20th October 2009
A £50 million research initiative, aimed at giving people '50 active years after 50' is being launched by the University of Leeds.
A £50 million research initiative, aimed at giving people '50 active years after 50' is being launched by the University of Leeds. Recent research, published in The Lancet, found that more than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years. But while improvements in healthcare, diet and lifestyle are helping us to live longer, our bodies are still degenerating with age, reducing our quality of life and our ability to contribute to society. 50 active years after 50 is responding to this trend by developing new medical devices and regenerative therapies, ensuring that people can continue to be as active during their second half century as they were in their first. The research will focus on those areas most affected as we age - our joints, spine, teeth, heart and circulation - developing new technologies for tissue engineering and regeneration, longer lasting joint replacements and spinal interventions The programme will also accelerate the translation of new discoveries into clinical practice. Over its first five years, it plans to develop ten new products and halve the time it takes to get new products to market. The initiative will be coordinated by the University of Leeds Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (iMBE), the country's largest bioengineering unit and a world-leading research centre for artificial joint replacements. The Institute's research has already benefited tens of thousands of individuals over the past 15 years. Funded through research councils, charities and industry, 50 active years after 50 will bring together researchers in engineering, computing, chemistry, physics, biology, dentistry and medicine with practicing clinicians and medics and industrial partners from all over the UK and beyond. The initiative includes two major projects - the £10m Innovation & Knowledge Centre in Regenerative Therapies and Devices and the £11m Wellcome EPSRC Leeds Medical Engineering Centre.Graham Askew, Simon Walker, BBSRC (Jan 2018), £699,781
Jennifer Tomlinson, Royal Society (Jan 2018), £512,801
Alex O'Neill and colleagues in Chemistry, BBSRC (Nov 2017), £431,865
Tom Bennett, BBSRC (Oct 2017), £523,679
Neil Ranson, Darren Tomlinson, BBSRC (Oct 2017), £494,318
Nikita Gamper, BBSRC (Oct 2017), £490,426
Amanda Bretman and colleagues from UEA, NERC (Oct 2017), £430,886
Juan Fontana, Rosetrees Trust consumables grant (Oct 2017), £22,500
Helen Miller, DSM Nutritional Products AG (Sep 2017), £69,988
Neil Ranson, Juan Fontana, Mark Harris, Michelle Peckham, Ralf Richter, Peter Stockley, Patricija Van Oosten-Hawle and colleagues in Engineering, FMH and MAPS, Wellcome Trust Equipment Call (Sep 2017), £418,000
Jamie Johnston, Physiological Society (Sep 2017), £10,000
Frank Sobott, Adrian Goldman, Mark Harris, Andrew Macdonald, Stephen Muench, Sheena Radford and colleagues in FMH and MAPS, Wellcome Trust Equipment Call (Aug 2017), £415,000
Ralf Richter, David Brockwell, Eric Hewitt, Jessica Kwok, Emanuele Paci and MAPS/FMH, BBSRC (Jun 2017), £600,000
Eric Blair, Adrian Whitehouse, Nicola Stonehouse, Alison Baker, Richard Bayliss, Joan Boyes, Ryan Seipke, Sally Boxall and MAPS/FMH, BBSRC (Jun 2017), £376,000
Stefan Kepinski, Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, Tom Bennett, Michelle Peckham, BBSRC (Jun 2017), £331,000
Roman Tuma, Lars Jeuken, Paul Millner, Sheena Radford, Peter Stockley and MAPS/FMH, BBSRC (Jun 2017), £222,000
Vas Ponnambalam, Darren Tomlinson, Stephen Wheatcroft, BHF (May 2017), £107,878
Graham Askew in collaboration with Bangor University, BBSRC (Mar 2017), £477,383
Stephen Muench, BBSRC (Mar 2017), £132,945
Nic Stonehouse, MRC (Mar 2017), £906,341
Bill Kunin, Steve Sait, BBSRC (Mar 2017), £602,831
Adrian Goldman, EU (Mar 2017), £546,576
Sheena Radford, Wellcome Trust (Mar 2017), £1,836,482
Tom Bennett, Royal Society (Mar 2017), £15,000
Jamie Johnston, Royal Society (Mar 2017), £15,000
Beatrice Filippi, Royal Society (Mar 2017), £15,000
Ryan Seipke, BBSRC (Feb 2017), £52,116
Mary O'Connell, BBSRC (Feb 2017), £46,986
Hannah Dugdale, NERC (Feb 2017), £504,138
Anastasia Zhuravleva, EPSRC (Jan 2017), £100,792
Richard Bayliss, Cancer Research UK (Jan 2017), £1,600,000
John Barr, EU (Jan 2017), £339,000
Mark Harris, Royal Society (Jan 2017), £250,000
Alison Dunn, NERC (Jan 2017), £105,000
Alex Breeze, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (Jan 2017), £180,000
Alison Dunn, NERC (Dec 2016), £18,000
Lisa Collins, BBSRC (Dec 2016), £1,681,835
Brendan Davies, Leverhulme Trust (Dec 2016), £247,555
Alan Benson, Mark Drinkhill, Ed White, British Heart Foundaion (Dec 2016), £217,223
Adrian Goldman, Royal Society (Dec 2016), £82,999
Lisa Roberts, Alex Breeze, Brendan Davies, Timothy Devinney, Oliver Harlen, Joseph Holden, Anthea Hucklesby, Pamela Jones, Philip Mellor, RCUK (Nov 2016), £484,172
Lisa Roberts, Alex Breeze, Brendan Davies, Timothy Devinney, Oliver Harlen, Joseph Holden, Anthea Hucklesby, Pamela Jones, Philip Mellor, Wellcome Trust (Nov 2016), £119,343
Katie Field, Rank Prize Funds (Nov 2016), £20,000
Jessica Kwok, Royal Society (Nov 2016), £14,948
John Ladbury, Cancer Research UK (Oct 2016), £4,250
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University of Leeds ecologist and PhD student Ute Bradter has snapped up first prize - worth £750 - in this year's British Ecological Society's photographic competition.
