All People News articles – Page 27
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NewsLetters in Applied Microbiology launches reviewer training scheme
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has launched its reviewer training scheme for the journal Letters in Applied Microbiology (LAM), building upon its development opportunities for early career scientists in journal publishing.
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NewsResearch partnerships to improve access to vaccines in low and middle-income countries
Four new research hubs that will address challenges of vaccine manufacturing and delivery in developing countries have been announced.
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NewsUK lagging on availability of treatment for rare diseases, industry group warns
A group of companies developing innovative new medicines for rare diseases is calling for the UK to lead greater collaboration between stakeholders, and uptake of best practice to improve access to new treatments for patients.
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NewsTreatment found effective for rare sight-threatening infection
A drug candidate has been found to be highly effective in treating a rare sight-threatening eye infection in a new international clinical trial.
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NewsUK Space Agency and Axiom Space sign up to historic human spaceflight mission
Astronauts from the United Kingdom could fly to space on a future Axiom Space mission, thanks to a new agreement signed between the UK Space Agency and the Houston-based space company.
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NewsBoston Children’s Hospital receives a contract of up to $9 million to improve flu vaccines
The Precision Vaccines Program (PVP) at Boston Children’s Hospital has been awarded a contract from NIAID to develop a small molecule adjuvant to enhance the effectiveness of flu vaccines.
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NewsResearchers share up to $13.6 million to solve maritime challenge
Researchers are working on a more sustainable alternative to antifouling paint that would employ natural marine microbes as “building blocks” to form smooth, stable biofilms that reduce drag.
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NewsUK research networks tackling antimicrobial resistance offered £3m
The UK government has invited the research and innovation community to help tackle one of humanity’s biggest threats, antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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NewsResearchers receive $423,500 for study to improve outcomes from fungal infections
Researchers have received a $423,500 for research aimed at reducing disease and mortality rates associated with Aspergillus infections by focusing on the molecular pathways in the fungus that mediate inflammatory host responses.
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NewsResearchers awarded $2m to create carbon-negative ‘living’ construction materials
Researchers are working towards a future when homes and other buildings can be constructed using low-cost, sustainable materials that also can repair themselves and capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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NewsShortlist for Applied Microbiology International Awards 2023 announced
The shortlist for the Applied Microbiology International Awards 2023 has now been announced.
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NewsHave your say on AMI’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Applied Microbiology International is calling on members to have their say after launching its first official Diversity & Inclusion strategy.
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News$7.3M grant to expand wheat pathogen surveillance
One of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance systems is set to expand its capacity to protect wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.
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NewsNew UK projects to kickstart future vaccine development awarded £25m
Three UK projects designed to build our understanding of viruses and how the immune system reacts to different challenges will share £25m in new funding from UKRI.
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NewsFood professionals team up for inaugural ProfSET event
More than 10,000 food & drink professionals from 10 UK professional membership organisations and learned societies have teamed up to provide a single voice to influence and support government food initiatives, the media and inform the public.
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NewsFinalists in Applied Microbiology International Product of the Year Award 2023 announced
The finalists in the Applied Microbiology International Product of the Year Award 2023 have been announced. The awards promote the research, groups, projects, products and individuals who are shaping the future of applied microbiology.
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NewsResearchers receive international funding to study spiderwebs as biosensors
The dew-covered spiderweb you see in your yard might soon become a platform to detect airborne viruses, according to Jiangtao Cheng, who hopes to build bio-inspired technology that could serve as an early warning system for pathogens.
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NewsResearchers developing an oral therapeutic to treat drug-resistant bacterial pneumonia
Australian researchers aim to rescue common antibiotics with a new therapeutic approach, using a drug originally developed to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
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NewsResearcher awarded $1.9m to develop model to test phages in the gut
Bryan Hsu, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, has received a five-year $1.9 million award to develop a model to test the role of lytic bacteriophages, or phages as they are commonly called, in the mammalian gut.
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NewsInstitut Pasteur and University of Tokyo to form Planetary Health Innovation Center
The Institut Pasteur and the University of Tokyo have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to establish the Planetary Health Innovation Center (PHIC), marking the first step towards the Institut Pasteur of Japan, a private not-for-profit association.