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Page designed and maintained by Hazel Mottram.Last modified 25/01/02 |
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School of Biosciences |
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Cardiff is one of Britain's most successful research-led universities with an excellent track record of attracting EC funding for internationally competitive research projects across a range of disciplines. The interaction between academic researchers and commercial organisations is actively encouraged through the University's Research and Consultancy Division and the Cardiff Innovation Network, an organisation set up by the University to assist industry in the process of innovation - the turning of creative ideas into successful commercial products. The Cardiff School of Biosciences was created in 1998 as part of the Cardiff Biosciences Initiative by the merger of the existing Schools of Molecular and Medical Biosciences and Pure and Applied Biology. Its creation has given great research strength in a range of fields, including Environmental and Molecular Microbiology. The group have previously collaborated with UNIVBRIS, funded by U.K. research councils, investigating SRB in the deep sub-seafloor biosphere. The group have also been involved in previous EC funded projects, and have considerable experience in large research project management. Facilities in the Cardiff School of Biosciences include a well equipped Molecular Biology Unit which has supported other molecular ecology projects investigating microbial communities in a range of ecosystems. Thus, the Cardiff group has the experience, expertise and equipment required for this project. The group includes microbial geneticists (interests in the application of molecular biological methods to investigate structure, function and adaptation of microbial communities in the natural environment) and microbial ecologists (current studies include molecular approaches to bacterial diversity in soil, water and polluted habitats, plasmid diversity and bacteriophage population genetics). The group has obtained grants worth over £2.35 million, including funding from NERC, BBSRC, The Wellcome Trust, EC, and industry. There are links with groups in other research institutions in the UK, USA, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan. Current research group comprises 17 members. More information on the group can be found here. |
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