Launch of Biodiscovery Institute: celebrating our research and wonderful people
August 25, 2021
By Professor Chris Denning The University of Nottingham’s Biodiscovery Institute officially opens on Monday 6 September, when Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West will welcome around 100 guests including senior leaders from industry, funding bodies and government. We are honoured that Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council Professor Fiona Watt will formally open the institute and …
Our gradual and careful approach for research as restrictions are lifted
July 30, 2021
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner We are reviewing our research activities following the lifting of Covid restrictions by the government. This will be a careful and gradual approach, ensuring your wellbeing remains our first priority. We continue to work very closely with public health officials, and our estates and health and safety teams are …
Why does a chromosome have a coat?
July 29, 2021
Prestigious funding awards are helping Nottingham Research Fellow Dr Dan Booth reveal the link between cell defects and diseases such as cancer My research is focused on cell division, more specifically – how cells equally divide their chromosomes. This work is important because errors in this process can result in some cells having extra chromosomes …
Dame Jessica becomes Registrar at the Academy of Medical Sciences
July 1, 2021
Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, has been announced as Registrar at the Academy of Medical Sciences. Dame Jessica will oversee the academy’s fellowship election, which recognises individuals who make exceptional contributions to the medical sciences, either in the form of original discovery or of sustained contributions to scholarship. The Academy …
Next steps in research strategy consultation, and tackling climate change
June 28, 2021
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner Research strategy consultation We continue to make good progress towards developing the university’s new research strategy. We are reviewing your inputs into the green paper consultation and conversations at a series of faculty-led town halls (responses from 1,600 colleagues and around 500 attendees). Your insights are helping to identify …
Frontier research for growth and recovery: our vision for Digital Nottingham
Guest blog by Professor John Gathergood Technology-driven radical transformations in the economy and society, propelled forward by the Covid-19 pandemic, are changing the ways we work and live. At the same time, so is our understanding of the role of places, people and partnerships to deliver growth and change. Central to this transformation is the …
Trio of success for healthcare technologies networks
June 1, 2021
The university has been awarded three new Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) healthcare technologies NetworkPlus grants. The scheme supports interdisciplinary research networks working to deliver the science needed to transform healthcare. Steve Morgan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and co-director of the university’s Centre for Healthcare Technologies, is delighted that Nottingham was awarded three of the …
Research strategy consultation and town halls: your wonderful response
May 28, 2021
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner Our consultation on the development of the University’s new research strategy is having a wonderful response. More than 1,600 colleagues provided us with feedback on the green paper consultation, and around 500 of you attended virtual town halls, where we updated you on the consultation to date and discussed …
New publishing opportunities for researchers
May 25, 2021
Guest blog by Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian, Faculty of Social Sciences A quiet revolution is unfolding in how research is published and consumed. Publisher by publisher, new articles are appearing by virtue of a novel business model. Steered by Plan S, which crystallises funders’ resolve to share research widely and quickly, the university is signing up to more …
Doctoral training at Nottingham: do you have a passion for using imaging to transform medical diagnosis and personalised health treatment?
May 24, 2021
The University of Nottingham-University of Queensland doctoral training programme The University of Nottingham, in partnership with The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is inviting applications to join a doctoral training programme (DTP) dedicated to transforming healthcare by delivering the next generation of biomedical imaging. The two successful UK candidates will join a cohort of eight …
