International news Back to 'International' Birmingham professor awarded Weizmann Institute joint programme grant DescriptionProfessor Dirk-Peter Herten at the ICVS has received the Weizmann-UK Joint Research Programme Award to improve spatial resolution and quantitative assessment of fluorescently labelled proteins in cellsDate:03/06/2020 COVID-19 patients who undergo surgery are at increased risk of postoperative death – global study DescriptionPatients undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at greatly increased risk of postoperative death,a new global study published in The Lancet reveals.Date:29/05/2020 Birmingham researcher wins Programme Grant from the National Institutes of Health DescriptionDr Neil Morgan has been awarded a (Multi PI) R01 Programme Grant from the National Institutes of Health (USA) to research the role of the SLFN14 gene in megakaryopoiesis and platelet development.Date:26/05/2020 High doses of vitamin D supplementation has no benefit in preventing or treating COVID-19 DescriptionScientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation.Date:21/05/2020 Global webinar launch – 'Living with the Pandemic in LMICs' DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham experts will discuss how research can help people living in Low- and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) to stay safe during the current coronavirus pandemic in the first of a new webinar series.Date:19/05/2020 Birmingham epilepsy researcher secures prestigious fellowship DescriptionDr Wessel Woldman, Research Fellow from the Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine at the University of Birmingham has been appointed an Emerging Leader Fellowship from Epilepsy Research UK.Date:19/05/2020 COVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide DescriptionOver 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new study reveals.Date:15/05/2020 Researchers launch race to develop sustainable COVID-19 vaccine delivery DescriptionScientists are launching a major new research project in India that will help to engineer an efficient and sustainable delivery mechanism – ready to get an eventual COVID-19 vaccine to billions of people.Date:07/05/2020 Data scientists' global battle to create air quality forecast solution in Uganda DescriptionData scientists are taking part in a global competition to create a computer process that will accurately predict air quality in Uganda.Date:30/04/2020 Chinese partners send protective gear to help Birmingham's COVID battle DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham partners across China have joined forces to send protective equipment that medical and care staff in the West Midlands can use in the ongoing battle against coronavirus.Date:23/04/2020 Displaying 1 to 10 of 729 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next