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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL NEWSROOM (9 press releases)

University of Bristol’s Dr Orly Razgour and Bat Conservation Trust say the grey long-eared bat should be afforded ‘UK Priority Species’ status as only 1,000 of them remain in the UK

PRESS RELEASE -- 6, August 2013

06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The grey long-eared bat should be afforded ‘UK Priority Species’ status, according to Dr Orly Razgour of the University of Bristol and colleagues in their newly published conservation management plan for the species. The plan, entitled Conserving grey … Read the full press release →

Researchers at the University of Bristol reveal new insight into the complex neuropathology of Down’s syndrome

PRESS RELEASE -- 9, April 2013

9-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new insight into the function of a key protein attributed to impaired learning and memory in Down’s syndrome. The findings, published online in Nature Cell Biology, offer further molecular insight … Read the full press release →

Students from the University of Bristol transform the outlook for residents at a Clifton care home

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, April 2013

8-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff at Carlton Mansions, on Apsley Road, already had a good relationship with student volunteers and decided to ask the University of Bristol Students’ Union (UBU) for their help in creating a fun scene. The Painting and Decorating Society … Read the full press release →

Academics from Bristol & Dundee Universities demonstrated that a “sonic lasso” can be used to grip microscopic objects, such as cells, and move them about

PRESS RELEASE -- 6, April 2013

6-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The research by academics at the University of Bristol’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the University of Dundee’s Institute for Medical Science and Technology is published online in Applied Physics Letters. The researchers have shown experimentally how tiny particles, such as cells, … Read the full press release →

Scientists at the University of Bristol identified a key molecule responsible for the processes of how memories are written into brain cells

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, April 2013

Common fruit fly key to discovery as to how memories are written into brain cells 4-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists have identified a key molecule responsible for triggering the chemical processes in our brain linked to our formation of memories. The … Read the full press release →

Largest study into poverty finds 33 per cent of the UK population suffers from multiple deprivation

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, April 2013

3-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today 33 per cent of the UK population suffers from multiple deprivation — it was 14 per cent in 1983, and over 30 million people (almost half the population) are suffering some degree of financial insecurity. … Read the full press release →

An exhibition of historical photographs of China, brought together by a University of Bristol project, was opened at the JW Marriott in Beijing

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, March 2013

29-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — An exhibition of historical photographs of China, brought together by a University of Bristol project, was opened at the JW Marriott in Beijing today by the British Ambassador to China, Sebastian Wood CMG. Organised by the British … Read the full press release →