The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute aims to be the leading centre for basic and translational stem cell research in Europe. In line with this mission we look to recruit outstanding young investigators who are ready to start their own labs with an original research focus on any aspect of mammalian stem cell biology or medicine. The Institute offers a stimulating interactive environment with excellent core facilities and opportunities for both fundamental and clinically-related research.

The Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute is a world-leading centre for research in stem cell biology and medicine, based in central Cambridge and at the Biomedical Research Campus (http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk )

Venue: Biomedical Science Conference Room, Alfred Denny Building, The University of Sheffield

Do the potential benefits of using embryonic stem cells to develop new medical treatments mean we have a moral obligation to support this type of research?  Should a patient’s potential contribution to society be taken into consideration when deciding who will be allocated a scarce resource such as an organ transplant?  Forty secondary school students from all corners of Ireland debate these thorny topics in the Debating Science Issues (DSI) competition. 

The All-Ireland Finals will take place on Friday, 22 February 2013 at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Funded by Discover Science & Engineering, Abbott Ireland, Boston Scientific and Pfizer, this All-Ireland project is coordinated by Danielle Nicholson, Outreach Officer at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at NUI Galway in conjunction with 8 science research and discovery centres throughout Ireland- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, UCC; Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, DCU; CRANN in Trinity College Dublin; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI),  W5 in Belfast, CLARITY at UCD, Cork Institute of Technology and the Centre for Cross Border Studies in Armagh.

The Clinical Vaccine Development and Vaccine Biomanufacturing courses have now been combined to form a single three-day course.

The Clinical Vaccine Development course (incorporating Vaccine Biomanufacturing is based on the two previous two-day courses, Clinical Vaccine Development and Vaccine Biomanufacturing.

The Human and Veterinary Vaccinology course is a five-day course designed to stand alone and cover all aspects of vaccinology.

The course includes contributions from world-leading experts. In the past these have included:

Immunology is a rapidly developing subject with wide-ranging implications for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and biotechnology industries.

Common questions include, for example: How does the immune system defend the body against infection? What goes wrong when autoimmunity develops? How can undesirable responses be controlled?

30 May to 31 May 2013