Department of Life Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 1992 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2023 2029

• 68 Active
• 1075 Finished

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  Other countries partnering award, Canada; Common Genomics Platfomrs for Oat Breeding

  Langdon, T. (PI) & Vickerstaff, R. J. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  27 Jul 2015 → 26 Jul 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Chromosome 100%
  • Hexaploidy 91%
  • Species 88%
  • Oat 80%
  • Avena 68%

• Greener than Grass

  Hodgson, E. (PI)

  Energy Technology Institute (ETI)

  01 Jul 2015 → 31 Dec 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Water Energy Food; Vaccinating the nexus

  Kemp, P. (PI), Purdy, S. (PI), Acuto, M. (CoI), Di Lorenzo, M. (CoI), Larcom, S. (CoI), Lumbroso, D. (CoI), McCalmont, J. (CoI), Owen, M. (CoI) & Yu, D. (CoI)

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  01 Jul 2015 → 31 May 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Maize 100%
  • Water 100%
  • Food Energy 100%
  • Food 100%
  • Carbohydrates 87%

• BEACON Plus

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Welsh European Funding Office

  01 Jul 2015 → 31 Dec 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Kelp 100%
  • Materials 77%
  • Sugars 66%
  • Biomass 44%
  • Seawater 44%

• Establishing the relationship between upland pony herds in Wales

  McMahon, R. (PI)

  The Welsh Pony and Cob Society

  01 Jul 2015 → 31 Jul 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Biorefinery process improvement

  Winters, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Jul 2015 → 31 Oct 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Enhancing agriculture productivity and ecosystem resilience in multifunctional landscapes, CLUSTER, Fellow

  Marley, C. (PI), Smith, A. (PI), Carter, E. (CoI), Davies, G. (CoI), Davies, A. (CoI), Ford, H. (CoI), Healey, J. (CoI), Jones, G. (CoI), MacKintosh, S. (CoI), Markesteijn, L. (CoI), Morgan, C. (CoI), Nouvet, S. (CoI), Owen, R. (CoI), Owen, A. (CoI), Pagella, T. (CoI), Rayment, M. (CoI), Robinson, D. (CoI) & Tansey, C. (CoI)

  Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Cymru ar Ynni Carbon Isel a'r Amgylchedd | Low Carbon Energy and Environment Research Network Wales

  26 Jun 2015 → 31 Dec 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Agricultural Productivity 100%
  • Shelterbelt 33%
  • Greenhouse Gas 33%
  • Animal Behavior 33%

• A climate smart strategy for grassland design to safeguard forage production throughy resilience to multiple stresses amd to mitigate extreme weather events, CLUSTER, Fellow

  Jones, D. L. (PI), Kingston-Smith, A. (PI), Chadwick, D. (CoI), Doonan, J. (CoI), Gwynn-Jones, D. (CoI), Hayes, F. (CoI), Hill, P. (CoI), Jackson, C. (CoI), Robinson, D. (CoI), Scullion, J. (CoI), Wang, J. (CoI) & Zang, H. (CoI)

  Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Cymru ar Ynni Carbon Isel a'r Amgylchedd | Low Carbon Energy and Environment Research Network Wales

  25 Jun 2015 → 31 Dec 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Grassland 100%
  • Policymakers 100%
  • Ecosystem Service 50%
  • Grassland Ecosystem 50%
  • Soil Interaction 50%

• 15AGRITECHCAT3 improved crop breeding programmes through advanced pollination control bag materials technology

  Clifton-Brown, J. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  12 Jun 2015 → 11 Dec 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Hybrids 40%
  • Perennials 40%
  • Breeding 38%
  • Materials 36%

• Cleaner Cows, CLUSTER, Fellow

  Gibbons, J. (PI), Moorby, J. (PI), Foskolos, A. (CoI), Keatinge, R. (CoI), Munday, M. (CoI), Soteriades, A. D. (CoI), Styles, D. (CoI) & Wilson, P. (CoI)

  Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Cymru ar Ynni Carbon Isel a'r Amgylchedd | Low Carbon Energy and Environment Research Network Wales

  12 Jun 2015 → 31 Dec 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Life Cycle Assessment 100%
  • United Kingdom 33%
  • Environmental Modeling 33%
  • Animal Husbandry 33%

• Newton Bhabha Phd placement for sabika khatoon

  Brophy, P. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Jun 2015 → 30 Nov 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Characterisation of ex vivo and in vivo genetic profiles of equine endometritis

  Nash, D. (PI)

  Science without borders

  01 Jun 2015 → 31 May 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

• Aphids as agents of disease

  Whitworth, D. (PI)

  Joy Welch Educational Charitable Trust

  01 Jun 2015 → 10 Jul 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Defining microbial and metabolike markers of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  Mur, L. (PI)

