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The Cambridge Phenomenon book launch
I am looking forward to receiving my copy of the bumper Cambridge Phenomenon book hot off the press any day now. It marks the extraordinary history surrounding the cluster of innovation, technology and life science companies operating in and around our beautiful...
Why sharing science is smart
I'm delighted to learn that David Willetts, the minister of state for universities and science, will tomorrow announce plans to make publicly funded research accessible to readers free of charge, most possibly in public libraries. He believes that as his department...
Ladies, would you join boot camp?
Having read how Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray piled on the pounds again after losing 5 stone on the Dukan diet, and recently joined Weight Watchers to start all over again (I must confess I am a lapsed member), I wondered if she had considered boot camp to help...
Is Madeleine McCann still alive?
This is how Madeleine McMcCann looks today, according to police who have issued this age progression picture to show her as a nine-year-old and to mark the 5th anniversary of her disappearance on 3 May 2007. I think she looks older than nine, I'm not sure how...
Abcodia’s partnership for pancreatic cancer biomarker discovery
I'm delighted to learn of Abcodia's latest partnership with BIOUNIVERSA Srl, a spin-out from the University of Salerno, which aims to advance the development of the BAG3 protein biomarker for use in the early detection of pancreatic cancer. BIOUNIVERSA has strong...
Social Media Influence 2012
I’m looking forward to attending the latest Social Media Influence 2012 conference in London on 12 June which is now in its seventh year. I remember attending a couple of their first events and was thrilled to be in the company of fellow bloggers, a rarity back then...
My slice of Raspberry Pi
Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, is much in demand for videos and media interviews these days and I was lucky enough to catch up with him this week and record a video for Business Weekly, just moments after he had finished filming with BBC Look East. The frenzy...
Abcodia seeks collaborations for breast cancer biomarkers
I didn't realise that there are currently no blood-based biomarkers approved for the screening of breast cancer. And yet worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women (around 23% of all cancers) and around 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with...
George Osborne’s charity blunder
I would like to introduce my successor as chair of trustees at Headway Cambridgeshire, the very affable and able James Berry who has a strong financial background which is particularly essential right now as many charities struggle to survive during the present...