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First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

The world’s favourite fruit only better-tasting and longer-lasting

Tomatoes, said to be the world's most popular fruit, can be made both better-tasting and longer-lasting thanks to UK research with purple GM varieties."Working with GM tomatoes that are different to normal fruit only by the addition of a specific compound, ... [Published BBSRC - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Shelf Life, Cathie Martin, Fruit

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

University of Hull

Fighting microbes without antibiotics

News from University of HullA team of scientists at the University of Hull have developed a new family of selective antimicrobial agents which could hold the key to fighting microbes without the use of traditional antibiotics.Dr Vesselin PaunovImage: ... [Published BBSRC - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Microbe, Colloid, Antibody, University of Hull, Antibiotic

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Pay attention: How we focus and concentrate

News from Newcastle UniversityScientists at Newcastle University have shed new light on how the brain tunes in to relevant information.Publishing in Neuron, the team reveal the interplay of brain chemicals which help us pay attention in work funded by ... [Published BBSRC - May 23 2013]

Entities: Neuron, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, NMDA, Receptor, Acetylcholine

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Survey: The next big things in bioscience

Sets a cookieAs part of BBSRC's long-term strategic planning, we are seeking your views on the research areas and technological developments which will be most exciting and important in bioscience over the next 5-10 years.Ideas put forward through this ... [Published BBSRC - May 17 2013]

Entities: Life Science

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

An international vision for wheat improvement

BBSRC is not responsible for the content of external websitesBy 2050, a 60% increase in wheat production will be needed to meet the demand of a growing population. The Wheat Initiative, an international consortium gathering public institutions and private ... [Published BBSRC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wheat, Initiative, Food Security

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes

Scientists will attempt to find out how malaria parasites manipulate their mosquito hosts after discovering that smell could be a major factor.In a study published in PLOS ONE today, a team of researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical ... [Published BBSRC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Malaria, Parasitism, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, James Logan, Odour

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Reducing the environmental impacts of fertiliser use

Scientists have demonstrated how improvements in nitrogen fertiliser manufacture and their application could help reduce China's agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by around 60%, by 2030, compared to the current business as usual approach. This emissions ... [Published BBSRC - May 15 2013]

Entities: Fertilizer, China, Carbon Dioxide, Sain

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Synthetic biology dialogue - Impacts

BBSRC is not responsible for the content of external websitesBBSRC, with input from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has published a document outlining the impacts that their 2010 'Synthetic Biology Dialogue' has had in ... [Published BBSRC - May 15 2013]

Entities: Synthetic Biology, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, European Commission

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Wheat breeding science offers greater yields

UK wheat yields could be boosted by up to 30% with the introduction of a new wheat bred from a wild grass species.The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in Cambridge has recreated the original rare cross between an ancient wheat and wild ... [Published BBSRC - May 14 2013]

Entities: Wheat, yield, United Kingdom, Food Security, Rob Dawson

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

BBSRC is major partner in new €15M Europe-wide synthetic biology funding

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is contributing €3M as a major partner in a new Europe-wide call for research projects in Synthetic Biology.The call is the first from the Synthetic Biology ERA-NET (ERASynBio) - a project ... [Published BBSRC - May 13 2013]

Entities: Synthetic Biology, Biofuels, Douglas Kell, Biology

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Chief Executive's blog: Biotechnology in Korea and Japan

To ensure that BBSRC Science remains at the frontier of international competitiveness, I arrange occasional visits abroad, approximately annually, to check this out on the ground (one such was the Big Data mission to the USA). Given the strategic importance ... [Published BBSRC - May 13 2013]

Entities: Industrial Biotechnology Corporation, Biotechnology, Japan

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Innovators 2013 part three - Peter Mertens and team tackle bluetongue disease

In a series of three articles, BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2013 winners reveal the secrets behind their innovations.In this, the third, Social Innovator winner Peter Mertens recalls how his group helped prevent the bluetongue disease of sheep becoming ... [Published BBSRC - May 09 2013]

Entities: Bluetongue Disease, Virus, United Kingdom, Pirbright Laboratory, Vaccine

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Dr Paunov said: "We anticipate that similar shape-selective colloid antibodies can potentially become a powerful weapon in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Colloid antibodies combined with other cell-killing strategies could also have applications as selective antimicrobial agents, preventing growth of pathogenic microbes in various formulations."

Fighting microbes without antibiotics [Published BBSRC - 20 hours ago]

The paper "Anthocyanins double the shelf life of tomatoes by delaying over-ripening and reducing susceptibility to grey mould" by Yang Zhang et al

The world’s favourite fruit only better-tasting and longer-lasting [Published BBSRC - 20 hours ago]

Lead author Alex Thiele, Professor of Visual Neuroscience explains: "When you communicate with others, you can make yourself better heard by speaking louder or by speaking more clearly. Neurons appear to do similar things when we're paying attention. They send their message more intensely to their partners, which compares to speaking louder. But more importantly, they also increase the fidelity of their message, which compares to speaking more clearly."

Pay attention: How we focus and concentrate [Published BBSRC - May 23 2013]

To take part in the survey "The next 'big things' in bioscience', please visit: www.keysurvey.co.uk/votingmodule/s180/f/514513/9cbc0d110235ff29/"

Survey: The next big things in bioscience [Published BBSRC - May 17 2013]

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Survey: The next big things in bioscience [Published BBSRC - May 17 2013]
Malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes [Published BBSRC - May 16 2013]
An international vision for wheat improvement [Published BBSRC - May 16 2013]
Synthetic biology dialogue - Impacts [Published BBSRC - May 15 2013]
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Wheat breeding science offers greater yields [Published BBSRC - May 14 2013]
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