RRI team update

RRI Post Doctoral Researchers gain University Presidential Fellowships. Dr Barbara Ribeiro Dr Robert Meckin took up his fellowship in the School of Social Sciences in September to work on two research themes concerned with research methodology and technology. The SYNBIOCHEM Centre welcomes 2 new...

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Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub

The University of Manchester has been awarded £10 million from UKRI (EPSRC/BBSRC) for a UK-wide biomanufacturing research hub that could pave the way for easier and quicker ways to make new medicines and sustainable energy solutions. The Future BRH  led by Professor Nigel, based at...

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Metabolic Perceptrons for Neural Computing in Biological Systems

Tremendous progress has recently been made in machine learning including deep learning such that machine learning is now used in many tasks that affect our daily life and is currently making strives regarding our health. Yet, little has been done to interface machine learning with biological...

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SYNBITECH2019

Building a multibillion-dollarsynthetic biology industry. Engineering the future with Synthetic Biology. Currently a multi-million dollar industry set to be come a multi-billion dollar industry. The leading synthetic biology conference of 2019 is taking place in London, UK. A diverse panel of...

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New partnership with SynbiCITE

SynbiCITE launches new five-year strategy. Dedicated to promoting the adoption and use of synthetic biology by industry, SynbiCITE has announded the launch of a new 5-year strategy underpinned by a new £5M grant from UK Research and Innovation and other sources. SynbiCITE 2.0 aims to expand and...

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Responsible Research and Innovation – A Manchester Perspective.

What is Responsible Research and Innovation? Barbara Ribeiro and Philip Shapira have written a short briefing paper that provides an overview of responsible research and innovation (RRI), with concise highlights about principles of responsibility, the emergence of RRI in the UK and Europe, the...

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