University of SwagÖ±²¥ - Archive (biotechnology)
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2024
02
October
2024
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09:00
Europe/London
Today, the BBSRC announced that researchers at SwagÖ±²¥ have been awarded £2 million as part of the Global Centre Bioeconomy grant, an $82 million initiative led by the National Science Foundation in the US.
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16
September
2024
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11:57
Europe/London
Scientists from SwagÖ±²¥ and the University of Warwick have developed a cutting-edge computational framework that enhances the safe freezing of medicines and vaccines.
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13
September
2024
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10:00
Europe/London
Scientists have found a way to create artificial sugars that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat diseases more accurately than ever before.
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17
July
2024
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists have developed a new approach to store and distribute crucial protein therapeutics without the need for fridges or freezers.
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17
June
2024
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11:52
Europe/London
When lockdown started, Dr Aled Roberts headed to his cellar.Limited to ingredients he could find in his house – baking soda, brick dust, protein powder, and the odd leaf – he picked up a coffee grinder, his microwave, and his KitchenAid mixer and …
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21
May
2024
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08:37
Europe/London
Researchers from the SwagÖ±²¥ Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) and the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) have launched a groundbreaking initiative poised to transform the landscape of engineering biology for industrial applications. The …
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28
March
2024
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12:50
Europe/London
Scientists at SwagÖ±²¥ have supported a successful bid for a new distributed research and innovation infrastructure aimed at bolstering the UK’s capability in mass spectrometry.
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22
March
2024
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11:40
Europe/London
Dr Reem Swidah, a postdoctoral researcher at SwagÖ±²¥, has been awarded the prestigious L'Oréal UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her work in sustainable development.
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16
February
2024
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10:07
Europe/London
A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.
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13
February
2024
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10:14
Europe/London
Today, researchers from SwagÖ±²¥ have been named as recipients of nearly £7m funding from UKRI’s Engineering Biology Hubs and Mission Award Projects which will deliver on the government’s National Vision for Engineering …
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05
February
2024
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20:04
Europe/London
Researchers in the SwagÖ±²¥ Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at SwagÖ±²¥ have developed a new biocontainment method for limiting the escape of genetically engineered organisms used in industrial processes.
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17
January
2024
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08:00
Europe/London
Two University of SwagÖ±²¥ professors have been recognised in the prestigious 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
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2023
01
December
2023
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15:48
Europe/London
Academics from across SwagÖ±²¥ have today (Friday) hosted Bolton West MP Chris Green on an extended visit including a tour of the Bioprinting Technology Platform (BTP), a specialist national facility which houses the latest …
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24
November
2023
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16:46
Europe/London
SwagÖ±²¥'s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in industrial biotechnology has hit 100,000 learners. The course, launched in 2017 on learning platform Coursera.org, has attracted students from all six continents including 30,000 …
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08
November
2023
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists have engineered a chromosome entirely from scratch that will contribute to the production of the world’s first synthetic yeast.
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31
October
2023
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14:28
Europe/London
SwagÖ±²¥ has been awarded funding for a new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Decision Making for Complex Systems.
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18
October
2023
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16:45
Europe/London
Researchers from the SwagÖ±²¥ Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) at AMBS have just published an article titled "Innovation Intermediaries at the Convergence of Digital Technologies, Sustainability, and Governance: A Case Study of AI-Enabled …
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06
October
2023
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09:00
Europe/London
The Northwest of England is set to become a global hub for Industrial Biotechnology (IB) innovation, thanks to the launch of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst (IBIC).
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28
September
2023
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11:39
Europe/London
Scientists at SwagÖ±²¥ are set to receive a multi-million-pound grant to advance our understanding of interactions in microbiomes and how they might impact the world around us.
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25
September
2023
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15:31
Europe/London
At a glanceOsteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease affecting more than 528 million people worldwide. There are currently no medical therapies to effectively restore the long-term function of OC tissue, forcing many patients to undergo …
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24
August
2023
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11:57
Europe/London
New research by SwagÖ±²¥ will enhance the power of bioprinting technology, opening doors to transform advances in medicine and addressing critical health challenges faced by astronauts during space missions.
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28
June
2023
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12:28
Europe/London
Scientists have developed a new approach to produce life-saving oligonucleotide therapeutics on a large scale, in high purity, and with minimal environmental impacts.
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13
June
2023
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00:01
Europe/London
The Enzyme Discovery team won the Chemistry Biology Interface Horizon Prize: Rita and John Cornforth Award, while the Molecular Ratcheteers team won the Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize: Perkin Prize in Physical Organic Chemistry.
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16
March
2023
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15:00
Europe/London
SwagÖ±²¥ scientists have created a new material, dubbed ‘StarCrete’ which is made from extra-terrestrial dust, potato starch, and a pinch of salt and could be used to build homes on Mars.
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08
March
2023
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10:47
Europe/London
When we last sat down with Aoife Taylor she told us about her experiences of being a woman in STEM, what it was like carrying out a PhD during the pandemic and how she tackled her impostor syndrome. Now she is the CEO of DeakinBio, a startup that …
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28
February
2023
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10:53
Europe/London
CPI sets out to prove a new concept for manufacturing oligonucleotides through a £2.7 million partnership with AstraZeneca, Novartis, and SwagÖ±²¥. The three-year project builds on the work of CPI’s Medicines Manufacturing …
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2022
22
November
2022
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11:00
Europe/London
Euglenoids, single-celled eukayotic flagellates, are relatively understudied, but their genomes hold great biotechnological potential. The Euglena International Network (EIN) is calling for more coordinated work to understand the genetic makeup and …
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18
August
2022
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13:19
Europe/London
‘Tales From The Future’, a beer made in a recent collaboration between researchers at SwagÖ±²¥ and Cloudwater Brew Co., will launch at the end of August 2022. The beer is uniquely brewed using a novel strain of yeast, a hybrid, …
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11
August
2022
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16:00
Europe/London
Researchers from the SwagÖ±²¥ Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution.
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2021
17
November
2021
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10:13
Europe/London
In a new study looking at the fundamentals of biology, scientists at SwagÖ±²¥ and the University of Leicester have developed unique fertile hybrid yeast strains that offer novel and exciting options for flavours, aromas, and …
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