Cambridge VetCAST

David says "Alex won’t like me saying this but he was a quite remarkable

student, getting a paper out in Nature Communications showing from his work on

transmissible venereal tumour in dogs that mitochondria move between cells, the

first time this had ever been demonstrated. But as well as being passionate

about science he was and still is ultra keen on veterinary practice too,

spending his first year after graduation living and working as a vet in the

outer Hebrides" Listen in to hear more about what he’s done and what he’s doing

now!

Hi! I'm David Williams and I lecture in veterinary ophthalmology here at the vet school in Cambridge running the eye clinic in the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital. A few months ago I was listening to 'The Animal HeartBeat' the cardiology podcast from colleagues at the Cambridge Vet School and thought that it would be a good idea to run a podcast talking to alumni from the vet school, finding out when they were here, what they are doing now and how they got from there to here, as it were.

I thought that would be of interest to vet students, to vets out there in the real world and to sixth form students and others thinking of becoming a vet, to find out what sort of things vets get up to.

Since having that idea I've interviewed over 20 vets who were students at Cambridge, from those in general practice, ones working in everything from labs to zoos, even ones who have gone to the dark side and entered industry! We've started with me, so listen to Jo, our Communications Manager talking to me, then each week tune in for my conversation with a different vet.  Enjoy!