code: The Cambridge and Antwerp Bioinformatics Three-Day Hackathon
Jo and Simon reflect on the 2023 Hackathon.
11/10/2023
The Hidden Cost of Science: Unpacking the emissions of laboratory plastics
Guest blogger Isabella Ragazzi, Research Associate in Life Cycle Assessments and Carbon Footprinting at UCL, writes about the impact of plastic in the lab.
27/09/2023
A day in the life of a roving researcher
The Institute’s Roving Researcher scheme, running since 2020, provides support for scientists taking long term leave. The postdoctoral position helps maintain momentum on projects by working closely with researchers on leave. Jayalini Assalaarachchi writes about her experience taking on the role.
20/09/2023
My path to public engagement
Sasha Pratt-Taweh, Public Engagement Officer, describes her journey to her role at the Babraham Institute.
23/08/2023
Creating trans inclusion at work
Following on from recent trans inclusion training, Elizabeth reflects and provides advice on how organisations and individuals can further create an inclusive environment for gender diverse people.
02/08/2023
Being open to openness: my personal experience with public engagement
Sarah Drummond, an experienced animal technician in our animal facility, shares her perspectives on being open around the use of animals in research and the importance of animal technicians speaking about their work.
12/07/2023
From A to T, C, G: a day in the life of a sequencing specialist
Chris Fox, our sequencing specialist working within the Genomics facility, describes a typical day in the facility as they provide support, innovation and expertise in all part of library preparation and sequencing for the Institute's researchers and companies on the Babraham Research Campus.
21/06/2023
Networking across the pond- ‘Celebrating good times’ in San Diego
Kate Dulwich, our Knowledge Exchange Officer, writes about her experience of her first industry convention, compares the event with academic conferences and shares some top tips for making the most of everything such events have to offer.
14/06/2023
Switching to a plant-based diet
Liv Cracknell writes about changing to a plant based diet.
07/06/2023
EnterpriseTECH – learning from expert entrepreneurs and mentoring the next generation
An all round insight into the Cambridge Judge Business School EnterpriseTECH programme.
31/05/2023
Supporting Muslim scientists today
Following on from our blog celebrating the rich history of Islamic science Arqum writes about the experience of Muslim scientists in the UK today.
17/05/2023
Showing our working - Transparency for trustworthy science
Richard Action writes about reproducibility and the importance of scientists showing their working.
10/05/2023
Public Engagement: A PIPS perspective
Miriam describes her placement in the Public Engagement team.
26/04/2023
Celebrating the contributions of the Islamic world to natural sciences
Arqum writes about the history of Islam and science in the first of two blogs about Muslim scientists.
05/04/2023
My scientific conference experience
Danny Collins describes his experience presenting at the Dynamic Phospholipids in Health and Disease Conference in Florida.
22/03/2023
A day with a difference: Schools’ Day 2023
Our Schools Public Engagement Officer shares his reflections on his first Schools’ Day event (and the 28th in the Institute’s history)
15/03/2023
Reflections on RITS 2023: building confidence to develop your career as a technician
After an enriching day at the 2023 Research Institutes Technician Symposium, Experienced Animal Technician, Sarah Drummond, describes how the theme of career confidence ran through the day’s programme, prompting not just reflection on Sarah’s professional development, but personally too.
22/02/2023
Owning an Electric Vehicle: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
If you are wondering about the pros and cons of owning an Electric Vehicle (EV) and considering the switch from a petrol/diesel car to an EV, then this blog has been written with you in mind!
15/02/2023
Khuluud’s story: Research Access Programme 2022
Khuluud shares her experiences from her placement in the Liston lab as part of last summer's Research Access Programme.
08/02/2023
My experience as Entrepreneur in Residence
Danuta Mossakowska reflects on her three year residency at the Institute.
18/01/2023
EU-LIFE: Collaborating in Crete at the annual meeting
Jayashree Chakraborty, Grants Officer, reflects on her experience of the EU-LIFE annual meeting.
04/01/2023
Marzana's story: Research Access Programme 2022
Marzana discusses her experiences in the Corcoran lab on this summer's Research Access Programme.