Mosquitoes with the potential to carry diseases lethal to many unique species of Galapagos wildlife are being regularly introduced to the islands via aircraft, according to new research published today.
Scientists at the University of Leeds have been awarded £184,000 by the British Heart Foundation to continue efforts to find a cure for heart disease.
Scientists at Leeds and Bradford have discovered a unique 'DNA signature' in human sperm, which may act as a key that unlocks an egg's fertility and triggers new life.
A major University of Leeds initiative has joined forces with two leading African scientific organisations and is working to improve human health and prevent future food crises in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr Adrian Whitehouse has been selected as one of only 16 bioscience researchers across the UK to receive a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) fellowship.
Scientists are to study a group of proteins that are highly effective at killing bacteria and which could hold the key to developing new types of antibiotics.
Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, according to new research at the University of Leeds
Dr Mathias Dutschmann (IMSB, Senior Lecturer) has been appointed to serve on the Scientific Review Board (SRB) of the International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) for a three year term.
Leeds' Faculty of Biological Sciences has consolidated its place amongst the UK elite according to the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) figures.
Dr Stan White has been appointed to the Grants and Fellowships committees of Kidney Research UK (KRUK). Kidney Research UK is the leading UK charity funding research that focuses on the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease.
The audience at today's 'Celebrating the Games' lecture heard from Dr Ed Coats how he and his teamates - James Cracknell and Ben Fogle - are preparing to test this limits of human endurance in the most inhospitable continent on earth: the Antarctic.
Dr Bill Hughes of the University of Leeds'Faculty of Biological Sciences has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Zoology. These prizes, worth £70,000, are awarded to scholars under the age of 36 who are judged to be outstanding in their field.
England?s top rugby league players are being exposed to an Australian-style climate at the University of Leeds ahead of this month?s forthcoming Rugby League World Cup 2008, which kicks off on 25 October.
Bioscience Horizons, the Leeds-sponsored journal showcasing the best undergraduate bioscience research has been awarded a Highly Commended certificate by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) for publishing innovation.
One of the smallest seals - the Caspian - has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of extinction.
Testing for diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis could soon be as simple as using a pregnancy testing kit.
A study has proved that red squirrels can and do make use of special crossings set up over busy roads.
Scientists at the University of Leeds are on the look out for willing volunteers who could provide a home for a dying breed of aquatic invertebrates.
A new course to help lawyers tackle difficult decisions about when and how to challenge DNA evidence presented in the courtroom is being launched at the University of Leeds.
The UK-China Membrane Biology Initiative led by the University of Leeds recently celebrated its first birthday by successfully hosting the 2nd international symposium on "Membrane Biology: Structure, Signalling and Neuroscience" at the University of Leeds
Leeds Alumnus Peter Hudson has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Peter is now Willaman Chair in Biology, Director of Life Sciences, at our WUN partner Pennsylvania State University
The University of Leeds Transformation Fund will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This week sees the launch of Bioscience Horizons, a unique peer-reviewed journal comprising entirely of the very best undergraduate bioscience research in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
A new 15 million Euro project led by the University of Leeds aims to find novel treatments for many human diseases by bringing together the leading European experts in membrane proteins.
A tiny pest that threatens the staple diet of millions in Africa could soon be eradicated in a project announced today that brings together plant experts from Leeds and Uganda.
