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| Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1UH, UK Map | ||
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| Web:http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/ | ||
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| Dr Monica Winstanley | ||
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The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the leading funding agency for academic research and training in the biosciences at universities and institutes throughout the UK.
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| The mission of the BBSRC is: - to promote and support, by any means, high-quality basic, strategic and applied research and related post-graduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems - to advance knowledge and technology (including the promotion and support of the exploitation of research outcomes), and provide trained scientists and engineers, which meet the needs of users and beneficiaries (including the agriculture, bioprocessing, chemical, food, healthcare, pharmaceutical and other biotechnological related industries), thereby contributing to the economic competitiveness of the United Kingdom and the quality of life - in relation to the activities as engaged in by the Council (see above) and is such manner as the Council may see fit: - to generate public awareness; - to communicate research outcomes; - to encourage public engagement and dialogue; - to disseminate knowledge; and - to provide advice BBSRC receives most of its money through the Government's Office of Science and Technology. It is one of seven research councils in the UK. The research that we fund aims to improve our understanding of living organisms and biological systems in seven major areas: Agri-food Animal sciences Biochemistry and cell biology Biomolecular sciences Engineering and biological systems Genes and developmental biology Plant and microbial sciences Research funded by BBSRC furthers our understanding of processes at the level of molecules and cells, as well as improving our knowledge of how whole organisms work, and how they interact with each other in populations and ecological systems. |
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