10 Downing Street announced today that Professor Patrick Sissons will become Regius Professor of Physic for the University of Cambridge, succeeding Professor Sir Keith Peters on October 1, 2005.

Nobel Prize winning scientist Professor Joshua Lederberg will open a unique disease research facility in Cambridge on Monday 28 June.

Professor Joshua Lederberg, Professor-Emeritus of Molecular Genetics and Informatics at Rockefeller University, will be speaking at the Sackler Distinguished Lecture at the School of Clinical Medicine about the evolutionary competition of humans with microbial species.

The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the Forvie Site at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Leading pharmaceuticals company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) have recently entered into a new educational sponsorship agreement to give a further £1.5m to the University to support the training of future neuroscientists at Cambridge.