16th September 2016
San Francisco, USA
Attention researchers interested in the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. The UK’s BBSRC, in collaboration with National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces a call for collaborative projects involving researchers from the US and UK under the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases programme (EEID). […]
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11th September 2015
Houston, USA
Globalization, evolving pathogens, and a changing climate pose new challenges for disease control. This past June, the BBSRC, USDA-NIFA, RCUK-US, and UK SIN-US arranged a workshop for scientists and funders from the USA and the UK to meet in Washington D.C., to identify top priorities for research investment within Animal Health and Welfare, including Food Safety, […]
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5th November 2014
Montreal, Canada
The Frankencell saga we started last year (“Creating-altering life – the Frankencell”) continued after the long awaited visit to Montreal of UK´s Synthetic Biology champion former Minister David Willetts and this third episode discusses last week’s first UK-Canada Synthetic Biology Workshop. British Consul General Nick Baker opened this two-day event in Montreal hosted by […]
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17th July 2014
New Delhi, India
The recently announced federal budget by the newly elected Government of India has unveiled a slew of initiatives to boost growth of India’s scientific capabilities. The focus is particularly on improvement of agricultural productivity, biotech clusters, capacity creation in health and education, clean energy initiatives and development of water resources and river conservation. Most of […]
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2nd January 2013
New Delhi, India
You had the SINners best bits of 2012 and so we thought at the start of this new year it would be a good time to have a look at what the SIN India team are getting excited about in 2013. Events and projects ranging from environmental issues to bioenergy to creative economy are going […]
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18th December 2012
New Delhi, India
Keeping in line with the many ‘highlights of the year’ lists that are released during December we thought we would do a ‘best bits of 2012’ blog. It has been a busy year with a huge number of visits facilitated, workshops run, events attended and collaborations formed. My highlight has been getting the opportunity to […]
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7th November 2012
New Delhi, India
From our survey back in June, we know many of you have a strong interest in the finding out about UK-India funding opportunities. So, thought we would write a special ‘Spotlight On’ blog to tell you about the current open calls. Hot off the press, last week the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council […]
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18th July 2012
New Delhi, India
Bioenergy is an energy source derived from organic matter, or biomass. It can be as low-tech as burning wood on an open fire or as high-tech as developing advanced production methods for biofuels. The unifying factor with all bioenergy sources, however, is that the carbon they contain (and emit when used) comes from plants, and […]
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