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23 Mar 2020
The Government and the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser have today, Monday 23 March, backed the UK’s leading clinicians and scientists to map how COVID-19 spreads and behaves by using whole genome sequencing.
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23 Mar 2020
Six new studies into the novel coronavirus have been funded by the UK government, including testing a vaccine, developing therapies and improving understanding of how to treat COVID-19.
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20 Mar 2020
For the latest Coronavirus news and statements from UKRI please visit the UKRI website here .
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19 Mar 2020
MRC Executive Chair Professor Fiona Watt has written a message to the MRC research community about the impact of Coronavirus on MRC funded research.
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11 Mar 2020
The Rosalind Franklin Institute has committed to developing a multi-million pound technology which enables a more accessible form of electron cryo-microscopy.
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10 Mar 2020
The MRC will shortly be inviting expressions of interest to attend a community workshop to discuss its future investment in a national network of distributed research clusters for mouse genetics.
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24 Feb 2020
Having considered the fellowships we offer, the Medical Research Council has made the decision to discontinue funding for Skills Development Fellowships and instead provide more funding for our other Fellowship schemes.
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21 Feb 2020
Today the MRC, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the InterAcademy Partnership, publish the findings from a two-day meeting on epidemic preparedness held in October 2019.
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13 Feb 2020
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has today launched a consultation as part of its Open Access Review. The consultation will inform the development of a new open access policy, aimed at ensuring that the published outputs of research are widely and freely accessible to all.
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12 Feb 2020
MRC’s mission is to improve human health through world-class medical research, from fundamental science to early clinical trials and preventive medicine. To achieve this, we are committed to attracting and developing outstanding researchers. Investing in people is one of the foundations of our 2019 strategic delivery plan.
