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Researchers funded by BBSRC are using advanced imaging techniques to uncover the early stages of wound healing in the hope of improving our understanding of how the human body heals itself.
When you cut yourself your body is able to heal the wound, often without scarring, because neighbouring cells move in to fill the gap. But how do those cells know when and where a wound has formed? With funding from BBSRC, scientists at the University of Birmingham are using high powered microscopes to investigate this fundamental cellular puzzle…
New guidance on bioinformatics funding published
A new statement published today outlines the remits of the three main research councils in bioinformatics to help researchers identify the right council when submitting proposals. This will make processing more efficient and will help us ensure that the best and most strategically relevant research is funded. Support for bioinformatics is of strategic importance to BBSRC, EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and MRC (Medical Research Council), and the three Councils are committed to funding research projects and database infrastructures of the highest international quality…
Minister launches next generation supercomputers for UK researchers
Imagine if every person on the planet were able to carry out 250,000 calculations per second simultaneously. This is the combined capability of the next stage of development, announced today, of two giant computers, HECToR and BlueGene/Q, based at the University of Edinburgh's Advanced Computing Facility (ACF). It marks the next chapter in the UK's supercomputing programme. The computers can deliver complex computer simulations across a range of scientific disciplines and are funded by four of the UK Research Councils…
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