13 Nov 2015
Centre receives Philomathia Forum Award
John Liddicoat and Dr Kathy Liddell were delighted to learn of a Philomathia Forum Award to continue their work on the intellectual property issues surrounding the realization of genomic medicine.This Award will support a workshop in July 2016 that will interrogate more deeply:How, in the genomics sector, are firms capturing value, and in what ways…
9 Oct 2015
Vice Chancellor highlights Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences
In his annual speech marking the beginning of the new academic year, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, spoke about the importance of partnerships for the success of the University, highlighting the establishment of the innovative and multi-faceted Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences.Profess…
1 Oct 2015
Full funding for PhD students commencing 2016/17
The Hatton-WYNG PhD Studentships in Law, Medicine and Life SciencesThe Faculty of Law is offering two studentships for new PhD students commencing full-time doctoral research in 2016/17. The studentships are available to Home UK/EU and overseas students, and are each renewable for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory academic progress. The val…
17 Sep 2015
LML welcomes Professor Yuji Shiroshita as a Visiting Research Scholar
Professor Shiroshita is based at the Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University, Japan. It is his second visit to the Law Faculty, and Wolfson college. Professor Shiroshita specialises in criminal and medical law. In the field of medical law, he is interested in the regulation of organ transplantation, particularly transplantation of organs from l…
17 Sep 2015
Forthcoming workshop on "Public Health Policies: Efficacy, Lawfulness and Human Rights"
Drs Stephanie Palmer and Kathy Liddell (LML), together with collaborators from the University’s Public Health Strategic Research Initiative, have been awarded a grant to host a workshop on “Efficacy of Public Health Policies.” The workshop will explore tobacco industry claims that standardized packaging laws violate their human rights and the type…
17 Sep 2015
Successful grant applications for "Open Innovation and Large Bioresources: Goals, Challenges and Proposals"
Dr Kathy Liddell and collaborators Drs John Bradley, Robert Doubleday, and Nicola Patron have been awarded grants from the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the OpenPlant research centre to hold an expert workshop on "Open Innovation and Large Bioresources: Goals, Challenges and Proposals.” The project unites key research gro…
9 Sep 2015
LML and CSaP publish report on Realising Genomic Medicine: Intellectual Property Issues
Following up a workshop earlier in the year, the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) together with the University’s Centre for Science and Policy published this week a report on the debates, policy frameworks and recommendations for further research discussed at that meeting. Since the sequencing of …
