People, skills and training news: 2011

December
- Professor Tom Kirkwood awarded prestigious Longevity Prize - News - 15 December
  Professor Tom Kirkwood CBE of the Institute for Ageing and Health at Newcastle University has been awarded the 16th annual Longevity Prize of…
- Profile feature – Carole Goble - Feature - 14 December
  A computer scientist decodes how new data-sharing platforms will catalyse discovery in the biosciences…
- Winning early-career researchers excel in entrepreneurship - Press release - 6 December
  After an intense day of competition in London, a team of four budding biotechnology entrepreneurs from the University of Oxford…
- Chocks away as entrepreneurial students launch business - Press release - 2 December
  PhD students Stuart King and Simon Lloyd have returned from an internship at Hotel Chocolat's base in St Lucia with a greater perspective on the world…
November
- EMBO selects Babraham immunologist for its prestigious Young Investigator Programme - Press release - 11 November
  Marc Veldhoen, Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, has been selected as one of 22 new scientists to join the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator…
- Biotechnology YES hosted at Syngenta - News - 2 November
  The Biotechnology YES is an annual business plan competition for PhD students and early career postdocs…
October
- Profile feature – Ryan Donnelly - Feature - 26 October
  Pharmacist and image gallery reveal how the science of the small will deliver big things…
- Because they’re worth it - News - 13 October
  Four of the UK's top female postdoctoral researchers were awarded L'Oreal-UNESCO Fellowships For Women In Science earlier this year, three of whom…
September
- BBSRC-funded wheat researcher wins prestigious RASE award - News - 23 September
  Professor Keith Edwards of the University of Bristol has been awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England's (RASE) Research Medal today…
- The Roslin Institute opens its doors to the public - News - 15 September
  On Saturday The Roslin Institute near Edinburgh threw open its doors to give people in the local area a unique chance to engage with the scientists…
- BBSRC early career fellowships support excellent research with impact - Press release - 7 September
  BBSRC's flagship early-career fellowships scheme is working well to support some of the best newly-established bioscientists in the world…
August
- Parsnip breeder benefits from research partnership - Feature - 12 August
  Crop breeding is a race against time. It can take up to 18 years to bring a new hybrid variety to market using traditional plant breeding techniques…
- Innovators 2011 part three – Keith Waldron - Feature - 9 August
  In a series of three articles, BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2011 winners reveal the secrets behind their innovations…
- 50 years at IAH - one man has seen them all - News - 5 August
  Today is the last day of 65-year-old Mike Pinfold's 50 years working in the Engineering and Maintenance (E&M) department of the IAH…
July
- Babraham Bioscience Boot Camp inspires a new generation - Press release - 28 July
  The Babraham Institute, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC, ran a Bioscience Bootcamp last week, enlisting twenty eager 6th formers…
- UK students return with medal haul from Taiwan - News - 21 July
  The four students who represented the UK at the International Biology Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan, returned earlier this week…
- BBSRC researchers awarded prizes for excellence in science - News - 19 July
  Congratulations to members of the BBSRC community who are recipients of the Royal Society's 2011 Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures…
- Teenage Biology Olympians jet off to compete in Taipei - Press release - 7 July
  Four UK sixth form students set off today (7 July), with the support of BBSRC, to compete against the cream of the world's young biologists at the…
June
- FAO honours IAH for its contribution to the eradication of rinderpest - Press release - 29 June
  Dr John Anderson, former Head of the Institute for Animal Health's (IAH) Pirbright Laboratory was awarded a medal and certificate by the FAO…
- Queen’s Birthday Honours 2011 - News - 14 June
  The following were announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2011: Those directly associated with BBSRC…
- Competition launched to produce a design for the front of HECToR - News - 13 June
  To mark the unveiling of the third phase of HECToR - the UK's largest, fastest and most powerful supercomputer - in summer 2011, the Research Councils…
- Women at the top - part one: Athene Donald - Feature - 9 June
  Dame Athene Donald, DBE, FRS is Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge…
- BBSRC Chairman elected President of the Science Council - News - 9 June
  BBSRC Chairman Professor Sir Tom Blundell has been elected to be the new President of the Science Council…
- Aberdeen PhD student wins award for essay on maths in biology - News - 8 June
  BBSRC congratulates Hannah Grist, a PhD student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Aberdeen, for winning the UK Centre for…
- Innovators 2011 part two – Chris Lowe - Feature - 8 June
  In a series of three articles, BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2011 winners reveal the secrets behind their innovations…
