Each year MRC Toxicology Unit group leaders, research staff, students and support staff take part in our annual Science Day to celebrate science and achievements over the past year. This year we were based in the beautiful Møller Institute overlooking Churchill College grounds. Eric-Miska.jpg After excellent breakfast...

The MRC Toxicology Unit are joining an interdisciplinary team on a major new initiative that aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease and the acceleration of new medicines. The joint £15.9 million investment by the UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome and UKRI Innovate UK...

Tiago Marques-Pedro is a PhD student in the MacFarlane lab who studies mitochondrial toxicity. Tiago had the opportunity to organise and co-chair a Gordon Research Symposium. These symposiums, held the day before the main Gordon Research Conference on a particular topic, give early career researchers the chance to present...

The Chariots of Fire race is a relay race for charity that takes a scenic route through some of Cambridge's best known colleges. This year MRC Toxicology Unit members along with those from the Pharmacology Department and Gurdon Institute entered two teams, the Nucleostrides and Toxicology RuNAs. They joined around 300...