The Cambridge Center for the Physics of Medicine (CCPoM) is a major new
expansion of research activity in the University of Cambridge. With a core
hub in the Physics of Medicine (PoM) building and a focus on Biomedical
research, it aims to nucleate interactions between different disciplines as
well as technology development at the interface of the physical, life and
clinical sciences. A major theme of the project is to foster new methods and
concepts to understand the organization and function of cells and their
assembly into tissues and organs.
In addition to its function as a hub, CCPoM aims to identify talented scientists with multidisciplinary skills and interests at the early stages of their career. PoM will support applications for independent career fellowships and provide space and research infrastructure. For information contact Duncan Simpson at drs45@cam.ac.uk .
Latest News
- New Director for PoM The Steering Committee of the Physics of Medicine Initiative (PoM) of the University of Cambridge has appointed Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias from the Department of Genetics, as its Executive Director, effective from the 1st of January 2010. Read more...
- Award for Professor Donald We are pleased to congratulate our outgoing Director on another award. Professor Athene Donald has won the Science & Technology Award issued by women's magazine Glamour. In this month's issue of the magazine she says "My philosophy is trying to use physics to solve problems that physicists traditionally have not solved." Read more...
- Do Cells Care About Physics? In a discussion article from one of our researchers which recently appeared in Physics World, the journal of the Institute of Physics, Dr Jochen Guck shows some recent results which show that cellular mechanics and in fact cellular optics are also important elements in Biology and Medicine. These are just some of the ways in which research from the Centre of Physics of Medicine are making a contribution to a new form of biological research. Read more...
- The Physical Cell 2010 This meeting in UCL from 28th to 30th June 2010 aims to bring together physicists and biologists working on quantitative aspects of cell biology, multicellular systems, development and evolution. Read more...
- Secret to night vision found The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised cells responsible for low light vision, say Cambridge Physics of Medicine researchers. Read more...