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2023
16
March
2023
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15:00
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Manchester 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 has...
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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 The University of Manchester. The three-year project builds on the work of CPI’s Medicines Manufacturing Innova...
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2022
22
December
2022
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10:17
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CDT BioDesign Engineering are now recruiting PhD positions, with an application deadline of Sunday 15th January....
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22
November
2022
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11:00
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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 t...
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06
October
2022
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14:55
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Pioneering scientists and engineers from The University of Manchester are looking to build a future in space through innovation in advanced materials and autonomous systems - including revolutionary concepts in space habitats and the trustworthy robo...
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05
October
2022
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07:08
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Joy Milne is a ‘super smeller’, she has a rare condition called hyperosmia that gives her an extremely sensitive sense of smell. Throughout her life she has experienced the world differently from those with a regular nose, so much so that when she be...
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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 The University of Manchester 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, de...
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11
August
2022
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16:00
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Researchers from the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have developed a new enzyme engineering platform to improve plastic degrading enzymes through directed evolution. ...
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14
June
2022
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16:29
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MIB spin-out company, C3 BIOTECH, in collaboration with the Royal Air Force and the US Navy, have successfully flown a drone using synthetic kerosene....
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19
January
2022
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12:53
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new powerful and sustainable method of combining enzymes found in nature with non-toxic synthetic catalysts to deliver important chemical building blocks needed for the production of pharma...
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2021
25
November
2021
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10:03
Europe/London
Scientists have discovered a new route to produce complex antibiotics exploiting gene editing to re-programme pathways to future medicines urgently required to combat antimicrobial resistance, treat neglected diseases and tackle future pandemics.
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19
November
2021
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10:54
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Aline Miller has been named a finalist in the Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA) 2021
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17
November
2021
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10:13
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In a new study looking at the fundamentals of biology, scientists at The University of Manchester and the University of Leicester have developed unique fertile hybrid yeast strains that offer novel and exciting options for flavours, aromas, and brewi...
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03
November
2021
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13:36
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has received $500,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low cost manufacturing route to Molnupiravir, a promising antiviral drug for the treatment of COVID-19, in order to widen access of the medicine ...
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29
October
2021
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10:11
Europe/London
Bacteria which have been shown to degrade and assimilate plastic, has been a key area of international research since 2016. Now a Manchester-based team of scientists have made a biotechnological breakthrough which may help humans to call on engineere...
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13
September
2021
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12:59
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have now developed a concrete-like material made of extra-terrestrial dust along with the blood, sweat and tears of astronauts.
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06
September
2021
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16:33
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New research published today details a breakthrough in the creation of evolved enzymes to support a renewable process to make one of the key building blocks of the chemical industry used in everything from beauty products to fuel.
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12
July
2021
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16:16
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On Wednesday ,15 July Professor Nigel Scrutton, Director of the Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub and Professor of Enzymology and Biophysical Chemistry, will take part in an online conference to discuss how biotechnology can help the UK reach its ...
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08
June
2021
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15:34
Europe/London
Three individuals and four teams from The University of Manchester have won prestigious prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry, celebrating the most exciting chemical science taking place today.
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01
June
2021
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14:11
Europe/London
Four researchers; PDRAs Oksana Bilyk, Erik Hanko, and Kris Niño Valdehuesa, and PhD student Katherine Baker, from the Takano and Breitling research groups have won this year’s North West Biotech Initiative business idea competition.
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19
May
2021
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16:00
Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a more efficient method to produce medicines that are in development for the treatment of COVID-19, cancer and other diseases that affect many of the world’s population.
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08
March
2021
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13:11
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Lesley-Ann Miller, Perdita Barran, and Aoife Taylor have taken part in this year's International Women's Day campaign to highlight how they are "choosing to challenge" gender bias. They each tell their stories of how they got to where they are today ...
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2020
18
December
2020
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11:52
Europe/London
Professor Nigel Scrutton, who heads up the EPSRC-funded UK Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub and the BBSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre “SYNBIOCHEM”, has been appointed to the UKRI-BBSRC council for a term of three years.
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04
September
2020
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15:26
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The MIB has been recognised as a UK centre of excellence that is making a global impact.
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20
July
2020
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16:12
Europe/London
Scientists have successfully produced synthetic spider silk to create a new biodegradable glue alternative.
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03
June
2020
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11:46
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As employers look to safely open up their workplaces after the COVID-19 lockdown an enterprising scientist from The University of Manchester has developed a new solution that could help workers monitor their analogue equipment from home.
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20
February
2020
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13:53
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The ceremony was attended by University staff and students - as well as the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
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2019
25
November
2019
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16:57
Europe/London
A move towards a more sustainable bio-based economy has been given a new boost by researchers who have been able to simplify a process to transform waste materials into high value chemicals.
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21
November
2019
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19:30
Europe/London
Pioneering expertise in Industrial Biotechnology at The University of Manchester has been recognised as a beacon of excellence and named a winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.
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