Grants and awards
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Two Bristol teams win prizes at BrisSynBio 4-Day MBA
23 April 2018
Vitamica, Imophoron and Exom Biotechnologies were all awarded a share of £10,000 in prizes during the BrisSynBio Connect event, which was the finale of the 4-Day MBA to develop new synthetic biology business ideas.
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UK’s leading surgeons mark official launch of £21m NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
1 February 2018
Almost a third of hospital admissions involve a surgical procedure and with 4.7 million operations carried out in the UK each year and numbers rising year on year, surgery is one of the most important life-saving treatments offered to patients. Innovative surgical procedures are continually being developed but how are they tested to ensure they are safe? Two of the UK’s leading academic surgeons will answer these questions at a public lecture and debate on Thursday 1 February 2018 to mark the official launch of the £21 million National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
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Bristol Professor awarded £1.5 million to look deeper into our cell’s quality control mechanism
24 May 2018
Professor Christiane Berger-Schaffitzel from the School of Biochemistry has won a £1.5 million Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in Science Application to study an essential quality control mechanism in our cells. The mechanism, known as ‘nonsense-mediated mRNA decay’ (NMD) is of fundamental importance for cellular function in health and disease.
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Bristol primary health care professor awarded NIHR award
20 November 2023
A University of Bristol professor of primary care and GP is one of six researchers to have been awarded a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Professorship. Professor Matthew Ridd, from Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care, will carry out research to treat eczema in children and identify and address children’s food allergies.
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Bath geriatrician leads £2.1m trial into Parkinson’s disease at the University of Bristol
24 May 2018
A UK-wide trial into Parkinson’s disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol is set to go ahead, thanks to a £2.1 million grant from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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Could technology transform GP consultations?
20 October 2014
The way we interact with our GPs could be transformed thanks to a new £458,000 project exploring whether consultations could viably be conducted via email, text message, telephone or via the internet.
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Bristol academics win Philip Leverhulme Prizes
17 November 2014
Two Bristol researchers have been awarded 2014 Philip Leverhulme Prizes in recognition of their early-career achievements and exceptional promise.
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Defect detection system wins top prize
14 November 2014
A system which enables automated detection of defects across a range of structures emerged as the winner of the 2014 New Enterprise Competition – the University of Bristol’s answer to Dragon’s Den.
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Company at forefront of sound revolution awarded prestigious Royal Academy fellowship
19 June 2018
Dr Mihai Caleap, Senior Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Chief Executive Officer of revolutionary sound technology company, Metasonics, has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship to develop and grow the business.
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Professor Cini awarded Social Sciences Fellowship
16 October 2014
Michelle Cini, Professor of European Politics, has been awarded a Fellowship by the Academy of Social Sciences.
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