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Raffael Schumann, in his second year of a PhD in Biological Science at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, recently participated in the course "Biosecurity Fundamentals: Pandemics" by BlueDot Impact. This was a 12-week online programme covering technical and policy efforts to prevent, detect and respond to catastrophic pandemics.Raffael was aw…

In November 2024, I was a visiting research fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History in Munich. This visit was part of the ongoing exchange programme between the DAAD Cambridge Hub and the Institute for Contemporary History, which sends Cambridge-based researchers to visit Munich for four-week stays and vice-versa.The Institute for …

Fadia Bou-Dagher, in her third year of a PhD in Medical Science at Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, was recently interviewed about her research by the University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations department.She discusses the inspiration behind her research, the focus of her studies, and her experience as a Harding Scholar.Fadia B…

From the Tibetan Plateau to parasitic worms to computational neutron transport methods, the full array of the interdisciplinary nature of the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme was on full show at the 2024 Welcome Event.Sir David Harding was among the special guests at the annual reception at St Catharine’s College which also inc…

Between early July and early October 2024, I took part in a placement with the National Trust which involved analysing and interpreting a collection of Bible translations in various languages, belonging to a NT property in Wales called Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant.Tŷ Mawr was the childhood home of William Morgan, who translated the Bible into the Welsh languag…

Maria Grace Burton (2022 cohort, Earth Sciences) recently undertook a two month internship over the summer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS), Colorado, USA.This internship trained Grace in a number of techniques used in the process of preparing and archiving fossils ranging between sizes of <5mm microfossils that required preparatio…

Maximilian Kraus, in his second year of a PhD in Engineering, recently attended the prestigious Modelling, Experimentation and Validation (MeV) Summer School at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Illinois, USA.This summer school comprised 52 lectures on various aspects of nuclear engineering, presented by international experts in the field. In addi…

Marina Papaiakovou, in her third year of a PhD in Veterinary Medicine, has received an award from the British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG).BFWG awards are made on the basis of evidence of academic excellence as shown on the application form, referee reports and, for those shortlisted, brief presentations of their research to a panel of acad…

Marina Papaiakovou, a Harding Scholar in her third year of a PhD in Biological Sciences at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the Abcam Research Prize award.This was one of two awards, given to one PhD student and one post-doctoral researcher, who demonstrate notable recent research achievements or general excellence over time …

On the evening of June 10th, 2024, the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme held an engaging internal speaker event at St Catherine's College. This event provided an excellent opportunity for attendees to network and exchange ideas, and four scholars presented on their unique and fascinating research topics.Montader Ali opened the …

Stavroula Piliou, a Harding Scholar in the first year of a PhD in Pathology, has won the Lucy Cavendish College annual Research Blog Competition with her article on "Autoimmunity and neurological diseases - Creating a hope for the future".In this article, Stavroula explains her research on Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and her work on adeno-associated v…

Maximilian Kraus, in his second year of a PhD in Engineering, has recently presented his research at key conferences in his field.At the International Conference on the Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR), in San Francisco, Maximilian presented his PhD research work in the track on “Methods for Reactor Analysis”. In this PhD project, Maximilian is develop…

Ellamae Lepper, a Harding Scholar in the final year of a PhD in French, has been awarded the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Postgraduate Prize, for a paper which she recently presented at the society's annual conference.Ellamae's paper, "Veiling and Unveiling Violence: What the Salon Obscures in Balzac's Autre étude de femme", was based on the third c…

Harding Scholar Hannah Clayton was recently interviewed by the University of Cambridge's Development and Alumni Relations office, for an article featured on the Support Cambridge website.The full interview can be read here:

Marno Swart, a Harding Scholar in his first year of a PhD in Law, was a conference Convener for the 13th annual conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal, together with Renatus Derler.The conference took place on 8th-9th April 2024, with the theme of "the intersection of peace and sustainability in international law". the two-day confer…