Scientists at Aberystwyth University have contributed to international efforts to characterise the genome of a snail species responsible for passing on a parasite that kills 200,000 people every year (Aberystwyth University, 2017). Researchers at Aberystwyth University’s Barrett Centre for Helminth Control (BCHC) at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences have been studying the … Continue reading Snail genome discovery could help combat schistosomiasis

Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) is starting a £8.8m programme with funding from The Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) (Aberystwyth University, 2017). This new funding is part of a substantial £319m investment to ensure the UK’s bioscience research base remains globally competitive and at the forefront of meeting the … Continue reading IBERS starts £8.8m resilient crops programme

Aberystwyth University is launching a brand new Well-being and Health Assessment Research Unit (WARU) during an Open Day on March 15th (Aberystwyth University, 2017). The unit is located in Aberystwyth University’s IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) Carwyn James Building on the Penglais Campus, and scientists there will be undertaking research activity and … Continue reading Aberystwyth University opens new unit to promote health and wellbeing

A planning application has been submitted for a new £40.5m Innovation and Enterprise Campus at Aberystwyth University (WalesOnline, 2017). Based on the University’s Gogerddan campus, the Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AIEC) development will feature a bio-refining centre, future food centre, analytical science laboratories and a seed processing and biobank facility. The campus is planned … Continue reading Aberystwyth University submits planning application for new Innovation Campus