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9 March 2023

Sheffield students win gold at international iGEM competition

Students from The University of Sheffield were awarded a gold medal for project excellence as part of the iGEM competition.

27 February 2023

Use of algae towards sustainable fertiliser supply detailed in new research

Research into algae that could support the sustainable production of biofertilisers has been published by Sheffield researchers.

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15 February 2023

New publication on improving the manufacturability of mRNA biologics

Dr Alison Nwokeoji and co. have developed a strategy to synthesise and cap mRNA to simplify large-scale production processes of these messenger RNA biologics and the related manufacturing costs, detailed in a new paper in ACS Synthetic Biology.