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, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, 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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the University of Glasgow.
- Date:
- 30/01/2018
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- Plant scientists at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 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