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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up
The Wellcome Trust research round-up brings you news from our research community every fortnight. Young male smokers could have fatter sons Men who start smoking in their childhood could be more likely...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Lian Thomas
As part of the Wellcome Trust-funded project People, Animals and Zoonoses (PAZ), Dr Lian Thomas has carried out some fascinating work using GPS trackers on pigs to investigate the spread disease. We...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up 09/06/14
Our fortnightly round-up up of news from the Wellcome Trust research community. ‘Map of pain’ reveals sensitivity in forehead and fingertips “Where does it hurt?” is the first question asked of anybody...
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Wellcome Research Round-Up 23/06/14
Our fortnightly round-up of stories from the Wellcome Trust research community… Achilles’ heel in drug-resistant bacteria A weakness in the outer membrane of bacteria has been identified by researchers...
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How the Wellcome Trust can play a part in sustaining global health
The Wellcome Trust is committed to funding research that will lead to improvements in global health. We are increasingly aware of the importance of the connections between environment, nutrition and...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 4/8/14
Our fortnightly look at research from around the Wellcome Trust community… 8.2% of our DNA is ‘functional’ Only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important – or ‘functional’ – say...
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Sustaining Health: Linking environment, nutrition and health
The Wellcome Trust is increasingly aware of the links between environment, nutrition and health. To help examine the role of science and technology on climate and health, and discuss potential levers...
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Shaping our Sustaining Health initiative
The city of New York came to a standstill on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people joined the People’s Climate march. Chants of “Show me what democracy looks like – This is what democracy looks...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Lindsay Hall
Dr Lindsay Hall wants to understand what’s going on in your guts. She’s a senior lecturer in gastrointestinal science at the University of East Anglia and holds a Wellcome Trust New Investigator grant....
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 10.11.14
Our fortnightly round-up of research news from the Wellcome Trust community… Researchers re-construct the early stages of embryo development Scientists supported by the Wellcome Trust have assembled...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-Up: 23/02/15
Our fortnightly round-up of work from the Wellcome Trust community… The secret life of pollinators in the city Cities should not be overlooked as important havens for bees according to research by a...
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Wellcome Trust Research Round-up: 30.03.15
Our fortnightly round-up of news from the Wellcome Trust community… New insight into TB immune evasion A new version of a gene, that may help to explain why some people are more susceptible to TB than...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Thomas Ezard
Dr Thomas Ezard is a NERC Advanced Research Fellow and holds a Wellcome Trust Investigator award. Based at the University of Southampton, his research looks at the way events such as wars, outbreaks of...
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Rosemary Green
This week the spotlight shines on Dr Rosemary Green from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. A lecturer in Nutrition and Sustainability, her work is focused around the health and...
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Researcher Spotlight: Naomi Penfold
Naomi Penfold has a four-year MRes plus PhD programme studentship from the Wellcome Trust, and is currently working towards her PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on the way that...
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