Joshua Western is the 2022 H.E. Woodman Prize runner-up
Congratulations to Joshua Western on being the runner-up for the 2022 H.E. Woodman Prize
The H.E. Woodman Prize –in memory of H. E. Woodman, M.A., Reader in Animal Nutrition— rewards the best PhD or M.Phil. thesis submitted to the University of Cambridge relevant to the chemistry of foods. The Prize is awarded...
Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
The yellow fever mosquito ( Aedes aegypti ) has evolved to become an efficient vector for arboviruses, but the mechanisms of host-pathogen tolerance are unknown. The findings in this recent study thus explain how upregulation of Spz1C in the midgut and Toll5A in the salivary gland shape the concomitant immune response.
£19 million to investigate bold ideas in bioscience research
Five world-class teams are set to receive a total of over £19 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to support adventurous research aimed at tackling significant fundamental questions in bioscience.
The Dupree Group and their collaborators have identified genes that regulate the properties of pectin, with their mutants causing pectin to gel as jam in the plant cell wall.
