We are pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan, has appointed Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith @AnneF_S as the new Executive Chair of BBSRC:
BBSRC welcomes the publication of the UK Plant Science research strategy, which highlights challenges & opportunities over the next decade.
Watch this space for details on how you can get involved to help disseminate these important findings.
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A new kind of COVID test that can produce results in just five minutes has been created by researchers at @UniBirmingham with the help of BBSRC funding. The advance in speed comes from the use of EXPAR amplification in place of PCR.
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The 2021 Discovery Fellowships round is now open. Take steps towards becoming an independent researcher and gain leadership skills whilst working in a host lab.
Apply by 6 May.
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Four ambitious teams of experts have received funding to seek answers to some of bioscience’s most fundamental questions.
The projects will share £18M through our strategic Longer and Larger grant scheme (sLoLa).
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