BBSRC Business spring 2012

Headlines
- New £15M programme to stimulate food industry sector growth
  £15M is to be invested by the Government in new research and development projects and studies that will stimulate innovation and growth in the UK's food industries…
- Huge potential of UK bio-based economy highlighted in Parliament
  The potential of the bioeconomy to generate jobs, economic growth and wellbeing in the UK was highlighted at a meeting in the Houses of Parliament yesterday. The event was hosted by George Freeman MP…
- BBSRC funding at forefront of fight against livestock disease
  An emerging livestock disease caused by the Schmallenberg virus has been causing deformities in newborn lambs, goat kids and calves on farms in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and now the UK. Schmallenberg…
- Roslin BioCentre strikes innovation deal in Scotland
  Innovation and growth in the biosciences have received a major boost in Scotland with the creation of a new collaborative venture that will be hosted in work-ready bioscience laboratories with an infrastructure ripe for…
- BBSRC Annual Report and Accounts published
  The BBSRC Annual Report and Accounts for 2010-2011 have been officially published today. Following their laying before Parliament, the Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011 document is now available to download…
- BBSRC Impact Report 2011 highlights impacts in food security and innovation
  Today BBSRC publishes its Impact Report 2011. The report details BBSRC's ongoing efforts to ensure that BBSRC-funded research in basic biology can be fully exploited to deliver economic and social benefits for the UK…
- New pathogen resource launched
  A new resource to help researchers find ways to combat agricultural pathogens, called PhytoPath, is launched today. PhytoPath, which was developed with funding from BBSRC, integrates genome-scale data of important plant pathogen…
- £7M public funding available for research to deliver better fruit and veg
  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…
- £67 million investment in bioscience skills and training to help meet economic and social challenges for the future
  £67 million investment in bioscience skills and training to help meet economic and social challenges for the future…
- BBSRC boost for international funding opportunities
  BBSRC) has joined forces with 14 partners from across Europe to announce two new funding calls; one focusing on bioenergy, the other on industrial biotechnology…
- PBL issued with pioneering patent
  Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL), the UK technology management company part owned by BBSRC, has been granted a US patent which describes methods for inducing gene silencing in plants and animals…
Features
- Vaccine production in plants nets scientist Innovator of the Year 2012
  Professor George Lomonossoff has been named BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2012 for his work with Dr Frank Sainsbury to develop a system for producing vaccines and pharmaceutical proteins rapidly in plants…
- Farm ‘weeds’ have crucial role in sustainable agriculture
  Plants often regarded as common weeds such as thistles, buttercups and clover could be critical in safe guarding fragile food webs on UK farms according to researchers funded by BBSRC…
- Breeding better grasses for food and fuel
  Researchers from the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with improved properties for diet and bioenergy…
- Carbohydrate-based medicines – more than a sugarcoating
  A recent breakthrough in sugar chemistry could open the door to a new generation of synthetic medicines and diagnostic tools…
- Big score for British biofuel technology
  Not many companies ever get to sign a $500M contract – fewer still as their first. But in 2010, British company TMO Renewables agreed to build 15 factories across the US to produce bioethanol from household waste…
- Telomeres' stress reveals insight into ageing
  Scientists studying ageing have unlocked clues that give us a greater understanding of the ageing process. Research published in the journal Nature Communications has shown that stress-induced damage…
- From flies to fetal viability
  Research by zoologists at the University of Oxford into how hoverflies achieve exquisite flight control has led to a means of improving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques…
- Joining forces to defeat wheat disease
  "Rusts never sleep" warned the Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug, referring to the crop-destroying fungi that rank among humankind's most formidable agricultural foes…
- New research to help eliminate most common food poisoning bug
  Eliminating the most common cause of food poisoning from the food chain is the aim of new research funded by BBSRC and the world-leading UK-based poultry breeding company Aviagen…
- Diagnostics for viruses step closer to reality
  Scientists funded by BBSRC have developed a technique which could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus - the virus responsible for a large number of common illnesses…
- New synthetic biology project could herald cheaper and more efficient biotechnology
  A team of chemists from the Universities of Southampton and Oxford have been awarded over £4 million to develop a new technique for 'clicking' DNA and RNA segments together…

BBSRC Business spring 2012

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