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If you have any queries regarding our strategic priority areas or science areas, please use this list.

Research priorities

Research priority Contact Email Phone
Ageing research: lifelong health and wellbeing Louisa Jenkin louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413352
Animal health Simon Kerley simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414654
Bioenergy Neil Crawford neil.crawford@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413337
Crop science (food security) Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Global security Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Living with environmental change Amanda Read amanda.read@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414665
Nanoscience through engineering to application: bionanotechnology Sadhana Sharma sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413393
Systems approach to biological research Natalia Gillies natalia.gillies@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414666
Synthetic biology Sophia Abbasi sophia.abbasi@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413027
Technology development for bioscience Sadhana Sharma sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413393

Policy priorities

Policy priority Contact Email Phone
Economic and social impact See appropriate science contact below
Impact on public policy Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Increased international collaboration Rowan McKibbin rowan.mckibbin@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413340
Replacement, refinement and reduction (3Rs) in research using animals Lee Glassbrook lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413283
Welfare of managed animals (including livestock and companion animals) Lee Glassbrook lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413283

Science areas

Science area Contact Email Phone
Ageing Louisa Jenkin louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413352
Agriculture Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Animal diseases Simon Kerley simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414654
Animal welfare Lee Glassbrook lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413283
Bioenergy Neil Crawford neil.crawford@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413337
Bioimaging Sadhana Sharma sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413393
Bioinformatics and e-Science Michael Ball michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413282
Biophysics Vicky Jackson vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413341
Biosecurity Vicky Jackson vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413341
Crop science Debbie Harding debbie.harding@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414653
Developmental biology Chris St-Pourçain christopher.stpourcain@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414657
Diet and health (humans) Simon Kerley simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414654
Environmental change Amanda Read amanda.read@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414665
Food security Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics Chris St-Pourçain christopher.stpourcain@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414657
GM Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Immunology Simon Kerley simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414654
Mathematical biology Sophia Abbasi sophia.abbasi@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413027
Microbial food safety Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669
Microbiology Debbie Harding debbie.harding@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414653
Nanotechnology Sadhana Sharma sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413393
Neuroscience and behaviour (including human psychology) Simon Kerley simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414654
Plant science Debbie Harding debbie.harding@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414653
Stem cells Vicky Jackson vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413341
Structural biology Vicky Jackson vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413341
Synthetic biology Sophia Abbasi sophia.abbasi@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413027
Systematics and taxonomy Amanda Read amanda.read@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414665
Systems biology Natalia Gillies natalia.gillies@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414666
Technology and methods development Sadhana Sharma sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413393
The 3 Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement of animals in research) Lee Glassbrook lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 413283
TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) Adam Staines adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk 01793 414669

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