International academic collaborations
Academic colleagues from the school have also set up international collaborations with members of staff from other institutions across the world.
Africa and Asia
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Professor Olivier Hanotte, Professor of Genetics and Conservation, is currently on secondment to the ILRI in East Africa. Olivier, a livestock geneticist by training is working as a principal scientist for the ILRI.
The Institute is involved in science research to promote livestock development and better farm productivity to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing nations in Africa and Asia.
Community Foundation for South Sinai
Professor Francis Gilbert and Dr Hilary Gilbert have a continuing and long-standing interest in the ecology and anthropology of South Sinai.
The Community Foundation for South Sinai is a charity registered in Egypt which works with the Bedouin communities who live there, focusing on employment, health, education and the environment.
Brazil
Development of a UK-Brazil partnership to tackle fungal food spoilage and improve food security
Simon Avery (UK), Gustavo Goldman (Sao Paulo) aim to develop a UK-Brazil collaboration to tackle the impact of fungal food spoilage on global food security.
This FAPPA award provides the travel and exchange needed for investigators to share expertise and initiate a collaborative programme. The project focuses on delivering UK-Brazil exchange opportunities for young scientists.
Funded by a BBSRC/FAPESP pump-priming award 2016-2018.
South America
Neuron Connectivity: Local axonal processes and synaptic function
Federico Dajas-Bailador (UK) and Jose Sotelo-Silveira (Uruguay)
This collaboration is part of a program to implement a Uruguay-UK network of laboratories for the sharing, transfer and implementation of research. It has been funded by the Science and Innovation Open Call from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in association with ANII (Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Uruguay).
It originated from past interactions between the labs of Jose Sotelo-Silveira (IIBCE, Uruguay), Federico Dajas-Bailador (University of Nottingham, UK) and Christine Holt (University of Cambridge, UK). The objective proposed is to develop a research network that tackles fundamental questions in the field of developmental neurobiology, neuron connectivity, axon degeneration and regeneration, with special emphasis in local axonal processes and protein synthesis. It is anticipated that this will promote the development of future grant applications and collaborations beyond the end of this project.
A fundamental part of our activities was the organization of a Symposium in Montevideo, Uruguay (2016). In addition, we aim to increase awareness about the need for multidisciplinary research in the areas of neuron development and neurodegeneration, in order to address some of the most challenging aspects in the future of biomedicine in both Uruguay and the UK.
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Nutraceuticals and Neurodegenerative diseases
Federico Dajas-Bailador (UK), Florencia Arredondo (Uruguay), Juan Andres Abin-Carriquiry (Uruguay), Robert Williams (UK)
This project is an integral part of a novel Uruguay-UK research network with the aim to identify and characterise the role of nutraceuticals in age-related neurodegenerative disease. It has been funded by the Science and Innovation Open Call from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office through the UK Embassy in Montevideo in association with Agencia Nacional de Investigación en Innovación (ANII). The objective proposed is to implement a collaborative research network for the characterization of therapeutically relevant nutraceuticals through an innovative approach combining bioinformatics with cellular and molecular biology. The combined application of cutting-edge technical approaches, along with the transference of knowledge and expertise among each participant group, will contribute to the development of translational research in Uruguay. The activities undertaken will increase our understanding of the neuroprotective mechanisms of nutraceuticals, while consolidating bilateral ties in academic and translational research between Uruguay and the UK.
For further information about our activities in Uruguay and potential collaborations contact Frederico Dajas-Bailador.
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