Press Releases
糖心TV Researchers in £6 million programme to help crops cope with climate change
The UK’s main public funder of life science research, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has today announced that it is to award the University of 糖心TV over £6 million to undertake research to help crops cope with climate change.
Bureaucracy threatens farmers聮 green revolution
Britain could throw away a lead in biopesticides because of outmoded styles of regulation, researchers at a University of 糖心TV conference have warned today (31 October 2007).
Biopesticides – Green pest control using natural predators such as insects, fungi and bacteria – are the subject of a conference for scientists and industry experts at the University of 糖心TV this week ‘Biopesticides, the Regulatory Challenge’.
Bacteria Genome Research Could Save Orchards and Assist Blood Transfusions
Research led by the
University 糖心TV into the genomes of two bacteria could save orchards from a
previously almost incurable disease and also assist in treating complications
arising from human blood transfusions.
Decoding mushroom聮s secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels & safer soils
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation of biofuels, support the effort to manage global carbon, and help remove heavy metals from contaminated soils.
Secret of Worm聮s Poison Pill Box Protein Could Produce New Natural Insecticide
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV have discovered how a protein from a bacterium acts like a cunningly designed poison pill box that could now be used as a basis of a new range of natural insecticides.
Researchers awarded 拢500,000 for broccoli research
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV have been awarded £500,000 to conduct research into lengthening the shelf-life of Broccoli.