Media releases: 2010

July
- Rothamsted Research ranked in top 10 UK institutions for environment and ecology research - 28 July
  A survey published by Times Higher Education ranks Rothamsted Research, an institute of the BBSRC, in the top 10 of UK institutions which have…
- Study into the effect of mobile phone radiation on cells published by Babraham scientists - 28 July
  A research study by scientists at the Babraham Institute, an institute of BBSRC, into the effects of electromagnetic radiation on cells has today…
- New funding announced to beat food poisoning bug - 27 July
  Up to £2M is being made available today to tackle the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK - Campylobacter…
- Risk to UK livestock and horses from insect- and tick-borne diseases - 26 July
  The Institute for Animal Health (IAH), an institute of the BBSRC, in partnership with the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), has been…
- Research highlights from BBSRC - 22 July
  The latest issue of BBSRC Business, the quarterly magazine from the BBSRC, is available to view at:…
- New strategy to tackle food poisoning bug - 21 July
  A new research strategy to tackle the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK has been launched today…
- IAH's Director awarded Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - 16 July
  Professor Martin Shirley CBE, Director of the Institute for Animal Health, has been made an Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary…
- Insight into why low calorie diet can extend lifespan – even if adopted later in life - 16 July
  New research being presented this week is giving scientists new insight into why a restricted diet can lead to a longer lifespan and…
- Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered - 15 July
  Scientists have discovered the part of the brain that tracks the position of our limbs as we move through space…
- The re-emergence of a destructive cereal disease poses a threat to UK wheat production - 14 July
  BBSRC scientists are advising farmers to change their fungicide regime to help prevent loses to a destructive cereal disease…
- A new generation of biological scaffolds - 14 July
  Professor John Fisher from The University of Leeds is speaking today at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Nottingham about…
- Could our minds be tricked into satisfying our stomachs? - 13 July
  The key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it…
- Babraham scientists discover a new mechanism behind leukaemia - 12 July
  Scientists at the Babraham Institute…have discovered a completely new mechanism behind the development of a certain type of leukaemia…
- Teenage biology aces fly UK flag in South Korea - 8 July
  Three sixth form students are today flying out to South Korea to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad. Their trip has been funded…
- How birds prepare for war - 7 July
  Just as human soldiers show greater solidarity when entering combat zones, new research by a BBSRC Fellow has demonstrated that birds…
- Disinfectants may be contributing to antibiotic resistance - 7 July
  Cleaning products for use in commercial, agricultural and domestic settings could be contributing to a rise in bacterial resistance in food…
- Official launch of cutting-edge science complex at Harwell - 6 July
  The Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), a new state-of-the-art science facility, funded in part by BBSRC, for researchers using resources…
- Genotyping technologies help keep UK barley market competitive - 5 July
  By exploiting technology originally used in human genome studies, a public-private partnership programme is changing the way…
June
- John Innes Centre named as one of the best places to work in academia - 30 June
  One of the BBSRC Institutes has been ranked highly in a survey to find the best places to work in academia in the world…
- Aphids mount multiple defence strategies to resist insecticides - 28 June
  The peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae is the most important aphid pest of crops in many regions of the world due to its large host range…
- HRH The Duke of York visits the Norwich Research Park - 25 June
  HRH The Duke of York visited two BBSRC Institutes located on the Norwich Research Park today, Friday 25 June…
- New smells through synthetic biology - 24 June
  Scientists…have received an award worth over £1M by the BBSRC…
- New projects to address decline of honeybees and other insect pollinators - 22 June
  Projects worth a total of up to £10M from the Insect Pollinators Initiative are announced today, during National Insect Week…
- More or less? Disease control key to maintaining yields under climate change - 21 June
  Oilseed rape disease losses are predicted to increase by a further £50M by 2050, under high CO2 emission scenarios.…
- New research shows malaria threat is as old as humanity - 17 June
  New research published today by scientists funded by BBSRC shows that malaria is tens of thousands of years older than previously thought…
- Rothamsted researcher honoured - 16 June
