Dolly (born 5 July 1996) was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. The technique used was according to the same principle that Nobel Laureate John Gurdon had used in his frog experiments, the results of which he presented in 1962. He received the 2012 #NobelPrize.

Dr Heidi Gardner was fed up with being told she "didn't look like a scientist", so she decided to smash some stereotypes. Watch #Loop tonight at 11.30pm bbc.in/2yKCQp0

This is by far the most appropriate way to determine authorship of a paper #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #PhDChat

It was a great afternoon to celebrate the farewell of one of our students and realising how nice it is outside the lab!

scinote.net/blog/piece-lab… What piece of lab equipment are you? Our lab includes 2 centrifuges, an autoclave, 2 PCR cycler and a liquid nitrogen tank! 🧬

I will start my own lab at the MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK, next Jan. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/… I am excited, and I am HIRING! Please spread the word! #MRC_LMB #LMB_PHD

Sentences that can only be overheard in GeneticsCambridge: "Your testes are beautiful, you could put those in a gallery" "Oh no, I washed my ovaries down the sink..." #overheardingenetics #germlinestemcells #drosophila

We're recruiting a #researchassistant interested in developing an #openresearch web platform to make our imaging data accessible and searchable both in house and by the global community. Apply Now! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/23164/ GeneticsCambridge Cambridge University Wellcome

Congratulations to our three MPhil students who passed their vivas and will return to our lab in two weeks as PhD students! 🥳👏

The Cambridge Epigenetics Club is due to start again on Oct 28th with speakers Alistair Boettiger (Stanford) and Xiaoqi Feng (John Innes) - talks in the Biffen LT (Dept Genetics) from 1730 with cheese, wine & networking afterwards. We hope to see you there!

The incredible Anne Purkiss photograhed our Head of Department in 2018 as a follow-up to her Royal Society exhibition. She now has an exhibition BUG HUNTER titled Creative Connections: Portraits of Women Scientists and Artists until February 2020 admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/detail…

Having had a really nice lab formal on Friday evening at Lucy Cavendish College 👍 #planetEarth

Congratulation to Ellie from Karam Teixeira Lab who won our Great Genetics Bake Off today with her fantastic Petri dish cake. Thank you to our Judges Ben Steventon and Catrin. All donations are going to ChildrenInNeed

Awesome lab Christmas party and secret santa at The Punter Pub! 🎅🎄🎁

The Department was getting into the festive spirit at our Chirstmas party last week 🎄🎅

Now we know why our machine stopped working... 🧐🤪

Was pentaradial symmetry an evolutionary attempt to summon Satan

Enjoying a fun and interactive day with Karam Teixeira Lab Martinez Arias lab and Steventon Lab labs at Newnham College

Jinghua and Felipe at the heart of the Karam Teixeira Lab , plotting.