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Celebrating ten years of translational neuroscience

Our Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) is unlike any other in the world. Join us as we take a look back at a decade of advances in neuroscience and look forward to the future of our research.

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Covid-19: our research and innovation

We're helping the national and global effort through crucial research, innovation and collaborations.

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News

18 November 2020

Mapping how Covid-19 spreads and evolves

Our researchers are working with partners in the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium to map how Covid-19 spreads and evolves. A £12.2 million funding boost will help increase genome sequencing capacity across the national network.

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24 November 2020

Next generation of autonomy inspired by insects

Our engineers are redefining how autonomous systems are built. Inspired by the brains of insects, new solutions for autonomy can mimic tasks such as seeing, sensing objects and navigating.

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20 November 2020

Scientists and food historians collaborate to revive and grow extinct varieties of rice

Historians and plant scientists at our Institute for Sustainable Food are developing types of rice that can thrive in an increasingly extreme modern climate while delivering the high yields and nutrients required by an ever-expanding population.

18 November 2020

Where is the dignity in justice?

When someone is arrested and detained by the police they are innocent until proven guilty, but are they always treated that way? Here's how our researchers have been helping to improve police custody practices.

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