METRC built up links with the non-food crop industry this week by attending a National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) and N8 Research Partnership event in York.  Called “Broadening Horizons: Finding Industrial Research Partnerships”, the event brought together non-food crop companies and academia to encourage collaboration. For more details about the event and copies of the […]

A portal to help researchers and businesses find funding for knowledge transfer opportunities has been launched. Research Councils UK have created a ‘one-stop-shop’ which gives details of all seven research councils’ knowledge transfer schemes and activities and how to get involved. The activities are divided into four areas: Collaborative Research; Collaborative Training; People Exchange; and […]

Last week METRC made links with over 100 companies and organisations interested in nanotechnology at nano tech 2009 in Japan. nano tech 2009 is the largest nanotechnology trade show & conference in the world and is held annually in Tokyo. Now in its eighth year, the exhibition has grown to be a global centre of […]

In conjunction with Olympus UK, the Sorby Nano Investigation Centre will be hosting a two day event on Tuesday March 3 and Wednesday March 4 which will allow you to analyse your samples with the latest Olympus materials and biological microscopes. These include: LEXT: the latest materials scanning laser confocal microscope which explores the limits […]

£82m in grants to train Britain’s future scientists and engineers has been announced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs), awarded to 45 universities and higher education institutions, will generate over 1200 PhD students. DTGs provide a flexible block of funding that allows universities to recruit students who meet […]