BBSRC - News stories and features

£18M for 13 unique industry-academia Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:24:51 +0000

BBSRC has funded 13 unique collaborative Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy (BBSRC NIBB) to boost interaction between the academic research base and industry, promoting the translation of research into benefits for the UK.

BBSRC and MRC renew investment in structural biology software

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:04:44 +0000

BBSRC and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have renewed funding of a world-leading suite of software that allows scientists to determine the 3D structure of molecules.

Funding for new bioscience facilities at Diamond Light Source

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:05:33 +0000

BBSRC, the Wellcome Trust, and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have granted £15.6M for a new imaging centre for biology at Diamond Light Source.

Flu sends scientists dipping for gold

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:55:47 +0000

Researchers on the Norwich Research Park have patented a quick, simple dipstick flu test using sugar labelled with gold.

Video: How the eye regulates your body clock: Ri Christmas Advent Calendar 2013 Chromosome 10

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:46:14 +0000

This video was produced by the Royal Institution as part of their Ri Advent Calendar series on chromosomes, which is supported by BBSRC. Each day in December 2013, scientists reveal stories behind their favourite chromosomes.

£17.7M for major long-term research projects to harness the power of bioscience

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:11:40 +0000

BBSRC has funded six long-term projects with the potential to make significant impacts in agriculture, health, alternatives to fossil fuels, and using biology to produce important commercial products.

First International Bioenergy Conference brings together world-leading experts

Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:12:06 +0000

Early bird registration closes Friday 13 December 2013
Last chance for researchers to submit abstracts: Monday 16 December 2013

Chief Executive's blog: The benefits of a diverse approach

Mon, 9 Dec 2013 14:00:09 +0000

This week has been both busy and interesting with my first Council meeting as Chief Executive. At the start of the week I had the pleasure of meeting the finalists in the Biotechnology and Environmental Young Entrepreneur Scheme and hearing some of them give their pitches. The questioning by the panels was really tough and certainly equal to, or greater than, any grilling by venture capital firms in the real world.

Prions, vCJD and the immune system relay

Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:17:02 +0000

BBSRC is helping to shed new light on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, as described on this article by Benjamin Thompson from the Society for General Microbiology.

Crop-infecting virus forces aphids to spread disease

Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:16:09 +0000

BBSRC-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge have shown that viruses use aphids as pawns, discouraging the insects from permanently settling on already-infected crops and using this forced migration to spread infection to healthy vegetation.