News
The latest updates from the School of Biosciences.
News from the school
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- Book for Pint of Science annual science festival.
- Date:
- 10/04/2018
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- Congratulations to all Lord Dearing Award winners, including faculty colleagues Andrew Armour, Tom Wicks, Lisa Coneyworth and the Enterprise for Chemists team.
- Date:
- 21/03/2018
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- As one of six sites in the UK awarded funding from Health Data Research UK the Midlands partnership, made up of the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick, and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, aims to make pioneering improvements in people's health.
- Date:
- 09/02/2018
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- Dr Richard Masterman, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research Strategy and Performance, celebrates the University's outstanding success in securing funding from BBSRC.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- Two ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ professors have been shortlisted for the 2017 Newton Prize, an annual £1 million fund awarded for the best research or innovation that supports the economic development and social welfare of developing countries.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- Scientists at The ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ have shown, for the first time, that a naturally occurring hormone plays a vital part in regulating a woman's fertility, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- An Emeritus Professor from the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ has been given one of China's highest academic honours having been made a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- A multidisciplinary team of researchers including those working in agriculture, nutrition, socio-economics, geography, and ethics has received more than £4.4m from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help alleviate micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs).
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- Original concerns that cloning caused early-onset osteoarthritis (OA) in Dolly the sheep are unfounded, say experts at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ and the University of Glasgow.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- Plant scientists at the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ have identified a 'Hawaiian Skirt' gene that plays a critical role in plant growth and development – a discovery that will help improve crop yields and address the growing problem of food security.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018