Research news

Prof David Evans awarded visiting fellowship by the Universite Clermont Auvergne, France
Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:26:15 GMT
Prof David Evans has been awarded a visiting fellowship by the Universite Clermont Auvergne, France under their WoW (Wide Open to the World) scheme. The year-long award will allow David to develop the research partnership between plant cell biologists at Oxford Brookes and UCA and will focus on the significance of their research on the plant nuclear envelope for agriculture and food security.
Gender Issues in Business Schools (GIBS) Network - Workshop
Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:25:25 GMT
Delegates from across the UK and Ireland, and as far afield as India, met at Oxford Brookes in early September for the second Gender Issues in Business Schools (GIBS) Network event. Run this year by the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice in the Business School, this followed up on the highly successful inauguration of the Network at Newcastle University in 2018. The network was established to allow PhD students and early career researchers a space to present and discuss their work, though welcomes academics at every level.
Special Issue on Methods in Molecular Biology on Plant Meiosis
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:37:42 GMT
This special issue includes plenty of articles that include members of the INDEPTH consortium.
Oxford Brookes working with Action for M.E. to involve young people in NICE guideline development
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:10:43 GMT
The Oxford Clinical Allied Technology and Trial Services (OxCATTS) Unit based at Oxford Brookes University is working with Action for M.E. to help develop NICE’s new guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
Research team wins award to commercialise oral drug delivery technology
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:45:54 GMT
Oxford Brookes University has won its first funding award for a project which will market-validate a technology which enables injection-only pharmaceutical drugs to be formulated into pills for oral dosage.
Most Innovative Paper Award
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:26:25 GMT
Many congratulations to Jeff Waistell for his 'Most Innovative Paper Award', which he received at the Academy of Management in Boston. The prize was given for his paper 'The salience of silence: the silence of salience' in the Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion (see https://lnkd.in/e_-DNXD). We're really proud to see that Jeff's research is internationally recognised as innovative
Good Money after Bad?
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:01:02 GMT
Dr Lawrence Haar, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Petroleum Market expert has recently appeared in Regulation, the journal of the CATO Institute in Washing, D.C. on the very timely topic of energy security.
£1.2 million funding announced for AI and Data Analysis project to boost local economy
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:36:07 GMT
Oxford Brookes University will receive a share of £20 million from the UK government to help stimulate growth in the local economy, it has been announced today (Friday 20 September).
The genetics of male genital evolution unraveled: the tartan gene underlies differences in the size of genitalia between species
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:08:45 GMT
Scientists at Oxford Brookes University have discovered a gene that contributes to differences in the size of male genitalia between different species of flies.
Oxford Brookes Professor of Biodiversity Conservation takes project students to the Greater Mara ecosystem (GME), Kenya, to assist in a long term project assessing the viability of wildlife conservancies.
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:02:10 GMT
Professor of Biodiversity Conservation takes project students to the Greater Mara ecosystem (GME), Kenya, to assist in a long term project assessing the viability of wildlife conservancies.

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