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  • Plans for China-UK Centre of Excellence for plant research - 16 May

    A new centre of excellence for plant research is planned in China following a joint symposium in Shanghai between researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the John Innes Centre…

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  • Funders join forces to develop biomedical entrepreneurs - 16 May

    Researchers in the biomedical sciences are being offered the chance to sharpen their business skills in a new national competition. The Biomedical Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Biomedical YES) will help PhD students…

  • £6.8M phenomics centre opens - 14 May

    Today, the new National Plant Phenomics Centre, which features the most advanced research greenhouse in the UK, will be formally opened at Aberystwyth University's Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences…

  • Virus ‘barcodes’ offer rapid detection of mutated strains - 14 May

    Researchers funded by BBSRC and others are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations. Dr Julian Hiscox and Dr John Barr of the University of Leeds's…

  • Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories - 11 May

    Scientists funded by BBSRC and others have identified a protein which regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain and the body's tissues. Their research, which was conducted in mice, was published today in the journal Cell…

  • Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer’s book in the land of the midnight sun - 10 May

    Barley grown in Scandinavian countries is adapted in a similar way to reindeer to cope with the extremes of day length at high latitudes new research from the John Innes Centre and the Max Planck Institute has found…

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