This time last year marked the beginning of the #WGDip project! 🥳

Are you interested in eukaryotic evolution & whole genome duplication? So are we!

Find out more about who we are and what we are doing on our website: www.rediploidisation.org

🧪🧬 @ukri.org #BBSRC #sLoLa

Video Files | rediploidisation.org

Want to hear more from the #WGDip team members?

Head over to our website to watch the full video series. 🎥🗣️💬
www.rediploidisation.org/video-files

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This manuscript is now published in
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245...
thanks again for everyone's hard work and the funding supports from #BBSRC and University of Leicester F50/F100 programme

OryzaNet | Coming soon

Register your interest in OryzaNet

OryzaNet is a new BBSRC-funded rice research network launching Spring 2026.

We’re inviting researchers, social scientists, stakeholders & innovators to register interest ahead of launch.

www.oryzanet.com

#RiceResearch #ResearchNetwork #OryzaNet #BBSRC

Lukasz’ PIPS tackles one of the most exciting and challenging questions in modern biology – what is the origin of life? | Doctoral Training Partnership Lukasz Sitko, an Earlham Institute based student recently returned from NASA Ames Research Centre where his 12-week internship focused on understanding the role of amyloids and ribozymes in the…

Lukasz Sitko completed his PIPS at AMES Research Center, working on understanding the role of amyloids and ribozymes in the earliest forms of life. ⬇️
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/student-stor...
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social #PIPS #amazingplacements #BBSRC

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BBSRC invests to push back the frontiers of biology and deliver a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future.

Happy to join the #BBSRC #People and #Talent #Advisory #Pool to provide feedback on specific policies or surveys and engage with other strategy advisory or funding panels across BBSRC.

www.ukri.org/councils/bbs...

Scientists get grant to study Campylobacter Researchers at a university in England have received funding to investigate how Campylobacter outcompetes other bacteria and adapts to different host environments. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is part of a consortium awarded £850,000 ($1.1 million) from the Biotechnology and Biological

Agents of Change: An exploration of how viruses and viriforms shape bacterial evolution, fitness, and antibiotic resistance (York YBDTP Project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Agents of Change: An exploration of how viruses and viriforms shape bacterial evolution, fitness, and antibiotic resistance (York YBDTP Project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD...

Still time to apply for an exciting #BBSRC #PhD opportunity I am offering @biologyatyork.bsky.social with @seanmeaden.bsky.social & Hong Gao (Tees). Join an interdisciplinary team to study how viruses shape bacterial evolution and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Apply by 7th Jan bit.ly/4jfv9wx

Thanks for the opportunity to share a little bit about the start of my PhD journey! The Alumni Network has been a great way to meet others excited about symbioses. Looking forward to learning more about ongoing research in the community. Shout out to the #BBSRC for funding this upcoming work.

A huge thanks also to the funders over the years that enabled the transformation of #wheat disease #research ideas into a daily #forecast system with impact: @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
#FCDO
@ukri.org
#BBSRC
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Next week I’ll be announcing a fully funded #BBSRC DTP #PhD studentship at @uniofsurrey.bsky.social, working with collaborators at Brunel. The project focuses on how genes and nutrition interact to shape neurodevelopment, using CRISPR, mass spec and vessel-on-a-chip models.

More details soon!!

Resistant to fever, bird flu viruses are a threat to humans New study led by the University of Cambridge and the University of Glasgow finds that bird flu viruses are a major threat to humans. BBSRC MRC

Resistant to fever, bird flu viruses are a threat to humans #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Survey opens on UK animal research facilities and resources BBSRC and MRC have launched a UK-wide survey seeking views on current and future needs across the UK’s animal research facilities and resources. BBSRC MRC UKRI

ICYMI: Survey opens on UK animal research facilities and resources #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Survey opens on UK animal research facilities and resources BBSRC and MRC have launched a UK-wide survey seeking views on current and future needs across the UK’s animal research facilities and resources. BBSRC MRC UKRI

Survey opens on UK animal research facilities and resources #BBSRC #AcademicSky

‼️Research update - the last-resort 💊antibiotic daptomycin attacks🧫bacteria through two independent mechanisms & IM30 protein LiaH helps remodel membranes under stress. Great work by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social & @jbuttresssci.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social team
#microsky #BBSRC #sLoLa ⬇️

Engineering Biology Mission Hubs: preventing plastic pollution Discover how the Preventing Plastic Pollution (P3EB) Mission Hub is harnessing engineering biology to address a major environmental challenge.BBSRC EPSRC Innovate UK MRC NERC

Engineering Biology Mission Hubs: preventing plastic pollution #BBSRC

BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.BBSRC

ICYMI: BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2025 Apply for funding to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific areas through ALERT 2025. You must be a researcher or a research technical professional from an eligible UK research organisation to apply for funding.BBSRC

ICYMI: Mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2025 #BBSRC #AcademicSky

BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.BBSRC

BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT) #BBSRC #AcademicSky

The Oxford team: Mark Hankins, Kevin Henbest, Madhavi Krishnan, Harrison Steel, Andrew Baldwin, Justin Benesch, Christiane Timmel, Chris Schofield, Achillefs Kapanidis, Stuart Mackenzie, Stuart Peirson, Sabine Huth-Rauschenbach. Photo credit: Thomas Player, University of Oxford.

Oxford researchers will lead a new £6M BBSRC-funded project nature’s “quantum compass” to uncover, how animals sense Earth’s magnetic field and turn this knowledge into innovative biotechnologies. 🧭 #QuantumBiology #BBSRC #OxfordResearch

Read more: eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-pro...

Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.BBSRC

ICYMI: Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.BBSRC

Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets #BBSRC #AcademicSky

BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar 2025 Join us for the BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar, celebrating the latest projects funded through BBSRC’s flagship translational programme.BBSRC

ICYMI: BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar 2025 #BBSRC

EASTBIO Antimicrobial use in UK game birds: its behavioural drivers and impact on resistance at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EASTBIO Antimicrobial use in UK game birds: its behavioural drivers and impact on resistance at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD opportunity – Deadline 15th December!

Antimicrobial use in UK game birds: its behavioural drivers and impact on resistance: www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

Interested? Please email me to discuss further.

#PhD #EASTBIO #BBSRC #AMR #Microbiota #Microbiology

BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar 2025 Join us for the BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar, celebrating the latest projects funded through BBSRC’s flagship translational programme.BBSRC

BBSRC Follow-on Fund showcase webinar 2025 #BBSRC

Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research University of Glasgow scientists have used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to advance cancer research and reveal new therapy insights.BBSRC EPSRC

ICYMI: Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research University of Glasgow scientists have used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to advance cancer research and reveal new therapy insights.BBSRC EPSRC

Bioengineered bone marrow model successful in leukaemia research #BBSRC #AcademicSky

New gene atlas paves way for healthier, more resilient oats An international research team has sequenced 33 oat genomes, producing an unprecedented gene atlas to help boost crop health and climate resilience.BBSRC

ICYMI: New gene atlas paves way for healthier, more resilient oats #BBSRC #AcademicSky

New gene atlas paves way for healthier, more resilient oats An international research team has sequenced 33 oat genomes, producing an unprecedented gene atlas to help boost crop health and climate resilience.BBSRC

New gene atlas paves way for healthier, more resilient oats #BBSRC #AcademicSky

Green ERA-Hub: biomass production and utilisation (pre-proposal) This international multilateral opportunity will support research into sustainable production and utilisation of biomass. Consortia must include at least three eligible partners from three different funding countries. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.

ICYMI: Green ERA-Hub: biomass production and utilisation (pre-proposal) #BBSRC #AcademicSky