Research technologies news: 2010

December
- UK researchers contribute to sequencing strawberry genome - Press release - 26 December
  A consortium of researchers working across five continents has published the genome of the wild strawberry…
- Ever wanted to compare a man with a mouse? - Feature - 20 December
  Software developed by BBSRC-funded scientists to analyse bone structures is now being used by researchers in other disciplines to help tackle a range…
- 550 million years ago rise in Oxygen drove evolution of animal life - Press release - 17 December
  Researchers funded by BBSRC at the University of Oxford have uncovered a clue that may help to explain why the earliest evidence of complex…
- New research reveals details of microbe's extraordinary maintenance and repair system - Press release - 10 December
  BBSRC-funded scientists have discovered how a network of repair proteins enables bacteria to prioritise the repair of the most heavily used regions…
November
- Changes in ESRF beamline allocations - News - 30 November
  STFC has published an announcement regarding allocation of beamtime for UK users at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)…
- Gangster birds running protection racket give insight into coevolution - Press release - 18 November
  Like gangsters running a protection racket, drongos in the Kalahari Desert act as lookouts for other birds in order to steal a cut of their food catch…
- Visualising complex networks - Feature - 16 November
  Specialised computer programs help scientists interpret genomics data…
- How the dragon got its ‘snap’ - Press release - 10 November
  Scientists at the JIC and the University of East Anglia are pioneering a powerful combination of computer modelling and experimental genetics…
- Immune system assassin’s tricks visualised for the first time - Press release - 1 November
  Scientists from the UK and Australia have seen the human immune system's assassin - a protein called perforin - in action for the first time…
October
- Genome sequence gives bounce to rubber industry - News - 29 October
  Earlier this month, researchers in the United Kingdom, announced the completion of a high quality draft sequence of the genome…
- UK’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance device powers the way to advanced drugs - Press release - 29 October
  UK researchers will gain new insights into vital high tech materials and pharmaceuticals thanks to the creation of the UK's most powerful…
- Tiny brained bees solve a complex mathematical problem - Press release - 26 October
  Bumblebees can find the solution to a complex mathematical problem which keeps computers busy for days…
- Severe swine flu strain may have disabled lung clearing - Press release - 22 October
  Swine flu variant linked to fatal cases might have disabled the clearing mechanism of lungs, study suggests…
- Why the leopard got its spots - Press release - 20 October
  A BBSRC-funded PhD student at the University of Bristol has been studying the mathematics of animal camouflage…
- Genomics unlocks key to Mendel’s pea flowers - Press release - 12 October
  JIC scientists have helped discover the key to one of biology's most well-known experiments - the gene that controls pea flower colour…
- Babraham Institute marks inauguration of new cutting edge equipment - News - 6 October
  BBSRC funded the new equipment, which included four mass spectrometers used for the analysis of proteins or lipids…
July
- Official launch of cutting-edge science complex at Harwell - Press release - 6 July
  The Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), a new state-of-the-art science facility, funded in part by BBSRC, for researchers using resources…
- Genotyping technologies help keep UK barley market competitive - Press release - 5 July
  By exploiting technology originally used in human genome studies, a public-private partnership programme is changing the way…
June
- New smells through synthetic biology - Press release - 24 June
  Scientists…have received an award worth over £1M by the BBSRC…
May
- UK-Europe collaborations harness biology for engineering - Press release - 19 May
  Four new projects, announced today, will develop biological methods that offer a new approach to antibiotic production, power generation for…
March
- Songbird genome to aid understanding of learning, memory and more - Press release - 31 March
  In research to be published tomorrow (01 April 2010) in Nature, scientists break the news that they have sequenced the zebra finch genome…
- Biomechanical research reveals elephants move like a 4x4 - Press release - 29 March
  Research by a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) team, funded by BBSRC, has shown the legs of elephants…
- Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells - Press release - 10 March
  For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus…
February
- Cameras of the future: heart researchers create revolutionary photographic technique - Press release - 14 February
  Scientists funded by the BBSRC and the British Heart Foundation at the University of Oxford…
January
- Babraham research provides insight into the reprogramming of cell fate - Press release - 27 January
  A discovery by scientists at the Babraham Institute…brings new insight into how cells are reprogrammed and…
- Scientists achieve first rewire of genetic switches - Press release - 26 January
  BBSRC-funded researchers at The University of Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches…
- Nanoscience explored in new RCUK website - News - 21 January
  RCUK have today launched a new website which explores the area of nanoscience research, a major multi-disciplinary…
- Innovative new web interface improves access to UK’s largest free online life sciences resource - www.ukpmc.ac.uk - Press release - 11 January
  Helping researchers access and exploit over 1.7 million full-text, peer reviewed biomedical research articles and over 19 million…
- Response to recommendations made by House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee report on nanotechnologies and food - Press release - 8 January
  Research Councils UK (RCUK) welcomes the new report from the House of Lords Science and Technology…

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