News archive: 2007

December
- Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry - Press release - 13 December
  One of the simplest plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the ravages of drought…
- Scientists overcome obstacles to stem cell heart repair - Press release - 13 December
  Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at Imperial College…
- Genetic data shows second phase of Foot-and-Mouth infection did not originate from Pirbright - News - 13 December
  Genetic analysis by scientists at the Institute for Animal Health has shown that the first and second…
- Publication of Delivery Plan 2008-2011 - News - 11 December
  All Research Councils are publishing Delivery Plans as part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review…
- Northern Ireland Environment Permanent Secretary impressed with Biodiversity exhibition - Press release - 6 December
  The Northern Ireland Department of the Environment's Permanent Secretary, Stephen Peover…
- Scientists strike blow in super bugs struggle - Press release - 5 December
  Scientists from The University of Manchester have pioneered new ways of tweaking the…
- Probiotic deodorant idea forges new UK-India links at biotech competition - Press release - 4 December
  In a unique link up that aims to boost biotech entrepreneurship in India and help UK scientists to build…
- Quantum technology and blood analysis idea wins young Cambridge scientists best young biotech entrepreneur title - Press release - 4 December
  A team of bioscientists from the University of Cambridge were last night named as the best young biotech…
November
- Research Councils withdraw support for ISSCR 2009 Annual Conference - News - 30 November
  It is with regret that three UK Research Councils have decided to withdraw their support for…
- £26M to answer big questions with new approach to biology - Press release - 27 November
  The UK' main public funder of life science research, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research…
- Research funders ask public what they really think about stem cell research - Press release - 26 November
  The UK's two biggest public funders of stem cell research have today launched a year-long national dialogue…
- BBSRC statement re reported incident at Pirbright 22 November - News - 22 November
  BBSRC is in contact with the Institute of Animal Health regarding the reported incident…
- New research helps explain how tumours go undetected by the body - Press release - 19 November
  Scientists studying how immune cells are regulated in healthy individuals, have made a key discovery…
- Ageing exhibition reveals scientists’ plans for lifelong health - Press release - 12 November
  The UK population is rapidly getting older: a predicted 1 in 4 people will be over the age of 65 by 2031…
- New research to help fight widespread potato disease - Press release - 7 November
  Scientists have made a key discovery into the genetics of the bacteria that causes blackleg, an economically…
- Genes identified to protect brassicas from damaging disease - Press release - 1 November
  Scientists have identified a new way to breed brassicas, which include broccoli, cabbage and oilseed…
October
- Institute of Food Research - future partnership with UEA - News - 15 October
  Institute of Food Research - future partnership with UEA…
- BBSRC response to the DIUS announcement of 9 October 2007 on the allocations to Research Council (2008-2011) - News - 12 October
  BBSRC warmly welcomes the announcement of its Science Budget allocation for the period 2008-2011…
- The difference between fish and humans: scientists answer century old developmental question - Press release - 11 October
  Embryologists at UCL (University College London) have helped solve an evolutionary riddle that has been…
- Research news from BBSRC - Press release - 9 October
  Research news from BBSRC…
- BBSRC congratulates grant holder Professor Sir Martin Evans on winning 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine - Press release - 9 October
  At its meeting today Dr Peter Ringrose, Chairman of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council…
- Mathematicians help unlock secrets of the immune system - Press release - 9 October
  A group of scientists, led by mathematicians, has taken on the challenge of building a common model of…
- New research into plant colours sheds light on antioxidants - Press release - 3 October
  Scientists have made an important advance in understanding the genetic processes that give flowers…
- New system to lead to safer drugs for tropical disease Leishmaniasis - Press release - 3 October
  The fight against the deadly tropical disease Leishmaniasis, also known as black fever…
September
- Public-private funding to accelerate biopharmaceutical drug development - Press release - 26 September
  New research funding announced today will help eliminate processing bottlenecks…
- Interim Chief Executive at BBSRC appointed - Press release - 25 September
  Mr Steve Visscher has been appointed interim Chief Executive at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences…
- Scientists reveal DNA-enzyme interaction with first ever real time footage - Press release - 14 September
  For the first time scientists have been able to film, in real-time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA…
- Institute for Animal Health statement re: Foot and Mouth outbreak near Egham - News - 12 September
  Scientists at the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright confirmed within an hour of receiving that today's…
- Institute for Animal Health statement in response to the HSE report, Spratt review and Epidemiology report - News - 7 September
  The Institute for Animal Health (IAH) welcomes the findings of the HSE and Spratt investigations…
