Grants and awards
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Senior Researcher wins Hind Rattan award, 2019
8 March 2019
Celebrating International Women's day we spoke to Dr Narinder Bansal who explained the work that led her to win the prestigious Indian award.
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Putting the squeeze on red blood cells
11 September 2019
For the first time, researchers at the University of Bristol’s Blood and Transplant Research Unit, and the French National Institute for Blood Transfusion, have captured the moment a red blood cell is ‘squeezed’ while recording the changes that allow it to deform and subsequently recover its shape.
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International collaborative projects win funding to tackle major health challenges
21 August 2019
Developing drugs to treat cancer and how sleep can support a healthy memory are two international collaborative projects led by academics at the University of Bristol that have been awarded major funding by the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Fund for International Collaboration.
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Biochemist announced as winner of BBC science writing competition
4 August 2015
Emily Coyte, an assistant teacher from the School of Biochemistry, is one of the winners of an international science writing competition run in conjunction with BBC Focus magazine.
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Two new epigenetics grants to study how early life experiences affect health
4 August 2015
Two researchers from the School of Social and Community Medicine have been awarded grants as part of £3 million project to study the impact of early life experiences on lifelong health.
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Bristol's Children of the 90s backed to continue its 'study of life'
18 October 2019
Bristol's Children of the 90s study will be supported for the next five years through an established collaboration between the University of Bristol, the Medical Research Council and The Wellcome Trust.
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Protecting wireless networks from cyber-attacks receives £6.1 million funding boost
17 October 2019
Cyber security and wireless experts from academia and industry will join forces to tackle the growing threat posed to wireless networks by cyber-attacks, thanks to a £6.1 million funding boost from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and industry.
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Global research projects co-designed with experts in East Africa awarded UKRI funding
17 October 2019
From helping schools improve earthquake mitigation plans, to enabling farmers to detect fish stocks and seasonal droughts, researchers are collaborating with regional partners in a bid to deliver strategic responses to prescient challenges.
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Professor Fowler honoured by the British Academy
29 September 2015
Robert Fowler, Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, has been awarded a British Academy Medal.
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2019 Bristol Teaching Awards winners announced
13 June 2019
Nominees, winners and supporters of the 2019 Bristol Teaching Awards gathered in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building yesterday (Wednesday 12 June) to celebrate colleagues' outstanding contributions to teaching, student support and enhancement of the student learning experience.
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