Earlier this week, the Unit came together to share some of the latest research updates from all of our lab groups and facilities, as well as celebrating some of our research adjacent successes from 2023. This year we launched the MRC Toxicology Unit Research Lecture Award. This is to recognise the contribution of a...

The MRC Integrative Toxicology Training Partnership (ITTP) is a national PhD training programme for capacity building in Toxicology and related disciplines. The safe development of new drugs, materials, chemicals and consumer products along with the assessment of risk from environmental exposure requires the integration of...

We are delighted to have received a Bronze accreditation in the national Green Impact scheme in our first year of participating. This award recognises the work of our Green Impact Team, led by Unit members Sina Beier, Laraine Crossland and Alex Fulton, as well as the wider support from our Green Committee. img_1621.jpeg...

On Friday 2nd June, a group of 25 PhD students from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands, visited the Unit as part of their tour of UK toxicology research facilities and to identify potential future collaborations. We were treated to a day of exciting flash presentations from PhD students from both...

On 6th December, staff and students from the MRC Toxicology Unit and guests from external organisations and partners gathered at St Catharine's College in Cambridge to celebrate 75 years of the MRC Toxicology Unit. The afternoon started off with an overview of the Unit and toxicology from Anne Willis , Director of the Unit...

As part of our focus on driving a culture of positive research leadership, the Unit has awarded two fellowships to postdocs at the Unit. The Transition to Independence (TTI) Fellowships will support senior postdoctoral researchers to forge their own independent group in an area of toxicology-relevant biomedical research...

The Unit is delighted to announce that Dr Mathew Van de Pette has joined on 1st September as Programme Leader Track. Mat's programme is aimed at understanding the mechanisms by which environmental stressors induce changes to epigentic pathways in utero.