Plants and patterning: how shapes are made
11 March 2013A Cambridge Science Festival lecture on Wednesday (13 March 2013) will look at how plants grow through repeating patterns and discuss what we can learn from them in developing smart materials.
Botanic Garden names new Director
09 January 2013Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated Professorship of Plant Systematics and Evolution to which she has been elected, in July 2013.
Sainsbury Laboratory named Britain's best building
15 October 2012The Sainsbury Laboratory has been awarded the Stirling Prize for 2012.
Secrets of the plant kingdom uncovered after over a century in storage
26 September 2012The relocation of the Herbarium’s one million pressed and dried plants to their new home in the University’s state-of-the-art Sainsbury Laboratory is turning up hundreds of unique specimens never seen since their collection centuries ago.
Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel
04 July 2011Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
Building the Future
04 January 2011Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard on how new buildings and refurbishments across the University are helping research to flourish.
