People, skills and training news: 2013

June

BBSRC announces new Council members - Press release - 13 June
A new member has been appointed to the Council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) by the Minister…
New chairman of the Institute of Food Research announced - News - 5 June
Dr Tim Brears has been appointed chairman of the Institute of Food Research…
Profile: Lynda Harris and promise for preterm births - Feature - 5 June
BBSRC-funded team wow the OneStart competition with the first novel drug carriers to safely target the placenta…
Bioscience innovation leader appointed as next BBSRC Chief Executive - Press release - 4 June
The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has announced the appointment of Dr Jackie Hunter CBE as the next Chief Executive of BBSRC…

Call for BBSRC Strategy Panels and Pool of Experts - News - 30 May
BBSRC is looking to appoint high calibre, committed individuals from academic and industrial sectors…
Innovators 2013 part three – Peter Mertens - Feature - 9 May
In this, the third, Social Innovator winner Peter Mertens recalls how his group helped prevent the bluetongue disease of sheep becoming endemic…
BBSRC researchers elected Fellows of the Royal Society - News - 3 May
BBSRC would like to congratulate the members of the BBSRC community who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society…
Entrepreneurial competition embraces young biomedics - Feature - 2 May
A cure for baldness, an instant skin test to diagnose stroke and a patch to administer a course of antibiotics for cats were just a few of the business ideas…

Activating Impact winners 2013 – Wendy Nicholson and team - Feature - 30 April
In 2013 BBSRC launched the new Activating Impact competition to acknowledge and celebrate successful Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation (KEC)…
Innovators 2013 part two – Ryan Donnelly - Feature - 12 April
Overall Innovator winner Dr Ryan Donnelly explains how hydrogel-based microneedles might be the future of safe drug delivery…
Innovators 2013 part one – Anna Hine - Feature - 2 April
In a series of three articles, BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2013 winners reveal the secrets behind their innovations. In this, the first, Commercial Innovator…

Excellence with Impact competition launched at Fostering Innovation finals - News - 21 March
BBSRC’s Excellence with Impact competition is now under way after being officially launched last night (20 March 2013)…
Research innovators recognised for excellence at Fostering Innovation awards - Press release - 21 March
Dr Ryan Donnelly wins Innovator of the Year title and £15,000 for hydrogel-forming microneedle arrays at award ceremony in central London…
New ‘science opera’ tells the story of bee decline - News - 11 March
A new ‘science opera’ based on the work of a bee expert at Royal Holloway University of London will debut later this month…
FTSE 100 company Chair appointed to Norwich Research Park - Press release - 6 March
Anthony Habgood has been appointed as Chair of Norwich Research Partners LLP from 1 April 2013. The appointment will provide strong strategic guidance…

BBSRC welcomes reappointment of Chair - News - 25 February
Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts today announced the reappointment of Professor Sir Tom Blundell as the Chair of BBSRC…
Andy Richards receives BIA Lifetime Achievement Award - News - 4 February
BBSRC Council member and life sciences entrepreneur Dr Andy Richards has received the BioIndustry Association (BIA) Lifetime Achievement Award…
Impact award finalists announced - Press release - 1 February
BBSRC has announced the finalists in its 2013 Activating Impact and Innovator of the Year competitions…

Public asked to test new Research Council Gateway - News - 29 January
Research Councils UK (RCUK) is calling on the public to test out a new portal aimed at providing better access to information on research funded by…
£8.8M investment to train bioindustrialists of the future - Press release - 28 January
BBSRC has awarded £8.8M to fund 93 bioscience PhD studentships in collaboration with industry…
New awards enable researchers to FLIP from one environment to another - News - 9 January
Funding has been announced for three Flexible Interchange Programme (FLIP) awards, which offer individuals the chance to move between different…
New Year's Honours 2013 - News - 9 January
The following were announced in the New Year’s Honours list 2013…
Profile feature – Margaret Craig - Feature - 7 January
A new system to improve drug discovery has won its creator a major entrepreneurship award. After utilising a BBSRC-RSE Enterprise Fellowship…
Spotlight on Excellence with Impact - News - 4 January
With the initial deadline for BBSRC's Excellence with Impact competition drawing closer, we hear how the University of Dundee's College of Life Sciences…
BBSRC Deputy Chief Executive awarded CBE in New Year’s Honours List - News - 2 January
BBSRC has warmly welcomed the announcement that its Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Visscher, has been made…