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Please can you give an overview of your work and what you're currently working on?I’m interested in the automation of creative processes across media since the 1960s. I wrote my PhD on the contemporary German artist Gerhard Richter, focusing on his appropriation of science and technology in painting. This led to my monograph Gerhard Richter and the…

A small group of postdocs hold a regular yoga workshop at the Biomedical Campus Postdoc Centre. There, they follow along an instructional video on YouTube together. They shared their thoughts on the workshops through a short survey. How did you find out about the yoga workshops?Through word-of-mouth and the newsletter from the Biomedical Campus.Wha…

Cambridge's annual alumni weekend takes place from 18-20 September 2026.Postdoc Alumni are welcome to attend any and all events across the festival, but with over 80 events to choose from, we thought we would help you narrow down your interests.We've created a list of talks and events that are being hosted by current Cambridge postdocs or postdoc a…

Please could you give an overview of your work and what you're currently working on?I’m Vice President of Data and Partnerships at Airfinity. Airfinity is a data analytics simulation and forecasting company, mainly focusing on infectious diseases and a little bit of cardio metabolic work. My role has sat at the intersection of data, product, consul…

Please could you give an overview of your career so far?I am now back in political science, and I had a six-year stint at Cambridge at the Department of Sociology. But I've always been working on health, on the political science of health, in a very interdisciplinary way. At Cambridge sociology, my boss, whose postdoc I was, was a trained historian…

Please could you give an overview of your work and what you're currently working on.My name is Amaury Triaud. I'm a professor of Exoplanetology at the University of Birmingham and I'm the Head of the Sun, Stars and Exoplanets Research Group, which has five full-time academics and the rest are postdocs and students, administrative staff and technici…

Would you like to boost your writing productivity alongside fellow postdocs this summer?These new, intensive, five-day writing retreats offer a dedicated, quiet, and supportive environment in which to make real progress on your writing goals alongside a community of researchers doing the same.Each five-day block follows a structured daily format of…

Explore our events designed specifically for postdocs coming up this month.From getting started when you're new to Cambridge, to succeeding at your fellowship interview - join us at our July workshops.Workshops01 July - The fellowship interview02 July - Planning fundable research using Research Canvas (PgEd workshop)07 July - Developing your assert…

RisingWISE is an award-winning joint programme for women researchers in STEMM from Cambridge and Oxford universities, that is consistently described as “life-changing” and “transformative”.Since 2018, RisingWISE has supported more than 360 women across 50+ disciplines through skills, leadership and entrepreneurship development, building networks an…

Can you tell us a little about you and your research?I’m currently a postdoctoral fellow jointly supervised by Dr Raheleh Rahbari at Wellcome Sanger Institute and Dr Tim Coorens at EMBL-EBI. I completed my PhD at Harvard Medical School, where I developed computational methods to detect copy number variation in single-cell genomics data.Currently, I…

Applications are now open for the September 2026 round of the Postdoc Academy mentoring scheme!The scheme runs over 6 months, during which you’ll have several meetings with a mentor who will help you make the most of your time as a postdoc.They will work with you to highlight and work towards your long-term goals, drawing from their expansive exper…

Do you want to get inspiration, develop your business ideas, and learn new skills while connecting with like-minded researchers?Join p2i In Action from 23 - 26 November in Liverpool, where innovation, grit, and entrepreneurship come together. You’ll increase the impact of your research through workshops, panel discussions, and networking. Applicati…

Please could you tell us a little bit about yourselves and your academic journey so far?Tamas: I'm Tamas Mona and I'm originally from Hungary, but I have lived in Cambridge for seven years now, working on this project the same amount of time, and my background is in physics, meteorology, and especially in weather forecasting.In this project I'm mor…

Explore our events designed specifically for postdocs coming up this month.From visa advice, to how to write a winning fellowship application - join us at our June workshops.Don't miss our two new workshops on using AI ethically for writing grant applications and speeding up your research workflows.Workshops03 June - Understanding the Researcher De…

Can you tell us a little about you and your research?I am a Research Associate here at Cambridge and I started at the beginning of the year. I have been moving a lot for research. Before coming here, I held a postdoc position at EPFL in Switzerland, and another at the University of Toronto in Canada.My broad research area is focused on engineering …