Wellcome

Groundbreaking Whole-Body Scanning Study by UK Biobank Enters Second Phase

(IN BRIEF) UK Biobank has entered the second stage of its whole-body scanning study, where 60,000 volunteers will be re-scanned…

12 months ago

Wellcome offers funding for new digital interventions to improve human health

LONDON, 12-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Spotting brain injuries from babies’ brainwaves, and predicting the best way to tailor stroke care to…

6 years ago

Wellcome plans for a Berlin office to focus on tackling global health challenges

LONDON, 12-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome is planning to open a small office in Berlin so that we can work…

6 years ago

Wellcome and WHO to bring together leading scientists and researchers to invigorate nutrition science

LONDON, 27-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome and the World Health Organization (WHO) are holding an expert meeting this autumn to bring…

6 years ago

Wellcome supports rapid response to the new Ebola outbreak in Congo with initial fund of up to £2 million

LONDON, 14-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome is making an initial fund of up to £2 million available to support a…

6 years ago

Fourteen public libraries across England, Scotland and Wales awarded £200,000

LONDON, 16-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Fourteen public libraries across England, Scotland and Wales have been awarded £200,000 to help their communities…

7 years ago

Wellcome provides £13 million to five science centres around the UK

LONDON, 04-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome is giving £13 million in funding to five science centres around the UK to encourage new…

7 years ago

New Research Initiative To Find Ways to Improve UK Population Health

LONDON, 21-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — We’ve joined an alliance of research funders to support a new initiative in UK prevention research.…

7 years ago

Five new informal science learning projects will receive funding by Wellcome, NSF and ESRC

LONDON, 05-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — With the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), we're supporting…

7 years ago

Wellcome funds four new research projects to address health and environmental issues

LONDON, 24-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome awarded four new research partnerships a total of £29m to tackle global environmental and health…

7 years ago

Wellcome part of collaboration that developed a miniature MRI scanner for babies

A miniature MRI scanner to improve diagnosis and treatment of brain damage in premature babies is being tested in Sheffield.…

7 years ago

Wellcome commits $100m to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation

https://youtu.be/jGMw9BCZeIg LONDON, 20-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome is committing $100m to a new partnership to create vaccines for epidemic diseases. CEPI…

7 years ago

Report: commitment to Ebola vaccine development must continue

LONDON, 20-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A panel of international experts has called for continued commitment to Ebola vaccine development to fully…

7 years ago

Wellcome Trust: Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe’s work acknowledged by Lasker Awards

LONDON, 15-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe, a researcher at the University of Oxford, has been awarded the prestigious…

8 years ago