  Science without borders

  01 Jun 2015 → 31 May 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

• Pennotec Bio-refining project

  Gallagher, J. (PI)

  Pennotec Ltd

  01 Jun 2015 → 07 Sept 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• FACCE-JPI Knowledge Hub: MACSUR-Partner

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Jun 2015 → 31 May 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Research 51%
  • Grassland 42%
  • Hub 42%
  • Knowledge 42%

• OXYPOL- Optimised laccose systems for bioplastics precursor production from biomass

  Gallagher, J. (PI), Bryant, D. (CoI), Fernandez Fuentes, N. (CoI), Hodgson, E. (CoI) & Winters, A. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Jun 2015 → 31 Aug 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Global Production 100%
  • Building Block 100%
  • Bioplastics 100%
  • Lignin 100%
  • Pulp and Paper Industry 50%

• Bioenergy and Innovation - International Workshops

  Huang, L. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  18 May 2015 → 17 May 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• CLOSED. Roboworm: an automated high content imaging platform for repositioning old drugs as next generation anthelmintics

  Hoffmann, K. (PI)

  Rhwydwaith Gwyddorau Bywyd Cymru | Life Sciences Research Network Wales

  18 May 2015 → 17 May 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• CLOSED. EIT health nutrition and healthy living partnering workshop

  Draper, J. (PI)

  Rhwydwaith Gwyddorau Bywyd Cymru | Life Sciences Research Network Wales

  01 May 2015 → 31 Oct 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Beef lipids project

  Scollan, N. (PI)

  Dovecote Park LTD

  01 May 2015 → 30 Sept 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) production from grass fiber - visiting fellowship

  Ravella, S. R. (PI)

  Stapledon Memorial Trust

  01 May 2015 → 31 Oct 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Comparative metabolic profiling of Phyllanthus emblica and transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana over expressing type III Polyketide synthase

  Mur, L. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Apr 2015 → 28 Feb 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• Improving diagnostic of liver and rumen fluke livestock parasites utilising exosome-like

  Morphew, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Triclabendazole 100%
  • Liver Fluke 83%
  • Diagnosis 81%
  • Parasite (Microbiology) 59%
  • Parasite 59%

• Novel strategies for genetic improvement of disease resistance in perennial ryegrass

  Billings, P. (PI) & Skot, L. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Marker-Assisted Selection 100%
  • Genetics 100%
  • Sugars 92%
  • Grasses 84%
  • Breeding 84%

• BBSRC Embrapa: Using computational novel methods to characterise the genetics of tan spot resistance in wheat

  Camargo-Rodriguez, A. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Senescence 100%
  • Wheat 75%
  • Leaves 75%
  • Parents 50%
  • Genetics 50%

• modified plant saponins for the control of liver fuke in livestock

  Hoffmann, K. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Liver Fluke 100%
  • Fluke 78%
  • Adult 60%
  • Anthelmintic Activity 60%
  • In Vitro 42%

• Using systems biology to improve feed conversion efficiency- INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Apr 2015 → 30 Sept 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

• Prospecting the rumen ecosystem for novel antimicrobials for animal and human health- INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

  Huws, S. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Apr 2015 → 31 Mar 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Antimicrobial Peptides 100%
  • Polypeptide Antibiotic Agent 100%
  • Glycopeptide Antibiotic 50%
  • Microbiome 41%
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa 25%

• Improving models and plant phenotyping for smart agriculture under abiotic stress and co2 (MODCARBOSTRESS)

  Doonan, J. (PI)

  FACCE-JPI

  31 Mar 2015 → 30 Mar 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Grains 100%
  • Wheat 77%
  • Plant 48%
  • Drought 39%
  • Micro-Computed Tomography 36%

• Realtime control of gasifiers to increase tolerance to biomass variety andf reduce emissions

  Donnison, I. (PI), Watson, I. (PI), Bridgwater, A. (CoI), Gilbert, P. (CoI), Hastie, P. M. (CoI), Karimi, N. (CoI), Lea-Langton, A. (CoI), Makkawi, Y. (CoI), Manosh, P. (CoI), Sharp, J. (CoI), Younger, P. (CoI) & Yu, Z. (CoI)

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  02 Mar 2015 → 01 Aug 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Biomass 100%
  • Fits and Tolerances 100%
  • Gasification 80%
  • Hybrid 80%
  • Gasifiers 80%

• Optimising oat yield and quality to deliver sustainable production and economic impact -Opti-Oat

  Howarth, C. (PI) & McWilliam, S. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Mar 2015 → 28 Feb 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Oat 100%
  • Linkage Groups 100%
  • Linkage Disequilibrium 100%
  • Spring 100%
  • Genetic Linkage 100%

• Sonication enhanced recovery of anthocyanins from blackcurrant waste (SERAB)

