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ERASynBio 1st joint call for transnational research projects
13th May 2013
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is contributing €3M as a major partner in a new Europe-wide call for research projects in Synthetic Biology. The call is the first from the Synthetic Biology ERA-NET (ERASynBio) - a project designed to enhance European Synthetic...
Job vacancy at GARNet
2nd May 2013
Opportunity: Research and Engagement Officer at GARNet Fixed term contract: ends November 2014 £27,854 per annum This will be a demanding and intellectually stimulating role that calls for a keen interest in the practice and communication of plant science. You will have a PhD in an area of...
Community Resource for Wheat Transformation open for applications
24th Apr 2013
The Community Resource for Wheat Transformation at NIAB is a five-year BBSRC funded project which provides capacity for 50 genes to be transformed into wheat free of charge. Half of this resource is reserved for researchers working on model crops, to encourage early testing of novel genes in...
Bioinformatics training workshop: Your input wanted
12th Apr 2013
Modelling is progressing from the protein and molecular interaction level to tissue, organ, and whole-plant scales; while everything from genomics through to phenomics and, increasingly, field-level and multi-scale biology involves high throughput experiments. All of these necessitate ever greater...
Student travel bursary to ICAR 2013
14th Mar 2013
I am pleased to announce that 4 travel bursaries of £500, kindly funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, are available for Ph.D students currently studying at a UK University to travel to the annual Arabidopsis ICAR conference, which is being held in Sydney,...
Appointment of new members to Natural England’s Science Advisory Committee
4th Mar 2013
Natural England is seeking to appoint new members from across the scientific community to join its Science advisory Committee, providing vital advice and scrutiny of our science and evidence work. Applications are welcome from experts across the natural sciences and conservation,...
