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2024
28
March
2024
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12:50
Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester 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 The University of Manchester, 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 The University of Manchester 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 Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at The University of Manchester 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 Manchester 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 The University of Manchester 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
The University of Manchester'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
The University of Manchester 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 Manchester 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 The University of Manchester 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 The University of Manchester 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
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 …
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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 …
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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 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, …
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11
August
2022
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16:00
Europe/London
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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2021
17
November
2021
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10:13
Europe/London
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 …
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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 …
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06
September
2021
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16:33
Europe/London
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
Europe/London
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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30
June
2021
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11:36
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and Harvard University have collaborated on a pioneering project in bioengineering, producing metal-free, hydrogel electrodes that flex to fit the complex shapes inside the human body.
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2019
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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17
October
2019
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14:33
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester are using synthetic biology to explore a more efficient way to produce the next generation of bio-based jet fuels – made from a type of bacteria that grows in seawater.
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