UK EPSRC BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering Biology, Universities of Bristol and Oxford
EngBio CDT
2026’s EngBio CDT Summer School has come to a close!
A huge thank you to all involved in making this year’s Summer School possible. From speakers to session leads, from students to organisers, it’s been a pleasure to host everyone and participate in such an enjoyable and inspiring few days.
It’s the last day of our EngBio Summer School!
We’re starting this am with a workshop from Dr. Katy R Mahoney exploring strategies & techniques to reduce that familiar feeling of imposter syndrome. Then we’ll look at how to get our point across & communicate effectively in different PhD settings.
Day 2 of the EngBio CDT Summer School has commenced!
This morning, we’re thrilled to welcome our very own Jack Dalton and Vivenne Kuh who are leading a session on Responsible Research in Practice: tackling biosecurity challenges.
The Charlie Waller Trust is a mental health charity which provides training and resources to equip people with the knowledge & confidence to thrive.
As we wrap up Day 2 of our CDT Summer School, we’d like to thank our facilitators, session leads, & students for a valuable and thought provoking day.
*Jun Cheng, Google DeepMind, on “AI for better understanding the genome”
*Jonathan Heddle, Durham University, on “Engineering Biological Nanomachines”
*James Schouten, Global Access Diagnostics, on “Lateral Flow Technology: Engineering Strategies for field-use Rapid Diagnostics”
We’ve been joined by Julie Castleman from the The Charlie Waller Trust to explore how we can protect our wellbeing in an often demanding and challenging research world. We’ve been exploring how to identify our personal stressors, the coping strategies we can use, and who to lean on for help.
The session has prompted interesting discussions about everyone’s responsibility and agency in the full pipeline of research use.
This afternoon, we’ll be focusing on the importance of protecting our wellbeing in the PGR-world.
Over lunch, our Cohort 2 students showcased their recent short projects through poster sessions and this afternoon, we continued our programme of inspiring Engineering Biology talks:
And we heard from more of our students, Johan Guillen Meza, Gil Krikler and Jack Dalton, on their current innovative research across the EngBio landscape.
As we close on Day 1 of our CDT Summer School, we’d like to thank all our speakers & attendees for providing such an engaging and enjoyable day.
