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A new research initiative launched today (09 February) aims to bring academic researchers together with industry in order to deliver bigger yields of better quality fruits and vegetables for the consumer through more sustainable farming practices.
Fruits and vegetables are a vitally important part of a healthy diet. Increasing yields and reducing waste will be crucial if we are to ensure global food security, providing a healthy, nutritious and affordable diet to a growing global population…
Watch video: £67M investment in bioscience skills and training
The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, will today (24 January) announce £67 million of new investment in postgraduate training and development in the biosciences. The investment, from BBSRC, includes support for 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) across the UK as well as a number of industrial CASE (iCASE) studentship awards. Over the next three years, the DTPs will support 660 four-year PhD students; in addition the iCASE studentships will support 70 postgraduates…
Call for membership of BBSRC Strategy Advisory Panels
BBSRC is looking to appoint high calibre, committed individuals from the academic and industrial sectors to potentially increase the membership on our Strategy Advisory Panels by between 2 and 4 members in the following areas: Basic bioscience underpinning health, exploiting new ways of working, food security and industrial biotechnology and bioenergy…
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