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Supervisors Ellis O’Neill (University of Nottingham) and Mark Wilkinson and Sibyl Batey (Bactobio) have an exciting opportunity to gain in depth training in natural product discovery, chemical analysis and bioassay development. Apply by 17th January 2023 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/bbdtp/industry-linked-studentships/chemistryellis.aspx
PhD Opportunity at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Royal Holloway University of London on: 'Mining the chemodiversity of the plant genus Myrica to reveal bioactive molecules for their medicinal uses'
Marcelle McManus at the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies is looking for a Research Associate to work on an LCA project for one year at the University of Bath.
UK Grown: How biotechnology can unlock higher value products from UK crops The High Value Renewables Network commissioned a review of crops suited to the UK climate that, in combination with biotechnology, have the potential to deliver high value products.
HVB recently awarded three Enterprise Fellowships - a scheme designed to support budding entrepreneurs to take research discoveries and progress them towards commercialisation.
The High Value Biorenewables Network contributed to a joint response to the recent Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Call for Evidence on the role of biomass in achieving net zero. The evidence submission was developed in collaboration with the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, the Carbon Recycling Network, and BBNet.
A series of videos from BBNet on carbon emissions, biomass, scale-up processes and the UK bioeconomy.
Researchers from Rothamsted Research have demonstrated the anti-cancer activity of miyabeacin, a new cyclodimer from willow.
UK Research and Innovation has launched a new interactive portal to encourage and help everyone access research and innovation infrastructure.
Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute, the Westerdijk Institute and Utrecht University have generated a library of secondary metabolites from 10,207 fungi and have tested their biological activity using zebrafish embryos.
A member of the HVB Network, Dr Benjamin Lichman, has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
