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MIB has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of its sustained and outstanding work in the area of Industrial Biotechnology. The Prize is the highest national honour awarded in UK further and higher education, and recognises the MIB’s leading...

Under the supervision of Future BRH scientist Professor Eriko Takano, The University of Manchester’s iGEM team recently won a gold medal for their achievements at this year’s Giant Jamboree in Boston. The team created genetically engineered bacteria for a novel hair...

Future BRH researchers from The University of Manchester, supported by the prestigious US-based international maritime research agency Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG), is using synthetic biology to help identify a more efficient and sustainable method to make...

A key aspiration of the Future BRH is to work with SMEs to evaluate and develop innovative technologies towards biomanufacturing applications. With this goal in  mind, Research Fellows Dr Itziar Penafiel and Dr Sebastian Cosgrove have started a collaborative project...

The Future BRH is delighted to be co-hosting KTN’s Bioplastics Workshop at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology on 26 November.  The workshop titled New functional materials as alternatives to short lived plastics used in construction and horticulture, aims to...

We are pleased to announce that two new Future BRH Research fellow positions have now been advertised.  These 2 new positions (based at The University of Manchester) will work closely with the Spoke institutions (particularly UCL and Nottingham): Position 1: Upstream...

A team from The University of Manchester, led by Future BRH and SYNBIOCHEM scientist Professor Eriko Takano,  have engineered a common gut bacterium to produce a new class of antibiotics by using robotics. These antibiotics, known as class II polyketides, are also...

At Future BRH we are currently advertising for two Research Fellows to work on Techno-Economic Analysis/Life Cycle analysis and fermentation/process scale-up, based at the MIB, University of Manchester. To find out more and apply, please...

We are pleased to announce that two new Future BRH Research Fellow positions have now been advertised. The positions are based at University College London's Department of Biochemical Engineering, a key spoke of the Future BRH.  To read more and apply, please see the...

To mark the launch of the Future BRH, a two day event was held at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology on 19 and 20 June. The event was attended by over 150 leading academics and business leaders, plus regional and national policymakers to help map out a shared...