BBSRC's initiatives currently open for applications, latest news and media releases. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:56 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:51 +0000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Scientific links between the UK and Japan have been boosted by the announcement of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) latest Japan Partnering Awards. The awards, made to four research groups, provide funding for BBSRC-supported researchers to build and foster long-term relationships with Japanese partners. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100312-japan-partnering-awards.aspx ABB299EA-A360-4F12-95CC-20AC676F8E68 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:24 +0000 The UK's main public funders of food-related research and training will today (11 March) join together to launch a new programme aimed at meeting the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of good quality food using less land and fewer resources. The organisations will work together through a new programme - Global Food Security - to coordinate and align their research interests. By working together to develop strategy and identify shared goals the partners aim to harness the country's world-leading research base to help to deliver healthy, sustainable food for all. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100311-food-security-programme-launch.aspx 8919833C-88F8-4E37-A21D-AC26CD9689C1 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:13 +0000 A new research initiative has been launched to accelerate the development of improved crops with higher yields and consistent, high quality products. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100311-public-private-partnership-to-develop-improved-crops.aspx 14251A6F-DB8F-4D53-9B52-539E394B5615 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:44:23 +0000 A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by BBSRC-funded researchers from The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100310-scientists-solve-puzzle-of-chickens-half-male-female.aspx A4376250-7DF4-4399-84E6-938ECA0E9CFC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:43:45 +0000 For the first time, scientists have succeeded in growing empty particles derived from a plant virus and have made them carry useful chemicals. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100310-designer-nano-luggage-carry-drugs-to-diseased-cells.aspx F381190E-5808-4C4E-BBAB-78CDEC440C03 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:26:40 +0000 For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100308-seafarers-biofuel-future.aspx 77429368-F43D-474A-9073-6C8DA875822B Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:42:11 +0000 BBSRC-funded scientists have pinpointed one of the mechanisms which cancer cells use to survive chemotherapy. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100309-cancer-cells-chemotherapy.aspx E6668ACD-CC2D-4E0D-9ACB-C5E2D539C7AA Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:20:46 +0000 Prof Douglas Kell has today posted a blog on the BBSRC website responding to questions posted in response to the publication of the 'Age of Bioscience', the BBSRC Strategic Plan 2010-2015. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/news/2010/100308-response-strategic-plan-comments.aspx B486CB59-F461-4F14-B83D-DCF862B5E153 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:45:46 +0000 The UK Research Office - the European office of the UK Research Councils - celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, including a reception at the official residence of the UK Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2010/100305-ukro-celebrates-anniversary.aspx 201706B7-FB31-406A-B0E7-C59B47CF360C Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:37:04 +0000 BBSRC will shortly announce a call for proposals for the e-Learning for Systems Approaches (eLSA) initiative. Applications will be invited from institutions or consortia wishing to develop web-based courses to provide modular training to bioscience researchers in the theoretical components of systems biology. Proposals are invited that will lead to the development and implementation of the course, which should include web-based and tutorial based components. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100315094141/http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/news/2010/100304-preannouncement-elsa-initiative.aspx EEA250AC-3764-4040-B134-8B171EB604A5 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:29:02 +0000