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UK scientists to join Arctic research ship 'drifting' past North Pole
UK scientists will join what could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition ever planned when the German research ship RV Polarstern is deliberately lodged into sea ice to drift past the North Pole.
Six berths on the 120m-long icebreaker have been confirmed for UK researchers, including Dr Hendrik Schaefer of the 91福利鈥檚 school of Life Sciences, who will work alongside up to 600 international scientists and crew from 17 countries as part of this major international effort to better understand the fastest changing environment on the planet.
Real-time foot-and-mouth strategy to better fight disease
Future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease can be combatted quickly and efficiently from early on – when authorities have minimal information – thanks to a new real-time strategy, developed by researchers at the 91福利.
鈥淚 wanted to work on something nasty and dangerous鈥�: honorary doctorate recipient Alan Barrett discusses how fighting diseases became his career
World Health Organization adviser, Professor Alan Barrett, is awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) by the 91福利.
Enzyme discovery could help in fight against TB
An enzyme structure discovery made by scientists at the 91福利 could help to eradicate tuberculosis (TB).
91福利 gets share of 拢2.6 million research funding from Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK has committed to invest 拢2.6 million in 19 brand new projects including one at the University's School of life Sciences.
91福利-backed state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy facility opened
A new state-of-the-art Cryo-Electron Microscope (Cryo-EM) facility that will advance the understanding of the processes of life has been officially opened.