  This week Professor John Pickett CBE, became the first recipient of the "Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellowship" at Rothamsted Research…
- BBSRC contributes towards £50M boost for health and business - 16 June
  Advances in medical engineering that could help improve the quality of life of an ageing population are being showcased today at the University of Leeds…
- Hay fever relief may be in your fridge - 16 June
  Hay fever sufferers will learn if the answer to their annual summer discomfort could already be available on supermarket shelves or even lurking in…
- Got a plant pest problem? Get the science answers from world-class experts at BBC Gardeners’ World Live - 16 June
  Visitors to BBC Gardeners' World at the NEC Birmingham this week (16-20 June) have the opportunity to get some answers to problematic plant…
- Hand study reveals brain’s distorted body model - 14 June
  Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by BBSRC-funded scientists at UCL…
- New report reveals public’s views on synthetic biology - 14 June
  A major new public dialogue activity on the public’s views and attitudes on synthetic biology has revealed that most people are supportive of…
- Cambridge scientists reveal cracks in egg theory - 8 June
  Scientists…have found cracks in the long-standing theory that the number of eggs animals have - and the size of those eggs - is related to how much…
- New use for old drugs in treating hepatitis C? - 7 June
  BBSRC-funded research shows that common drugs used to treat conditions such as diabetes and obesity could be used to successfully treat hepatitis C…
- New discovery could aid development of elusive bovine mastitis vaccine - 7 June
  Researchers have discovered components of the bovine mastitis-causing bacterium, Streptococcus uberis that play a key role in the disease…
- Helping plants to help themselves - 2 June
  With the need to feed an ever increasing world population, we must reduce crop yield losses in new, sustainable ways…
- To bite or not to bite! Height and weight are the questions - 2 June
  The Scottish biting midge demonstrates a preference for men that are tall and women that have a large BMI and children…
- Coffee consumption unrelated to alertness - 2 June
  The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion according to new BBSRC-funded research…
May
- Babraham scientists awarded £900k grant to boost understanding of epigenetics - 27 May
  Babraham scientists awarded £900k grant to boost understanding of epigenetics…
- How do bumblebees get predators to buzz off? - 26 May
  Researchers funded by BBSRC, EPSRC, the German Research Foundation and Wellcome Trust have found that bumblebees' distinctive…
- Major new study into brain ageing - 25 May
  Research efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5M grant…
- 16 new transnational projects to address global challenges - 21 May
  Brand new projects are launched this week in Paris to address global challenges such as food security and healthy ageing, and aim…
- Professor Wolf Reik elected fellow to the Royal Society - 21 May
  Professor Wolf Reik Head of the Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting at the Babraham Institute has been elected to the Fellowship…
- Study uncovers optimal ecology of bio-insecticide - 20 May
  BBSRC funded researchers at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London have discovered that the commonly used…
- UK-Europe collaborations harness biology for engineering - 19 May
  Four new projects, announced today, will develop biological methods that offer a new approach to antibiotic production, power generation for…
- Babraham scientist receives accolade from the Biochemical Society - 18 May
  Professor Sir Michael Berridge, FRS, Emeritus Fellow at the Babraham Institute, has been awarded the prestigious Biochemical Society Award…
- Vaccination still best option for controlling ovine enzootic abortion - 17 May
  Scientists…are encouraging sheep farmers to continue to vaccinate against Ovine Enzootic Abortion (OEA) on the day that they publish…
- New screen for safer food crops - 14 May
  John Innes Centre scientists are working on a way to screen crop plants for toxic accumulation…
April
- Ageing gene found to govern lifespan, immunity and resilience - 1 April
  Scientists funded by the BBSRC at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a gene called DAF-16 is strongly involved…
- Follow the leader: how those in charge make themselves known - 1 April
  Do you find yourself leading groups, or are you naturally more comfortable following others? BBSRC-funded research published today…
March
- Songbird genome to aid understanding of learning, memory and more - 31 March
  In research to be published tomorrow (01 April 2010) in Nature, scientists break the news that they have sequenced the zebra finch genome…
- What’s eating your prize carrots? Get answers from scientists at BBC Gardeners’ World 2010 - 31 March
  Gardeners who have felt the pain at finding pests have ravaged their best flowers…
- UK-Brazil partnership in sustainable agriculture – Embrapa-Labex at Rothamsted Research launched - 31 March
