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Funding to highlight growth opportunities for synthetic biology
BBSRC | Added: 25 May 2012
The government is to boost innovation in synthetic biology by investing up to £6.5m to encourage bu…
Oxford begins hunt for Yeti DNA
Oxford University | Added: 25 May 2012
Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology will use the latest genetic techniques to inve…
Doping loophole uncovered ahead of the 2012 Olympics
Kingston University | Added: 22 May 2012
Researchers from Kingston University have found that green and white teas could hide abnormal level…
Researchers discover different mechanisms of pain
Leeds University | Added: 18 May 2012
Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain…
Genetics papers brought together for the first time
Glasgow University | Added: 18 May 2012
The Wellcome Library is to bring the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one plac…
Preventing communication between bacteria
Nottingham University | Added: 18 May 2012
Scientists have shown for the first time that the effectiveness of the bacteria’s communication dep…
Mutated strains detected using virus 'barcodes'
Leeds University | Added: 17 May 2012
Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to ’barcode’ viral diseases to rapidly …
China and UK collaborate on plant research
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Added: 17 May 2012
A centre of excellence is planned following a symposium between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and…
Scientists identify protein that could help fight obesity
Cambridge University | Added: 14 May 2012
Scientists have identified a protein that regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain a…
Biomimetic model could reduce animal testing
TAP Biosystems | Added: 14 May 2012
TAP Biosystems has teamed up with the Open University (OU) to develop a biomimetic 3D central nervo…
Creating electricity from light and air
Leeds University | Added: 11 May 2012
Researchers are attempting to make electricity from electrodes coated in bacteria and using light o…
Virtual lab gives students insight into genetics
Leicester University | Added: 11 May 2012
Academics are investigating whether virtual reality can be used to enhance learning of laboratory t…
Nanoparticles deliver targeted antibiotic attacks
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Added: 11 May 2012
MIT engineers have designed nanoparticles capable of delivering high doses of antibiotics directly …
Carbon neutral laboratory to aid sustainable chemistry
Nottingham University | Added: 30 Apr 2012
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Nottingham University have teamed up to establish a Centre of Excellence …
Measuring the implications of artificial life
Lancaster University | Added: 30 Apr 2012
Research seeks to inform a United Nations (UN) debate on whether to call a temporary halt to the re…
Team solves 40-year-old FTMS problem
Warwick University | Added: 26 Apr 2012
Researchers have developed a computation which doubles the resolution, sensitivity and mass accurac…
£5.6m awarded for development of light technology
St Andrews University | Added: 26 Apr 2012
St Andrews University has been awarded a £5.6m grant to develop new light technologies that are abl…
Study aims to prevent infection in cardiac devices
York University | Added: 26 Apr 2012
Research led by scientists at York University has shed new light on how biofilms structures help th…
Synthetic structure creates new path for drug discovery
Bath University | Added: 26 Apr 2012
An international research team has determined the structure of a new drug target in complex with a …
Team solves 40-year-old MS problem
Added: 23 Apr 2012
Scientists at the Warwick University have developed a computation which simultaneously doubles the …
