BBSRC Business magazine

Winter 2011 issue

• Rapid 'dip and dry' technology for improved biomaterials
• Severity indicator helps gauge impact of new endemic pig disease
• Historic grain collections help preserve future biodiversity

Spring 2011 issue

• Celebrating success at Bioscience for Growth event
• GM chickens breakthrough to prevent spread of bird flu
• Early results emerging from unique trial of fast-growing bioenergy crops

Summer 2011 issue

• Foot-and-mouth infection 'window' raises potential culling alternative
• Discovery opens the door to electricity from microbes
• Lab-produced liver cells could improve drug testing

Autumn 2011 issue

• Tapping into coral sunscreens
• Research offers new way to target shape-shifting amyloid fibrils
• Friendly fungi to boost crop growth in dry spells

Winter 2010 issue

• High-tech search for mineral-rich grain
• Growing old gracefully - New research to understand the ageing body
• Sustainable bioenergy - Towards fuel production from crop wastes

Spring 2010 issue

• Announcing the winners of our inaugural science photo competition
• Genomics technology and high quality data to help global challenges
• Understanding animals, improving welfare

Summer 2010 issue

• Barley genome technology a hit with breeders
• Gene clue to worm's amazing regeneration ability
• Lifeline for antibiotic of last resort

Autumn 2010 issue

• Draft wheat genome sequence promises to boost breeding
• Towards to quintessential green technology
• New approach could have "a major impact on antibody engineering"

January 2009 issue

• Optimising fertiliser use to minimise pollution
• Scientists identify breach in immune system barrier

April 2009 issue

• From waste to wealth creation: reporting on the launch of BSBEC
• Securing skills today for tomorrow's scientists

Summer 2009 issue

• Identifying the main threats to bees and other insect pollinators
• On the quest for novel enzymes for bioprocessing
• Could the virtual root be key to a second green revolution?

Autumn 2009 issue

• Local evolutionary clues to global vaccine design
• Omega-3 research sheds light on inflammation trigger
• Protein 'spaghetti': a new approach to tissue engineering

January 2008 issue

• Nurturing talent to meet the needs of UK bioscience
• Modelling melodies: understanding the neurological basis of sound perception

April 2008 issue

• Protecting baled silage from wireworms
• Nature beats nurture when it comes to obesity

July 2008 issue

• Bioscience: Biomillions – showcasing the impact of our research
• Mathematics as a tool to defeat plant and animal disease

October 2008 issue

• Metabolic fingerprints: fighting cereal disease and reducing toxin levels
• Ground-breaking TB research one step nearer to saving lives

January 2007 issue

• Something's brewing: new industry-relevant training course
• Understanding bone remodelling

April 2007 issue

• The dawning of a new ERA in systems biology
• Tissue engineers design with chaos in mind

July 2007 issue

• Crop science: learning from nature
• OSIRIS Ltd: an entrepreneurial success story
• From Einstein to enzyme evolution

October 2007 issue

• Non-lethal weapons could hold key to fighting Salmonella
• Modelling the complexities of the immune system

January 2006 issue

• Public views about diet and health research
• LINK leads to rapid tests for pollutants, vitamins and even illicit drugs

April 2006 issue

• Science and the quality of smoked salmon
• New clue to biodiversity

July 2006 issue

• Boosting vitamin C content in blackcurrants
• Precision engineering using designer proteins

October 2006 issue

• Insects provide ancestral clues to emerging diseases
• Global partnerships for sustainable agriculture

January 2005 issue

• Start-up set to re-define economics of genome analysis
• Plants 'quality control' silences foreign genes

April 2005 issue

• Will tomorrow's vaccines be designed by computers
• E.coli: upping the ante in stressed animals?

July 2005 issue

• DNA research leads to new millet variety for farmers in Africa and India
• Rapid progress in genomics for healthcare

October 2005 issue

• Surprising stem cell origins of the neck and shoulder
• Harnessing social and natural sciences for sustainable rural development