- Professor John Fazakerley takes up post as Director of the Institute for Animal Health - Press release - 7 June
  On 6 June 2011 Professor John Fazakerley takes up his post as Director of the Institute for Animal Health, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC…
May
- Industry specialists to be trained in advanced food security skills under new scheme - Press release - 23 May
  BBSRC has awarded funding for four major new training programmes for industry specialists working in vital niche areas within the agri-food sector…
- BBSRC researchers elected Fellows of the Royal Society - News - 20 May
  We would like to congratulate the 12 members of the BBSRC community who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society…
- Swindon-based research council leads the way in walking to work - Press release - 16 May
  As part of the Swindon Festival of Walking and National Walk to Work Week staff from the North Star Swindon-based BBSRC have been pounding…
- New grant to train researchers in quantitative biology: Systems training in maths, informatics and computational biology - News - 11 May
  New web-based training courses to equip bioscientists with essential mathematical, computational and systems biology skills will begin…
- Innovators 2011 part one – Jason Swedlow - Feature - 10 May
  In a series of three articles, BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2011 winners reveal the secrets behind their innovations…
- BBSRC announces new School Regional Champions - News - 5 May
  School Regional Champions (SRCs) will support our funded researchers in the UK with public engagement activities for secondary schools…
April
- BBSRC congratulates Wolfson Research Merit Award recipients - News - 20 April
  BBSRC wishes to congratulate those scientists from the BBSRC community who received Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards this week…
- North Wyke wins prize at National Science and Engineering Week - News - 14 April
  Researchers at North Wyke won the Outstanding Contribution Award at the British Science Association National Science and Engineering Week in March…
- Plant scientists to train in entrepreneurial skills for food security - Press release - 13 April
  The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) - a business plan competition for early career researchers…
- Celebrating success at Bioscience for Growth event - Feature - 5 April
  BBSRC hosted a prestigious networking event in London on 24 March, where senior figures from business, industry, investment and policymaking had…
- New Council members appointed for BBSRC - Press release - 5 April
  The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has appointed three new members to the Council of BBSRC…
March
- ''Share and share alike'' ethos secures Innovator of the Year 2011 - Press release - 25 March
  BBSRC is pleased to announce that Professor Jason Swedlow is Innovator of the Year 2011, winning £10,000 in recognition of his work on…
- University departments rewarded for commitment to social and economic impact - Press release - 25 March
  BBSRC has awarded prizes for 'Excellence with Impact' to four university departments. The winners and runners up were announced at a business…
- Top researchers reach final hurdle to become Innovator of the Year - Press release - 17 March
  BBSRC is pleased to announce the six finalists in the 2011 Innovator of the Year competition. They will compete for a share of £20,000 prize money…
- BBSRC announces new approach to studentship funding - Press release - 16 March
  BBSRC has today announced the details of significant changes in how it will work with Universities and Institutes for the funding of PhD students…
- New Chair of RCUK announced - News - 14 March
  Professor Rick Rylance, CE of the AHRC has been elected as the new Chair of RCUK Executive Group. Professor Rylance will take up post on 1 July 2011…
- TSB, BBSRC and other partners launch Nutrition for Life competition - Press release - 8 March
  The Technology Strategy Board, BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC are to invest up to £6.25M to stimulate innovation in the food and drink sector…
- New Director for the Institute for Animal Health - Press release - 1 March
  The BBSRC and the IAH have announced the appointment of the new Director for the Institute, Prof John Fazakerley…
February
- Profile - Howard Atkinson - Feature - 28 February
  Howard Atkinson explains how his work in developing world agriculture and founding Africa College started from an early interest in nematode worms…
- New composting process recognised in grower of the year award - Press release - 16 February
  A patented process to control the degradation of plant material during composting has been short-listed as a finalist…
January
- Profile - David Becker - Feature - 25 January
  Professor David Becker discusses how to turn the intricacies of cell biology into a healing product with great potential in clinical practice…
- Leading UK scientist wins NC3Rs prize for improving lab animal welfare - Press release - 25 January
  A BBSRC-funded study to reduce stress and anxiety in laboratory mice was today awarded the 2010 NC3Rs prize for advances in animal welfare…
- New Year Honours 2011 - News - 5 January
  The following were announced in the New Year Honours list 2010…

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