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If you have any queries regarding our research priorities or science areas, please use this list.
Research priorities
| Research priority | Area | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic bioscience underpinning health (BBUH) | Ageing | Louisa Jenkin | louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413352 |
| Food Security (FS) | Crop science | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Animal health | Sadhana Sharma | sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413099 | |
| Livestock production | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 | |
| Soil and Agri-systems approaches | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 | |
| Healthy food | Simon Kerley | simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413654 | |
| Safe food | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413669 | |
| Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy (IBB) | Bioenergy | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Industrial biotech | Natalia Giles | natalia.gillies@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414666 | |
| Exploiting new ways of working | Data driven biology | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| Synthetic biology | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 | |
| Systems approaches to the biosciences | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 | |
| Technology development for the biosciences | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 | |
| Over-arching priorities | 3Rs, and animal welfare | Lee Glassbrook | lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413283 |
| Cross council priorities | Global Food Security Programme | Riaz Bhunnoo | riaz.bhunnoo@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 442194 |
| Global Uncertainties | Brian Harris | Brian.harris@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413249 | |
| Living with Environmental change | Jef Grainger | jeff.grainger@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413139 | |
| Life-long health and wellbeing | Louisa Jenkin | louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413352 | |
| Energy | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk |
Science areas
| Science area | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ageing | Louisa Jenkin | louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413352 |
| Agriculture | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Animal diseases (excluding FBZ and TSEs) | Sadhana Sharma | sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413099 |
| Animal welfare | Lee Glassbrook | lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413283 |
| Bioenergy | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Bioimaging | James Donald | james.donald@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413393 |
| Bioinformatics and e-Science | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| Crop science | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Developmental biology | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Diet and health (humans) | Simon Kerley | simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414654 |
| Environmental change | Jef Grainger | jeff.grainger@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413139 |
| Ecosystems including agri-ecosystems |
Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Food security | Riaz Bhunnoo | riaz.bhunnoo@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 442194 |
| GM | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Industrial biotechnology | Natalia Gillies | natalia.gillies@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414666 |
| Immunology | Sadhana Sharma | sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413099 |
| Microbial food safety | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Microbiology | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |
| Nanotechnology | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| Neuroscience and behaviour (including human psychology) | Simon Kerley | simon.kerley@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414654 |
| Omic’s technologies: genomics, proteomics and metabolomics etc. | Amanda Collis | amanda.collis@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413212 |
| Pharmaceuticals | Ben Sykes James Phillips |
ben.sykes@bbsrc.ac.uk james.phillips@bbsrc.ac.uk |
01793 414676 01793 442149 |
| Plant science | Debbie Harding | debbie.harding@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414653 |
| Regenerative medicine | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Soil science | Adam Staines Jef Grainger |
adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk jeff.grainger@bbsrc.ac.uk |
01793 414669 01793 413139 |
| Stem cells | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Structural biology | Vicky Jackson | vicky.jackson@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413341 |
| Synthetic biology | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| Systematics and taxonomy | Amanda Read | amanda.read@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414665 |
| Systems biology | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| Technology and methods development | Michael Ball | michael.ball@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413282 |
| The 3 Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement of animals in research) | Lee Glassbrook | lee.glassbrook@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 413283 |
| TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies) | Adam Staines | adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk | 01793 414669 |