August
- Range and severity of a plant disease increased by global warming - Press release - 15 August
  A paper published in the Royal Society journal Interface on 15 August 2007 highlights recent research that…
- Institute for Animal Health statement on allegations of Legionella contamination - News - 9 August
  The Institute for Animal Health has been aware of allegations made today of Legionella contamination at…
- Statement from Institute for Animal Health - News - 9 August
  The Institute for Animal Health would like to make the following statement to help clarify understanding…
- Institute for Animal Health statement on Health and Safety Executive Report - News - 7 August
  Since the report of Foot and Mouth Disease in Surrey at the end of last week, we have reported publicly…
- Transcript of Director's statement to media - News - 5 August
  The Pirbright site houses two laboratories. The first laboratory, which you seem familiar with, is the Institute…
- Institute for Animal Health - Pirbright Laboratory - News - 4 August
  Scientists at the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) have worked continuously since the identification of…
- Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders - Press release - 1 August
  Researchers at the University of York are using an understanding of the special cells that line the bladder…
July
- Mother knows best -even how to improve crop yield - Press release - 30 July
  Scientists at the University of Oxford have paved the way for bigger and better quality maize crops by identifying…
- System to analyse beating heart stem cells could lead to heart attack treatments - Press release - 30 July
  New research at the University of Nottingham, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research…
- Scientists embark on new initiative to tackle widespread and damaging animal diseases - Press release - 30 July
  Endemic animal diseases cost UK farmers, and indirectly consumers, hundreds of millions of pounds a year…
- Scientists say photosynthesis has a key role in future energy supply - Press release - 23 July
  Leading experts in photosynthesis research will say tomorrow (24 July) that understanding the fundamental…
- Have your say - Is harnessing the power of photosynthesis a way to cheap, pollution-free power? - Press release - 18 July
  Some scientists think that harnessing the power of photosynthesis - the system plants use to turn light…
- New research proves single origin of humans in Africa - Press release - 18 July
  New research published in the journal Nature (19 July) has proved the single origin of humans theory by…
- BBSRC publishes 2006-07 Annual Report and Accounts - Press release - 18 July
  The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the UK's main public funder of…
- More muscle for the argument to give up smoking - Press release - 10 July
  Researchers at The University of Nottingham have got more bad news for smokers…
- Consultation on the Revised Concordat to support the Career Development of Researchers - News - 9 July
  Places are still available on the Consultation Events on the Draft Revised Concordat to support the Career…
- Stakeholder meeting about public attitudes to stem cell research - Press release - 5 July
  The UK's two major public funders of stem cell research have today convened a stakeholder meeting ahead…
- Link between immune system and mammary gland could shed new light on breast cancer - Press release - 5 July
  Scientists at the University of Cambridge have published new research today in the journal Development showing…
June
- Queen's Birthday Honours 2007 - News - June
  The following were announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2007…
- Scientists call for exercise to help elderly avoid dangerous falls - Press release - 25 June
  Falls lead to the deaths of an estimated 1,000 elderly people every year and cost the NHS around £1.7bn…
- Joint response to the Weatherall report - News - 11 June
  The UK's leading funders of biomedical science have published their joint response to the independent…
- Chimps Learn 'Local Customs' - Press release - 7 June
  Chimpanzee communities can acquire their own local customs and maintain their own 'multiple-tradition…
May
- BBSRC Supports Institute University Partnerships - News - 9 May
  BBSRC Council's decisions to support partnerships with universities for some of its sponsored institutes are…
- IGER and IFR: report from BBSRC Council Meeting, 18 April 2007 - News - 4 May
  At its meeting on 18 April, and as part of its ongoing review of institutes, BBSRC Council considered…
- BBSRC launches policy to share research data - Press release - 1 May
  New ways of making sure that UK scientists can make the most of the huge amounts of data coming out of…
- Superbugs cured by bullfrogs? - Press release - 1 May
  Scientists have found a possible cure for MRSA from an unlikely source - American bullfrogs…
April
- Research news from BBSRC - Press release - 23 April
  The following stories appear in the April 2007 edition of Business, the quarterly magazine of research highlights…
- New Council member for BBSRC - Press release - 23 April
  Dr Peter Ringrose, Chairman of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)…
- BBSRC Council Meeting, 18 April 2007 - News - 23 April
  Dr Peter Ringrose, Chairman of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)…
- Scheme gives new researchers a leg-up - Press release - 13 April
  A scheme that helps new bioscience researchers to set up their own labs and establish a track record in research…
- Companies sign-up for research into foods to enhance health - Press release - 3 April
  A dozen leading companies are today joining forces in a £10 million partnership with the Biotechnology and…