  Winters, A. (PI)

  FOODWASTENET

  01 Mar 2015 → 31 Aug 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Developing of pearl millet for health benefits for type-2 diabetes- feasibility study of physicochemical properties and genetic enhancement

  Yadav, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Mar 2015 → 31 Aug 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

• Postgraduate Certificate in Industrial Biotechnology: Biomass to Products

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Mar 2015 → 26 Jul 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• Yellow Gold: Innovative systems for sustinable daffodil-derived galanthemine production in the uplands

  Fraser, M. (PI) & Head, S. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Mar 2015 → 31 Oct 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Grazing Land 100%
  • Bulbs 83%
  • Narcissus pseudonarcissus 66%
  • Planting 66%
  • Hills 66%

• Identifying gene regulatory networks associated with response to water stress in Brachiaria nad developing genotype and phenotype ontologies for forage grass species

  Armstead, I. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Mar 2015 → 31 Mar 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Cyberinfrastructure 100%
  • Brachiaria 100%
  • Poaceae 37%
  • Stress 37%
  • Nested Gene 37%

• Immunodynamics and Infectious disease risk in the natural environment

  Jackson, J. (PI)

  Natural Environment Research Council

  16 Feb 2015 → 11 Dec 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• UK-Columbia Joint Centre in Forage Grasses

  Moorby, J. (PI)

  Newton fund

  11 Feb 2015 → 30 Jun 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• Future proofing agricultureal production against environmental change

  Mur, L. (PI)

  Newton fund

  22 Jan 2015 → 31 Mar 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Measurement and analysis of bioenergy greenhouse gases: Integrating GHGs into LCAs and the UK Biomass Value Chain Modelling Environment MAGLUE

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  01 Jan 2015 → 31 Aug 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Coppice 78%
  • Whirl 78%
  • Soil 58%
  • Grassland 47%

• Comparative genomic and physiological analysis of beneficial C4 plant-microbe symbiosis for biological nitrogen fixation, drought tolerance and sustainable agriculture

  Farrar, K. (PI)

  UK Research and Innovation

  01 Jan 2015 → 30 Sept 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

• A partnership to maximise nitrogen use efficicency in crops - visiting fellow Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti

  Mur, L. (PI)

  Newton fund

  01 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

• PinS - Pinitol Isolation from Senna Seeds

  Winters, A. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Jan 2015 → 31 Mar 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Can cyclin dependant kinase activity be manipulated to control chromosome pairing and recombination in plants?

  Doonan, J. (PI), Fernandez Fuentes, N. (CoI) & Jenkins, G. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Jan 2015 → 31 Aug 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 100%
  • Kinase 97%
  • Wheat 76%
  • Plant 66%
  • Cyclin 57%

• Understanding cell wall structure and hydrolysis of two leading C4 bioenergy crops to improve second generation bioethanol production in Brazil

  Bosch, M. (PI)

  UK Research and Innovation

  01 Jan 2015 → 31 Mar 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Biomass 100%
  • Cell Wall 52%
  • Grasses 47%
  • Sugars 44%
  • Pretreatment 36%

• Geologic carbon storage in wales- assesing, charactersiing and enhancing unconventional geologic carbon storage reservoirs. GeoCarbCymru CLUSTER, Fellow & student.

  Mitchell, A. (PI), Benning, L. (CoI), Bentham, M. (CoI), Bevins, R. (CoI), Edwards, A. (CoI), Edwards Rassner, S. M. (CoI), Evans, A. (CoI), Farr, G. (CoI), Gamboa, D. (CoI), Schofield, D. (CoI), Thomas, A. (CoI), Thomas, H. (CoI), Tripathy, S. (CoI) & Walker, P. (CoI)

  Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Cymru ar Ynni Carbon Isel a'r Amgylchedd | Low Carbon Energy and Environment Research Network Wales

  17 Dec 2014 → 31 Dec 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Carbon Sequestration 100%
  • Carbon 70%
  • Biomass 50%
  • Ice Sheet 50%
  • Student 50%

• FACCE ERA-NET+ GrassLandscape (Project Leader: Jean-Paul Sampoux, INRA, France)

  Hegarty, M. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Dec 2014 → 31 Jul 2018

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Lolium perenne 100%
  • Correlation 50%
  • Genetics 45%
  • Genotyping 43%
  • Cultivar 41%

• Dirty Water, Lost at Sea : Does water pollution disrupt the magnetic migration compass of Atlantic Salmon?

  Young, K. (PI)

  Welsh Crucible

  01 Dec 2014 → 31 May 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

• Mars- Catmacro diet

  Draper, J. (PI)

  MARS PETCARE LTD

  01 Dec 2014 → 30 Nov 2015

  Project: Externally funded research