  Embrapa - the £400M agri-business and research arm of the Brazilian Government - has established its first UK base at Rothamsted Research…
- BBSRC and NSF join together to promote new ideas to enhance photosynthesis - 30 March
  Leading bioscience funding bodies in the UK and USA announce plans to promote scientific proposals…
- Biomechanical research reveals elephants move like a 4x4 - 29 March
  Research by a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) team, funded by BBSRC, has shown the legs of elephants…
- Modern farming and healthy butterfly populations can co-exist through better management of land - 27 March
  The way grassland buffer strips are maintained could have a significant impact on improving biodiversity…
- New Council members for BBSRC - 26 March
  Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson has appointed two new members to the Council of BBSRC…
- Public-private research partnership announces £10M new funding to promote drug development - 24 March
  The search for new medicines will receive a £10M boost this week as the public and private sectors unite to fund bioprocessing research…
- Secrets of cell function could help quest for new medicines - 22 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists have shed light on a key control process within cells that helps ensure our bodies function efficiently…
- Seaweed to tackle rising tide of obesity - 22 March
  Seaweed could hold the key to tackling obesity after it was found it reduces fat uptake by more than 75 per cent…
- Scientists make TB bug suicidal - 21 March
  Scientists at a BBSRC Institute have identified a new class of drug target that tricks tuberculosis bacteria into suicidal self-poisoning…
- Scientists go into battle to disarm superbug - 19 March
  Two recent pieces of research from Imperial College London, funded in part by BBSRC, reveal new ways of tackling the armour and weapons of…
- DNA sequencing pioneer named BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2010 - 19 March
  Professor Shankar Balasubramanian has been named as the BBSRC Innovator of the Year, winning £10,000 in recognition of his work…
- Study finds genes that keep watch on blood clotting time - 18 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered three genes that could shed light on the genetic causes of blood-clotting…
- Major new research effort targets key pig diseases - 17 March
  A consortium of researchers in Cambridge and London has been awarded a £5M grant from BBSRC to develop a way of diagnosing and…
- Scientific links with Japan boosted by new awards - 12 March
  Scientific links between the UK and Japan have been boosted by the announcement of the BBSRC latest Japan Partnering Awards…
- UK research community unites to help ensure future food security - 11 March
  The UK's main public funders of food-related research and training will today join together to launch a new programme…
- Public-private research partnership to develop improved crops for food security - 11 March
  A new research initiative has been launched to accelerate the development of improved crops with higher yields and consistent, high quality products…
- Scientists solve puzzle of chickens that are half male and half female - 10 March
  A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and…
- Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells - 10 March
  For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus…
- Pinpointing how cancer cells cope with chemotherapy - 9 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists have pinpointed one of the mechanisms which cancer cells use to survive chemotherapy…
- Seafarers’ scourge provides hope for biofuel future - 8 March
  For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage…
- UK Research Office in Brussels celebrates 25th anniversary - 5 March
  UKRO - the European office of the UK Research Councils - celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, including a reception…
- New Director for John Innes Centre - 2 March
  BBSRC, the John Innes Foundation and the John Innes Centre Governing Council have announced the appointment of Professor Dale Sanders…
February
- Hormone study gives scientists a sense of how animals bond - 24 February
  BBSRC-funded scientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals to recognise others by their smell…
- Genome of crop pest reveals nature of a complex symbiosis - 24 February
  New research into the genome sequence of a major feed pest, funded in part by a joint BBSRC/ANR initiative…
- Your old sofa – and much more – could be composted, say scientists - 22 February
  Polyurethane plastics used to make a host of products, from furniture fillings to shoe soles…
- Scientists rewarded for creative flair in national science photo competition - 19 February
  The winners of the inaugural Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) science photo competition are announced today…
- A 30% cut in fertiliser use in China would not threaten food security - 17 February
  A study published in Science shows that over-use of ammonium-based in China has caused soil acidification…
