Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Research Grants
Award winner: Sue Hartley
Institution: University of York
Value: £313,008
Establishing biofumigation as a sustainable replacement to pesticides for control of soilborne pests and pathogens in potato and horticultural crops
Award winner: Andreas Prokop
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £404,644
Understanding microtubule regulation during the making and maintenance of axons
Medical Research Council
Award winner: Catherine Berry
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £81,344
The MA3RS trial: magnetic resonance imaging using ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide to predict clinical outcome in patients under surveillance for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Health Foundation
Clinician Scientist Fellowships
Award winner: Estee Torok
Institution: University of Cambridge
Value: £750,000
Interpreting information about the genomes of bacteria to improve understanding of the diseases they cause and how best to treat them
Award winner: Rina Dutta
Institution: King's College London
Value: £750,000
Examining electronic patient records to identify warning signs that may allow healthcare professionals to intervene before a serious suicide attempt is made
Leverhulme Trust
International Network Grants
Sciences
Award winner: Robert Ryan
Institution: University of Dundee
Value: £97,000
Understanding bacterial cell-cell signalling as a route to control disease of rice
Research Project Grants
Sciences
Award winner: David Clary
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £131,003
Calculation of rates of chemical reactions
Award winner: Cristian Capelli
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £177,880
The genetic landscape of southern Africa human populations
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Major Research Fellowship
Award winner Catherine Maxwell
Institution Queen Mary University of London
Value £105,812
Scents and sensibility: perfume in Victorian literary culture
"Smell's evocative capacity, its connection to atmosphere and memory, make it a potent means of registering the particularity of a historical and cultural moment," writes Catherine Maxwell in the Leverhulme Trust newsletter. …