- Scientists uncover workings of bacterial invisibility cloak - Press release - 2 April
  Scientists have uncovered the workings of a method bacteria responsible for diseases such as meningitis…
March
- Crop experts discuss climate change - Press release - 30 March
  Some of the UK's leading crop scientists will be joining invited guests in Norwich next week to discuss…
- BBSRC Chief Executive to become new Vice-Chancellor of University of Kent - Press release - 30 March
  Professor Julia Goodfellow has been appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent…
- Innovative ways of testing drugs on 3D stem cells backed by £1.6M Government grant - Press release - 30 March
  A joint research project by the University of Southampton, its biotechnology spin-out company Capsant…
- 'Selfish DNA' driving insecticide resistance - Press release - 29 March
  Transposable elements, sometimes called 'selfish DNA', can be responsible for insecticide resistance…
- Spiders check weather before take-off - Press release - 28 March
  New research could explain why spiders flying on a strand of silk prefer cloudy days in spring or autumn for…
- £18M for new European research initiative in Systems Biology - Press release - 26 March
  The application of systems biology to the study of the smallest life forms has taken a leap forward with the…
- Scientists uncover how poppies prevent inbreeding - Press release - 26 March
  Scientists at the University of Birmingham have uncovered how the field poppy prevents self-pollination…
- How parasites keep the gene pool healthy - Press release - 22 March
  All life forms have depended on having a diverse range of genes in order to adapt and survive through the ages…
- BBSRC comment on Budget announcement - News - 21 March
  BBSRC welcomes the commitment to increased public investment in science, announced by the Chancellor…
- New initiative to invest £20M in UK bioenergy - Press release - 8 March
  An extra £20M which will more than double the budget for research into green bioenergy was announced at the…
- DNA sequencing spin-out sells for $600M - News - 5 March
  The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is actively seeking nominations of outstanding individuals…
- Government to ask public what they think of stem cell science - Press release - 2 March
  Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks has today announced that the UK?s two major public funders of…
February
- BBSRC response to the Spring Supplementary announcement - Press release - 21 February
  The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has today announced that it needs…
- Birds found to plan for the future - Press release - 21 February
  Planning and worrying about the future has always been considered an exclusively human activity…
- Public discussion of stem cell research in Dundee - Press release - 16 February
  The public has the chance to meet leading stem cell scientists, ethicists and legal experts in Dundee next…
- Future governance of BBSRC-sponsored institutes - News - 12 February
  At its meeting on 7 February, BBSRC Council added detail to its roadmap for the future governance…
- Prehistoric origins of stomach ulcers uncovered - Press release - 7 February
  An international team of scientists has discovered that the ubiquitous bacteria that cause most painful stomach…
- Human proteins evolving slowly thanks to multi-tasking genes - Press release - 6 February
  Many human proteins are not as good as they might be because the gene sequences that code for them…
- DNA sequencing spin-out sells for $600M - News - 5 February
  Solexa, a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge, formed in 1998 and inspired from some…
January
- Launch of Stem Cell Exhibition in Dundee - Press release - 30 January
  An exhibition from the UK's leading public funders of stem cell science is opening at the Dundee Sensation…
- Preston Report - News - 29 January
  At its meeting in December 2006, BBSRC Council discussed the Preston Report and the…
- Coping with climate change in the UK countryside - Press release - 25 January
  Behind the scenes, basic research is underway to help the UK crop, livestock and land-use sectors prepare…
- UK bioscience funder holds annual open meeting in Glasgow - Press release - 23 January
  The public body that invests over £350M a year of taxpayer's money in bioscience research is heading…
- Defeating Salmonella requires an understanding of guerrilla warfare - Press release - 19 January
  New research from scientists at the University of Cambridge has the potential to radically change…
- Research news from BBSRC - Press release - 19 January
  The following stories appear in the April 2007 edition of Business, the quarterly magazine of research highlights…
- London to host International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting 2009 - Press release - 15 January
  London has been selected by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) to host the Society's…
- Plants point the way to coping with climate change - Press release - 10 January
  Roses flowering at Christmas and snow-free ski resorts this winter suggest that climate change is already…
- £13M to harness science for better crops - Press release - 9 January
  The UK's primary public funder of bioscience research has today (9 January) announced over £13M of research…
- In-shell vaccine for chick disease - Press release - 5 January
  Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes losses of £23.6M a year to the UK poultry industry but scientists…
- New Year Honours list 2007 - News - 5 January
  The following awards were announced in the New Year Honours List 2007…

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