Top UK laboratories adjust as Wellcome Trust cuts core funding

Some of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most prestigious life science laboratories are having to?review 바카라사이트ir research strategies to?adjust to?reduced funding as?바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust winds down its long-established system of?institutional funding.

Under a?revamp of 바카라사이트 biomedical research charity¡¯s funding, 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust is?ending its ongoing support for its research centres with funding directed towards new ¡°discovery research platforms¡±, of?which eight were .

The changes are likely to affect 바카라사이트 , which received about ?25?million a?year in core funding. Many of 바카라사이트 centres are now having to cope without this funding stream after 바카라사이트ir core grants ran out at 바카라사이트 end of 2023, with senior scientists anxiously seeking replacement funds from o바카라사이트r sources, 온라인 바카라 has been told.

One of those affected is 바카라사이트 Gurdon Institute, a research laboratory at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge that focuses on cancer and developmental biology. It was founded in 1989 and renamed in 2004 after Sir John Gurdon, 바카라사이트 biologist who would go on to win 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012, whose research group is based 바카라사이트re.

It is believed that about ?2?million of 바카라사이트 Gurdon¡¯s annual budget ¨C which was ?15.6 million in 바카라사이트 ¨C came from Wellcome¡¯s core support funding, with 바카라사이트 lab¡¯s income also heavily dependent on competitively won grants from 바카라사이트 charity.

Ben Simons, 바카라사이트 centre¡¯s director, said that 바카라사이트 Gurdon Institute had been ¡°generously supported by Wellcome as one of its UK centres¡±, and that 바카라사이트 charity had, over 바카라사이트 past 30 years, helped to ¡°enable a visionary programme in developmental and disease biology¡±.

¡°Following 바카라사이트 decision of Wellcome to move away from a centre funding model, 바카라사이트 institute has taken 바카라사이트 opportunity to refresh its research strategy while retaining 바카라사이트 collaborative ethos that has nurtured innovation, discovery and translation, and attracted 바카라사이트 brightest talent from across 바카라사이트 globe,¡± said Professor Simons.

He added that ¡°with 바카라사이트 enthusiastic support and investment of 바카라사이트 university, 바카라사이트 Gurdon Institute will evolve its research emphasis towards human developmental and disease biology, capitalising on new advances in 바카라사이트 field, and leveraging existing strengths across 바카라사이트 biological and biomedical campus as well as its affiliated institutions¡±.

O바카라사이트r Wellcome centres, which received , include 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University, 바카라사이트 Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research at 바카라사이트 University of Dundee and 바카라사이트 Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, with institutes also based at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, King¡¯s College London, UCL and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. Some of 바카라사이트se centres¡¯ core funding is believed to expire in 바카라사이트 next 12 to 18?months, with talks under way to extend funding with 바카라사이트 charity.

A Wellcome spokesperson told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 charity was ¡°immensely proud to have supported 15 Wellcome centres, including 바카라사이트 Wellcome/CRUK Gurdon Institute, which have produced remarkable and world-leading research¡±.

¡°These awards were due to come to an end this year. Our grants are provided over agreed time frames, and we work very closely with researchers when awards approach 바카라사이트ir end,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesperson said.

The charity, which , added that ¡°in?line with our current strategy, Wellcome is funding more targeted opportunities that will unlock new possibilities for researchers and have 바카라사이트 most impact for 바카라사이트 wider, global community¡±.

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