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We have strengthened our alliance with Biosciences east and central Africa (BecA) to maximise the impact of our cutting edge science in Africa and to build capacity in the Nairobi-based research hub by supporting African scientists to find scientific solutions to African food security challenges
Read the storyThe scientists who recently identified dramatic changes in yellow rust populations affecting wheat in the UK, have just been awarded £1.2 million to develop a new, quicker, cheaper version of their field–based diagnostic tool
Read the storyJim O'Neill's call for a global innovation fund to revitalise the discovery of new antibiotics could not be more timely
Read the storyHow a plant grows is influenced by nutrient transporter patterns on its roots
Read the storyScientists are collaborating with researchers in India on projects designed to enhance and safeguard food production overseas and in the UK
Read the storyScientists collaborating on ash dieback research can reveal the first genetic clues that could help them identify and breed trees tolerant to the disease
Read the storyFour PhD students appointed in India, Kenya and Ethiopia, will contribute to £1.4 million research to combat wheat stripe rust
Read the storyThe first sequence data for a survivor of the ash dieback epidemic has been made available by scientists from The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) as part of a research collaboration led by the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory
Read the storyA compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way
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