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18 June 2025

ELIXIR-UK awarded strategic funding to support UK life sciences data community

ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
02 June 2025

Scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value

A new project - funded by a £8.5M grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - will leverage advances in engineering biology to establish synthetic plant chromosome (synPAC) technologies.
14 May 2025

Precision Breeding for plants signed into law

Regulations to enable Precision Breeding in plants has been signed into law by the government.
12 May 2025

Starting point of DNA replication mystery solved

The question of where DNA replication starts in the human genome has finally been addressed, with the conclusion it is largely random.
16 April 2025

Starship discovery reveals new frontiers of fungal genome evolution

New insights into large mobile fungal genome elements, called Starships, have revealed more about how they jump between fungal species and influence their evolution.
10 March 2025

New Career Development Fellows enhance data-driven bioscience at the Earlham Institute

The Earlham Institute has appointed two new Career Development Fellows, supporting their journey towards establishing independent research groups.
19 February 2025

Earlham Institute recognised for collaborative efforts to improve sustainability

The Earlham Institute has received a Green Impact Silver Award for its efforts to improve sustainability and support colleagues in reducing their carbon footprint at work.