The completed acquisition adds Australian yeast-breeding capabilities to Novonesis following more than a decade of collaboration and a 23% ownership stake IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Novonesis has completed its acquisition of Australian biotechnology company MicroBioGen after obtaining all required regulatory approvals. … Read the full press release
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Tagged 'Novonesis', 2030 strategy, Australia, bioethanol, biosolutions, biotechnology, Claus Crone Fuglsang, Copenhagen, Denmark, Ester Baiget, industrial fermentation, industrial yeast, MicroBioGen, MicroBioGen acquisition expands Novonesis yeast-breeding and biosolutions capabilities, microbiology, Novonesis adds Australian biotechnology expertise to support new industrial biosolutions, Novonesis brings MicroBioGen into group to broaden industrial yeast expertise, Novonesis completes MicroBioGen deal after more than a decade of collaboration, R&D, research and development, yeast, yeast breeding
(IN BRIEF) The University of East Anglia has secured funding through a new Medical Research Council Doctoral Landscape Award to train PhD researchers in nutrition, microbiology, microbiomes, antimicrobial resistance and clinical research. The award forms part of a wider £90 … Read the full press release
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Tagged 14 PhD students, 1500 doctoral researchers, 200 doctoral researchers, AMR, antimicrobial resistance, biomedical research, clinical research, doctoral research, doctoral researchers, Dr Joanna Robinson, Earlham Institute, global health, healthcare careers, human health, industry careers, Joanna Robinson, John Innes Centre, life sciences, medical research, Medical Research Council, microbiology, microbiomes, MRC, MRC Doctoral Landscape Award, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich Medical School, Norwich Research Park, Nutrition, nutrition science, October 2027, PhD training, policy careers, postgraduate research, Professor Samuel Fountain, Professor Stuart Rushworth, Quadram Institute, research careers, research training, Samuel Fountain, Stuart Rushworth, three intakes, UEA, UEA Doctoral College, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia Secures Share of £90 Million UK Investment in Medical Research Training, University of East Anglia Strengthens Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Through New MRC Award, University of East Anglia to Train 14 PhD Researchers Annually Through New MRC Funding Programme, £90 million investment
(IN BRIEF) Novonesis has signed an agreement with the intent to acquire MicroBioGen, an Australian biotechnology company specialising in yeast strains for industrial applications, particularly bioethanol. The planned acquisition builds on Novonesis’ 2013 investment in MicroBioGen and its current 23 … Read the full press release
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(IN BRIEF) The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is investing £10 million in 21 new Fellows through its Fellowships scheme, supporting early-stage researchers as they move toward independent research leadership. The new cohort will conduct discovery-led research at leading … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education, Environment, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Adam Jalal, Alexandra Fletcher-Jones, Anthony Devlin, artificial intelligence, BBSRC, BBSRC Fellowships scheme, BBSRC Funding to Advance Biological Sciences Research Across UK Universities and Institutes, BBSRC Invests in Emerging Research Leaders Tackling Fundamental Questions in Modern Bioscience, BBSRC Supports Discovery Research and Independent Leadership with New Cohort of 21 Fellows, Ben Raymond, Bianca Pierattini, Biological Sciences, biomaterials, bioscience research, biotechnology, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, carbon-efficient bioproduction, cell biology, Charlene Dambire, Charlotte Thomas, David Willnow, Deyana Ivanova, discovery research, early-stage researchers, Elizabeth Ledger, engineering biology, Ennio d’Amico, environmental biology, Eva Jimenez Guri, genetics, host-pathogen biology, immune responses, immunology, Imperial College London, independent research leadership, Jack Collier, Jason Woodgate, King’s College London, marine embryos, Micaela Chacon, microbiology, microplastic leachates, Mitochondria, Molecular Biology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, neuroscience, Newcastle University, Olivia Pedroncini, pathogen detection, Pierce Mullen, plant science, prion diseases, Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Rafael Moreno Tortolero, Robert Mason, Rosalind Franklin Institute, RT-QuIC, silk secretion, Stefano Bettinazzi, Tanja Fuchsberger, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Bioscience Research Gains £10 Million Boost Through 21 New BBSRC Fellowships, UK Research and Innovation, UKRI, United Kingdom, University College London, University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of St Andrews, University of York, £10 million funding
(IN BRIEF) Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will host the BFCS 2026 international conference on 19–20 March 2026 in Riga, Latvia, in collaboration with the Baltic Flow Cytometry Society. The two-day event will bring together flow cytometry specialists, clinicians, and researchers … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Latvia, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged abstract submission, Baltic Flow Cytometry Society, BFCS, BFCS 2026, biomedical research, clinical research, early-career researchers, flow cytometry, immunology, Institute of Microbiology and Virology, interdisciplinary collaboration, international scientific conference, microbiology, oncology, PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, Riga Latvia, Rīga Stradiņš University, RSU, scientific networking, virology, Young Researcher Awards
(IN BRIEF) Dr. Melissa Webby of the University of Warwick has received a £2.2 million Wellcome Career Development Award to research the mechanisms that protect Gram-negative bacteria from antibiotics. This award supports Dr. Webby’s mission to advance the understanding of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance, Awards, bacterial envelope, biomedical research, Colin Kleanthous, Dr. Melissa Webby, Gram-negative bacteria, healthcare infections, leadership, microbiology, public health, research fellowship, University of Warwick, Wellcome Career Development Award
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford have discovered a new molecule that plays a key role in the immune response that is triggered by influenza infections. The molecule, a so-called mini viral RNA, is capable … Read the full press release
COPENHAGEN, 14-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of the University of Copenhagen has found the person to succeed Ralf Hemmingsen as leader of the university for the next five years. On 1 March 2017, the current Provost at the Technical University … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Management
Tagged Henrik C. Wegener, microbiology, Nils Strandberg Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
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