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  • £100M+ investment to protect UK food security and rural economy

    Major sectors of the UK economy and food chain have received a significant boost following the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of £80M of capital investment for the further development of research facilities…

  • Minister marks milestones in new £100M+ world-class laboratory build

    Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, today led a ceremony to mark milestones in construction of a brand new high containment facility at the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) in Pirbright, Surrey…

  • New £25M home for BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre programme

    The doors open today on a new multi million pound research facility for biofuels, brewing science and food and drink processing at The University of Nottingham. The new building will be home to one of the six…

  • £75M investment in European research infrastructure to support knowledge-based economy

    EMBL-EBI and BBSRC warmly welcome today's announcement from the UK Government of a £75M commitment from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' Large Facilities Capital Fund (LFCF) for ELIXIR…

  • Minister announces UK-India collaboration on bioenergy

    In New Delhi today Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, announced plans for a £10M joint call for sustainable bioenergy research between the UK and India…

  • New research will help make foods healthier, safer and more nutritious

    Over fifty research projects and studies aimed at developing healthier, safer and more nutritious food are to share over £7M of government investment. The projects and studies will stimulate innovation in the UK's food and drink…

  • UK scientists come together to help feed the seven billion

    The Universities of Exeter and Bristol, in partnership with Rothamsted Research, have officially joined forces to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: how can we sustainably feed a growing population?

• Features

  • On the road to Rio

    Science relations between the UK and Brazil have shifted into a higher gear in recent years. And BBSRC-funded researchers are playing a key role in encouraging collaboration and investment in UK science and innovation…

  • Green vegetables directly influence immune defences and help maintain intestinal health

    Leafy greens, widely recognised as containing essential ingredients for ensuring optimum health and wellbeing, have been shown to influence our intestinal health by delivering a protective factor to certain cells…

  • British research leads to UK launch of Beneforté broccoli

    A new variety of broccoli with higher levels of a key phytonutrient is now available in UK shops thanks to experts working on both the biology of plants and the link between human nutrition and health. The new broccoli…

  • Brassica research boosted by transformation resources

    The genetic modification of plants is an invaluable tool used by scientists globally to gain a better understanding of the functions of certain genes in plants. Even if it is not used directly to create improved crop varieties…

  • The story behind ‘super broccoli’

    When Beneforté 'super broccoli' was launched onto selected UK supermarket shelves in October 2011, it represented a special achievement for UK bioscience - a consumer-focused, nutritionally-enhanced product…

  • From loyalty cards to proteomics and the birth of the super experiment

    Like tracking customer buying preferences with a loyalty card, BBSRC-funded researchers at the University of Dundee are using business intelligence software to discover patterns and trends in proteomics data…

  • Profile feature – Ryan Donnelly

    Pharmacist and image gallery reveal how the science of the small will deliver big things…

  • ‘First step’ to perfect drug combinations

    Scientists funded by BBSRC at The University of Manchester have discovered a way of speeding up the creation of perfect drug combinations, which could help patients recovering from critical health problems…

  • Protein sheds insight into spread of vCJD to the brain

    A protein linked to the immune system could play a key role in helping scientists understand how vCJD spreads throughout the body. The disease occurs when corrupted proteins - known as prions - accumulate in…

  • From food waste to fuel in 6 days

    Last week a new Biorefinery Centre, funded in part by BBSRC, was opened at IFR in Norwich by George Freeman MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture…

  • Defeating nematode worms with GM bananas

    Researchers in the UK and Africa are using genetic modification technologies to make banana and plantain (Musa species) crops resistant to attack from nematode worms…

  • Winning early-career researchers excel in entrepreneurship

    After an intense day of competition in London, a team of four budding biotechnology entrepreneurs from the University of Oxford have emerged as the winners of this year's Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES)…

  • Delivering sustainable food security, a new science strategy for Rothamsted Research

    Rothamsted Research, an institute strategically funded by BBSRC, has today launched a new science strategy, Where Knowledge Grows. The new Strategy aims to deliver the knowledge and new practices to increase crop…