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FacebookFunders join forces to develop biomedical entrepreneursNew
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 and early-career researchers to develop entrepreneurial skills for biomedical industries.
The competition is organised by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) and BBSRC, with support from GSK, the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst…
Plans for China-UK Centre of Excellence for plant researchNew
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. The symposium highlighted shared scientific goals that will drive the step change in agriculture needed to produce food sustainably in the future. The world population threatens to reach 9 billion by 2050, putting the challenges for plant science firmly in the spotlight. The JIC and the CAS Institutes share strength in crop genomics and in understanding how plants…
From humble beginningsNew
This is the story of a quirky little peptide sequence whose discovery led to the development of a crucial tool for today's biotechnology industry, leading to cancer treatments and advances in regenerative medicine, and where ongoing research is helping to explain the modern-day evolution of pathogens. It all started in the mid 1980s when researchers at the Institute for Animal Health were dissecting the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) with the aim of developing new vaccines from its constituent parts. Postdoctoral researcher Martin Ryan was developing…
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