Prof Kiran Patil, Group Leader at the Unit and Co-Founder of Cambiotics, has been recognised as a Highly Commended finalist in the Researcher of the Year category at the 2026 Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards.

The Patil group is part of a new collaboration between groups in the US, Japan, Australia, and the UK that aims to understand how changes to our gut microbiome in early life impact neurodevelopment. The project is supported by Wellcome Leap as a part of their Foundation Of a Resilient Microbiome (FORM) initiative. The...

Researchers from the MRC Toxicology Unit returned to the Cambridge Festival 2026 last week to engage school students and families with our research. The Cambridge Festival is an annual event coordinated by the University of Cambridge’s Public Engagement team. It is a multi-disciplinary festival with a mixture of online, on...

Rob Bradley, a research associate in the Patil group , recently took part in the Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease Open Day, a meeting held at Addenbrooke’s Hospital with patients and their relatives. Rob shares what the meeting was about and how he found the experience: Attending the PD Open Day by Rob Bradley Rob-Bradley-...