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Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti | PET Following the death of Alessandro Coatti – an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing, who was much loved by his friends and colleagues – Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully pay tribute...

Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti
Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully write a moving tribute in BioNews. Ale, he was an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing - and a much moved friend.
www.progress.org.uk/remembering-...

#genetics #genomtics #geneediting #Obituary #DNA

08.04.2025 16:51 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Our partnership will enable the service to be set up at speed and with patient benefit at its heart.

We are excited to get started on delivery, built on a foundation of patient and user engagement.

07.04.2025 18:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

National data service will simplify access to health data for research | Wellcome Wellcome is partnering with the UK Government to establish a £600 million health data research service. It will simplify secure access to health data for research.

@wellcometrust.bsky.social & UK Government are investing up to £600m to deliver a new Health Data Research Service, simplifying secure access to health data to speed up research to understand and treat diseases.

wellcome.org/news/nationa...

07.04.2025 18:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Welcome’s submission to the UK Spending Review:

📈 Increase R&D intensity - invest £22bn in R&D in 2026/27 and set a longer-term ambition to become the most R&D intensive economy in the G7

🏫 Fix the funding environment for UK universities to support their financial sustainability

11.02.2025 08:21 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

From research to reality | Reports | Wellcome This report sets out a vision for science to be embedded at the heart of the UK National Health Service (NHS).

🔥New report out now from @wellcometrust.bsky.social @nestauk.bsky.social, supported by @randeurope.org:

A vision for a research and innovation powered NHS

Read more on why these changes are so important and how we can make them happen 👇🏻
wellcome.org/reports/from...

05.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Durham and Cardiff universities to cut hundreds of jobs The Russell Group universities, which also plan to cut courses such as nursing and music, are struggling with a funding shortfall

“The news of university job losses is a stark reminder of the precarious financial situation facing the sector. This instability not only threatens the UK’s role as a leader in science but also the country’s ambitions for long-term economic growth” @drbeththompson.bsky.social at Wellcome

29.01.2025 12:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Durham and Cardiff universities to cut hundreds of jobs The Russell Group universities, which also plan to cut courses such as nursing and music, are struggling with a funding shortfall

News of job losses at Durham and Cardiff is a stark reminder of the precarious financial situation facing UK universities.

More from @wellcometrust.bsky.social in today's Times --

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

29.01.2025 11:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Our annual report is out today, with highlights from an exciting year at Wellcome 👇🏻

14.01.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

13 people standing in front of a Christmas tree, with copies of 100 Carols for Choirs

Thank you University College London Hospitals for hosting Wellcome Voices choir for carols today.

We had a wonderful audience at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals!

Bringing festive cheer through song is the perfect way to end the @wellcometrust.bsky.social year 🎄🎵

18.12.2024 14:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Researcher | Institute for Government We are inviting applications for researchers, to start as soon as notice periods allow.

Fantastic opportunity to join the @instituteforgov.bsky.social as a researcher - please flag to all the brilliant people you know! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

12.12.2024 10:58 — 👍 36    🔁 45    💬 1    📌 0

UK clinical trials performance improves but remains in intensive care A new report finds the UK’s global rankings for industry clinical trial delivery are improving but further challenges must be overcome.

ABPI's annual report on UK industry clinical trials out today.

A mixed review:

📈number of trials up for the second year in a row
📉participants in interventional trials are down

More, including actions for improvement - bit.ly/49urBSd

11.12.2024 13:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What we do | Wellcome Wellcome improves health for everyone by funding research, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building global partnerships.

Hello to everyone on Bluesky 👋

We’re a global charitable foundation. We believe science and research are essential to solving the world’s health challenges – and everyone should benefit from them.

Find out more about us ⤵️
wellcome.org/what-we-do?u...

28.11.2024 13:27 — 👍 111    🔁 24    💬 4    📌 4