- Scientists solve ageing puzzle - 17 February
  A discovery by BBSRC-funded scientists at Newcastle University could provide…
- Scientists take on global livestock threat to reduce poverty and increase food security - 15 February
  £13M of new research is being launched today to tackle the significant and growing threat…
- Cameras of the future: heart researchers create revolutionary photographic technique - 14 February
  Scientists funded by the BBSRC and the British Heart Foundation at the University of Oxford…
- Plants under attack send finely-tuned aromatic cry for help - 11 February
  Researchers from Rothamsted Research, an institute of BBSRC, have found that plants under attack by insect…
- First member of the wheat and barley group of grasses is sequenced - 10 February
  A few grass species provide the bulk of our food supply and new grass crops are being domesticated for sustainable…
- £15M scheme to train hundreds in vital food security R&D - 10 February
  BBSRC is today committing up to £15M to establish training for food security research and development.…
- Gene discovery to increase biomass needed for green fuel - 10 February
  Manchester scientists have identified the genes that make plants grow fatter and plan to use their research to increase plant…
- Bluetongue vaccine given to pregnant ewes protects lamb after birth - 8 February
  Dr Chris Oura and colleagues at the IAH, an institute of BBSRC, have shown for first time that lambs born to ewes that had…
- The quick and the dead: evidence that movement is swiftest in response to events in the environment - 3 February
  Scientists…have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment…
January
- BBSRC heralds 'Age of Bioscience' with launch of new strategic plan - 28 January
  BBSRC has today outlined the strategic framework that will shape its direction and funding decisions for the next 5 years…
- Babraham research provides insight into the reprogramming of cell fate - 27 January
  A discovery by scientists at the Babraham Institute…brings new insight into how cells are reprogrammed and…
- £5M funding partnership to bring new innovation and economic benefit to UK - 26 January
  A £5M development at the Norwich Research Park…will provide facilities for start-up and growing businesses that will turn…
- Scientists achieve first rewire of genetic switches - 26 January
  BBSRC-funded researchers at The University of Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches…
- New scheme to provide £1.3M extra funding to students for high cost training in animal physiology - 25 January
  From today, research institutions with PhD students funded by the BBSRC or the MRC can apply for additional funding to support…
- Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research - 25 January
  Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier…
- Scientists using x-ray vision to produce more nutritious flour - 21 January
  Pioneering research combining plant breeding and high-intensity x-rays is being used by scientists…to explore the possibility…
- Researchers take early step towards devising new antibiotics - 19 January
  BBSRC-funded researchers have made the first step towards creating a new class of antibiotics in a study published…
- Scaling-up key to meet food security challenge - 18 January
  BBSRC is today meeting with 50 leading agri-food scientists to identify coordinated ways to translate lab-based research…
- New Director for Rothamsted Research - 14 January
  The BBSRC, the Governing Body of Rothamsted Research and the Trustees of the Lawes Agricultural Trust are pleased to announce…
- Innovative new web interface improves access to UK’s largest free online life sciences resource - www.ukpmc.ac.uk - 11 January
  Helping researchers access and exploit over 1.7 million full-text, peer reviewed biomedical research articles and over 19 million…
- Heart rhythm gene revealed in new research - 10 January
  A gene that regulates the rhythm of the heart is revealed in new BBSRC-funded research published today in Nature Genetics…
- The plant that doesn’t feel the cold - 7 January
  Scientists at the John Innes Centre, an institute of BBSRC, have discovered that plants have a built-in thermometer that they use…
- Only greater agricultural science co-operation will deliver production and sustainability gains - 6 January
  Farmers, scientists, the food industry and the Government must work more closely if UK agriculture is to increase…
- BBSRC welcomes new science research strategy for food security and sustainability - 6 January
  The BBSRC, the UK’s largest funder of agriculture and food related research, has welcomed and pledged its support…
- Former Rothamsted Research Director features prominently in 2010 New Years' Honours list - 4 January
  Professor Ian Crute, the former director of Rothamsted Research said he was “Delighted to have had his…
- New research findings may help stop age-related macular degeneration at the molecular level - 4 January
  Scientists discover the relationship between two blood proteins plays a pivotal role in staving off the condition…

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