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Oxford Brookes Bioimaging scientists help train African students and researcher in Ghana
Oxford Brookes Bioimaging scientists are in Accra, Ghana at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) helping to run a course on the modern technologies used to investigate the biology of infectious diseases.
Applications for the 4th STSM call are Open!
We are delighted to announce the opening of the 4th call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) of the COST Action INDEPTH: Impact on Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plants Traits.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone in the INDEPTH consortium! We wish for exciting discoveries in 2019 and beyond!
More new spaces open in Sinclair as building nears completion
The refurbishment of Sinclair moved a step closer towards completion this week as the newly completed fourth floor opened.
Chancellor Dame Katherine Grainger PhD explores innovative research on visit to Oxford Brookes University
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Dame Katherine Grainger met with researchers on Wednesday 12 December 2018, as part of her visit to the redeveloped Sinclair building, which is home to the University’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Headington Campus.
Conference Travel Opportunities for INDEPTH members
The INDEPTH core group of workgroup leaders are planning the budget for the period between April 2019 and April 2020. There are a number of opportunities for INDEPTH members to be helped with supporting the attendance of relevant conferences in which they advertise conference activities.
Open Access INDEPTH Publication on wheat disease resistance
INDEPTH members Tzion Fahima and Tamar Krugman are authors on an open access publication entitled 'Cloning of the wheat Yr15 resistance gene sheds light on the plant tandem kinase-pseudokinase family'
Mosquito DNA sequence discovered in the fight against deadly viruses
New research conducted at Oxford Brookes has increased our understanding of the genetic makeup of mosquitos and could help tackle the global issue of the insect infecting tens of millions of people each year.
Professor Nicky Ragge features on Australia’s national radio
An Oxford Brookes professor has been interviewed as part of ‘The Science Show’ on ABC Radio National, Australia’s national broadcaster.
Royal Microscopical Society: Botanical Meeting
The 11th running of the International Botanical Meeting will in 2019 be held in the new lecture/conference facilities at Oxford Brookes University.

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