Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Sept News: Funding and Miscellaneous

Funding



Digest of General Funding Opportunities at Plantsci.org.uk

A useful digest of the latest funding opportunities relevant to plant sciences can be found at http://www.plantsci.org.uk/funding/opportunities/active.

Miscellaneous



Rothamsted Research granted approval to undertake scientific research of GM wheat

Rothamsted Research has been granted approval from ACRE (the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment) to undertake scientific research of GM wheat, modified to produce a pheromone to repel aphids, at the Rothamsted site.

For more details see http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/Research/Centres/PressReleases.php.

'Algal research in the UK: a scoping study' published by BBSRC

An exploratory review of the current status of algal research in the UK has been published this month. The scoping study was commissioned by BBSRC to inform whether it should address fundamental research into the biology of algae in the context of a feedstock for energy and other products, and if so, how. The report reviews past and current activities and makes recommendations as to how the community might be structured to ensure a continuing strength in an international context.

For more details and links to the report see http://www.incropsproject.co.uk/news/121.

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