Expertise from across the University of Leeds is to be channelled into a new research centre that aims to progress the understanding, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
The full weight of a consortium of world-leading scientists - including those who helped decode the entire human genome - is being thrown at the potato worm.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur has hosted a visit from members of Zhejiang University, one of the largest and most highly-regarded universities in China.
The annual Crisp Lecture in Neuroscience or Neurology was delivered on 29th October 2007 by John Hardy, Professor of Neuroscience at University College London.
One of the UK's most successful academic entrepreneurs has teamed up with the University of Leeds to offer outsourced research and development in membrane biology to pharmaceutical, biotech and agrochemical companies.
Back pain is Britain's leading cause of time off work, with an estimated eight out of 10 people suffering at some point in their lives.
A scientist at Leeds whose research is challenging conventional thinking on how the cholesterol-reducing drugs statins benefit cardiac patients, has secured funding to further investigate her findings.
The onset of a new Leeds-China collaborative initiative in membrane and neurobiology was marked by a joint symposium on 'Membrane Biology: Structure, Signalling and Neuroscience', held at Beijing (Peking) University between May 18th and 20th, 2007
The Skin Research Centre at the University of Leeds, which has led the way in the treatment of acne, eczema and other skin conditions, is the only University skin microbiology laboratory in the UK to receive the international quality standard ISO 17025.
Stan has been invited to give a symposium lecture at the Renal Association Annual Conference in Brighton May 21st-23rd.
The Institute held its First Research Symposium on 27th February, which had research talks and poster presentations by institute members
Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a mechanism to prevent a potentially fatal heart condition that can strike without warning.
American Physiology Society Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section Honor Award for 2008
Stefan Kepinski has been awarded the Society for Experimental Biology President's Medal for Plant Biology for 2007
Dr. Chris Baylis has been named the 2007 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.
Professor Brian Whipp (Cardiovascular and SES) has been named as the American College of Chest Physicians: Distinguished Scientist Honor Lecturer 2007.
A special symposium was held on Monday 5th of March to mark the establishment of the first virtual-laboratory between Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (Beijing) and the Centre for Plant Sciences.
The IMSB will be celebrating its official opening with an inaugural symposium on Tuesday 27th Feb.
There will soon be no more bitter pills to swallow, thanks to new research by Leeds scientists: a spoonful of sugar will be all we need for our bodies to make their own medicine.
Dr Sue Deuchars (IMSB) was featured in an article from the Times Higher Education Supplement (Jan 12, 2006) discussing the role of Research Fellows and the public understanding of science.
Life-saving surgery using novel human tissue products developed in the University of Leeds moved a step nearer today.
The Amit Mehta prize will 'recognise students who have shown determination, resilience and humour in overcoming adversity and disability'.
Leeds scientists are starting the search for a new weapon in the fight against foot and mouth disease (FMD).
A University of Leeds team mows away to win the Bioscience Young Entrepreneurs Scheme 2006.
Dr Ian Wood (IMSB) has been appointed to the Genes Theme Panels for the Biochemical Society.
Dr Jonathan Wood (Leeds 2002) won the coveted FameLab, a national competition run by Channel 4 and The Telegraph to find the science communicators of the future.
Professor Jens Krause (IICB) has just published a new book entitled Fish Cognition and Behavior.
Dr Mohamed Dawo, from the Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, has been invited to the International Council for Science to review issues relating to Africa.
Stephen Gilbert, a 1st year PhD student in the IMSB, was interviewed for a feature about his work on computational modelling of the heart.
One of the Featured Presentations for the Ion Channels session of Discovery on Target 2006 will be from Professor David Beech, IMSB Research Director.
Work by Dr Simon Goodman on the ecology of the Galapagos Archipelagos is featured in a news article in Science
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the largest investor in research for the Faculty, awarding a total of 25 grants to the value of £4.82 million for the academic year 2005-2006.
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology: The Proteolysis Research Group led by Professor Nigel Hooper has had several publications accepted this summer.
A historic agreement has been signed in Beijing by Faculty's Pro-Dean of Research Professor Phil Gilmartin and his Chinese counterpart Professor Yongbiao Xue to setup the first virtual laboratory between Leeds and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Postdocs from the Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology attended the first ever PostDoc Away Day, an initiative setup to give postdocs the opportunity to meet each other, present their research and share ideas.
Mary Phillips-Jones (Astbury Centre) is the organiser of a symposium entitled "Imaging microbial systems: from whole micro-organism to single molecules" at the September meeting of the Society for General Microbiology.
Michael Walker has won third prize for his talk at the recent Integrative Physiology Post-Graduate Conference
3 PhD students from Leeds presented posters at SET for Bioscience in the House of Commons.
Simon Goodman has been awarded two Darwin Initiative grants.
Dr Harry Rossiter will be co-chairing a symposium with Dr Russell Hepple at the 2006 Experimental Biology Annual Conference
Sandra Jones was invited to give a talk at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Dr Harry Rossiter and Dr Stephen garland of The English Institute of Sport comment on race strategy for the Oxford, Cambridge Boat Race
Sue Ward and Brian Whipp are co-organisers of the European Respiratory Society School Course
Alison Dunn was part of a successful National Science Foundation application.
Alison Dunn and her colleagues have had their work on Microsporidia featured in Planet Earth, NERC's quarterly magazine
Emeritus Professor Mike Forbes had edited a new book on ruminant digestion and metabolism.
Stephen Compton has just had a small parasitic wasp named after him.
CRISTAL hosted the annual meeting of the Northern Cardiovascular Research Group.
Robert Ker was Keynote Speaker at the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues
Dr Harry Rossiter has been awarded Fellowship of the American College of Sports Medicine
Tim Benton, Steve Sait and Bill Kunin have received funding from Rural Economy and Land Use.
Martin Richards recently talked to BBC Radio 4's Analysis.
Simon Goodman has been awarded a grant of US$90,000 from Agip-KCO.
Professor Sue Ward has recently been appointed to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK: Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Panel of Advisors
Joanne Tipper has been invited to join the EPSRC peer review college (2006?2009).
Jens Krause and Darren Croft have recently signed a new book contract ..
Simon Goodman recently gave an invited presentation at the 22nd Symposium of the Society of Population Ecology
Nigel Hooper has been appointed to the MRC New Investigator Award panel.
Dave Westhead has recently been appointed to serve on the BBSRC?s Biomolecular Sciences (BMS) panel.
Alison Ashcroft sat on the BBSRC?s Research Equipment Initiative Panel in October 2005.
Dennis Wray was an invited speaker and chairman of a session
Paul Knox has been promoted to a chair in Plant Cell Biology with effect from 1 August 2005.
Judith Smith has been promoted to a chair in Parasitology, with effect from 1 August 2005.
The Committee on Readerships has conferred the title and status of Reader upon ...
Mary Phillips-Jones (Structural Biology) and Sreenivasan (Vas) Ponnambalam (Molecular Cell Biology) have both been promoted to Senior Lecturer, with effect from 1 August 2005.
Dr Sue Deuchars has been appointed Academic Fellow in FBS. This position is highly appropriate for Sue?s internationally competitive research portfolio
Jim Deuchars has been appointed Professor of Systems Neuroscience. This promotion reflects the esteem in which Jim is held nationally and internationally, and is also recognition of his excellent work for Leeds.
Congratulations to Sheena Radford in being awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Peptides and Proteins for her "outstanding contributions to the understanding of protein folding mechanisms .."
Review lecture: ?New insights into the pathophysiology of renal control of acid-base balance"
Michelle Peckham has been appointed as the Faculty Director of Research Training. She will have responsibility for generic skills training for PhD students and post docs across the Faculty.
Tony Turner is the first recipient of a new award of the Biochemical Society for distinguished service to biochemistry and to the Society.
David Westhead has been awarded a three year Research Development Fellowship by the BBSRC to continue working in the area of molecular networks in plants and parasites.
Alison Baker has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for 12 months on 'Chemical genetics and peroxisome protein traffic'
Young Investigator Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Aadil El-Turabi has recently been awarded a Bioscience Yorkshire Enterprise Fellowship to further his research into Immunisation and was featured in a Yorkshire Post article on 26 April 2005
Global food demand is expected to double by 2050, but how do we reconcile the need for increased agricultural production with the conservation of biodiversity?
Research at Leeds investigates the impact of icebreakers on Caspian seal pup development.
New research led by Dr Eleftheria Pervolaraki has identified the critical time for heart development.
The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society is hosting a talk by Prof. Eric Blair on "The science of three-person babies" on Thursday 19 October at 7.30 pm in University House. The lecture is open to all, free and does not require a ticket. Tea and bi
Short bouts of interval exercise may be most beneficial for older women at increased risk of heart-related illness, according to new University of Leeds research.
A research team led by Prof Dave Rowlands has developed a groundbreaking vaccine against poliovirus using plants.
The award honours the Society’s distinguished members who demonstrated excellence in science.
Research by Dr Simon Goodman shows how large the effect of human activity has been on the Caspian Seal.
Professor Miller has demonstrated a weanling pig feed formulation which avoids the use of antibiotics.
The Ponnambalam laboratory undertakes research relating to cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Professor John Altringham's research on the conservation of bat species has promoted the need for evidence based conservation practices