SETsquared Bristol’s bursary scheme supports diverse founder startups28 February 2022Five innovative tech companies with founders from diverse ethnic backgrounds have been awarded SETsquared Bristol’s Breakthrough Bursary to join the acclaimed University of Bristol tech incubator.
Statement: legal action in relation to Natasha Abrahart’s death25 February 2022The family of Natasha Abrahart, a 2nd year Physics student who very sadly took her own life in April 2018, is bringing a civil action against the University of Bristol. This is due to start on Tuesday 1 March and run until 9 March.
Bristol grad starts UK’s first fish leather firm25 February 2022A former University of Bristol student started the UK’s first fish leather business because she couldn’t find that perfect gift for her father’s 60th.
Diabetes breakthrough: gel-like sieve in blood vessels a new target for repairing damaged hearts25 February 2022Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to University of Bristol-led research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in Diabetologia.
Dr Mark Souter, 1962-202124 February 2022Dr Mark Souter, lecturer in the School of Education, died on Boxing Day 2021 after a short illness. His colleague Professor Paul Howard-Jones offers a remembrance.
New study of 46-million adults in England confirms blood clot risk with COVID-19 vaccine is very small22 February 2022The risk of blood clots after COVID-19 vaccinations is very low finds a new study of 46-million adults in England. The research, which involved University of Bristol academics, showed that people vaccinated with Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech had a lower risk of all venous clots (such as deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) and all arterial clots (such as strokes and heart attacks), particularly in people over 70 years.
Study supports distant relationship between Archaea and Bacteria in tree of life22 February 2022Scientists have found further evidence to support the idea that the primary two domains of life, the Archaea and Bacteria, are separated by a long phylogenetic tree branch and therefore distantly related. The findings are reported in a study published today in eLife.
Bristol's FluoretiQ announces the closure of £1.1 million funding round21 February 2022University of Bristol spin-out, FluoretiQ, has today announced the completion of a £1.1 million, pre-series A investment. Their pioneering NANOPLEX technology is a 15-minute proprietary diagnostic platform for bacterial infections.
Scientists engineer bacteria to cope in challenging environments 21 February 2022Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Hamburg have engineered bacteria with internal nutrient reserves that can be accessed when needed to survive extreme environmental conditions. The findings, published in ACS Synthetic Biology, pave the way for more robust biotechnologies based on engineered microbes.
Catered halls to list carbon footprint of every meal21 February 2022Catered halls will detail the carbon footprint of every meal served, in a move that empowers students to make more informed decisions on what they eat.
Bristol researcher awarded fellowship to help change the lives of people suffering with chronic pain18 February 2022A new £300k research fellowship has been awarded to Dr Robert Drake at the University of Bristol to
carry out research exploring how injury affects brain function to cause chronic pain. The award, which is part of a £1.2 million Medical Research Foundation grant, aims to improve pain diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, for the vast number of people who live with unrelenting pain.
Why parents in their prime produce the best offspring16 February 2022Inspired by the tsetse fly, scientists have developed a theory about how an individual’s age and experience affect investment in their offspring.
Advanced computer simulations shed intriguing new light on magma deep below Earth’s surface14 February 2022Unlike the classic Jules Verne science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth or movie The Core, humans cannot venture into the Earth’s interior beyond a few kilometres of its surface. But thanks to latest advances in computer modelling, an international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed new light on the properties and behaviour of magma found several hundreds of kilometres deep within the Earth.
Scientists breaking barriers to treating heart failure11 February 2022New technology that could radically improve the outlook for patients with serious heart conditions has been developed by scientists at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and the Universities of Bristol and Bath together with Ceryx Medical Limited.
P53 protein plays a key role in tissue repair, study finds10 February 2022New research led by the University of Bristol has found the protein p53 plays a key role in epithelial migration and tissue repair. The findings could improve our understanding of the processes used by cells to repair tissues, and be used to identify interventions that could accelerate and improve wound repair.
UK’s first women’s urinal to make a splash after closing funding round8 February 2022The team behind the UK’s first female urinal have raised £250,000 in their first funding round, as they strive to pioneer ‘pee-equality’ for women and make long queues for the ladies a thing of the past.
Widely-used hormone drug associated with increased risk of benign brain tumour at high doses4 February 2022High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer are linked to an increased risk of meningioma — the most common type of benign brain tumour, finds a University of Bristol-led study of over 8 million patients. The study is published in Scientific Reports today [4 February].
Report suggests what should happen to Colston statue and plinth4 February 2022Recommendations for what happens next to the Colston Statue have been published by the We Are Bristol History Commission, led by academics at the University of Bristol, taking into account the responses of nearly 14,000 people.
When Europe was flooded by the oceans4 February 2022About 200 million years ago, much of Europe was transformed by a huge flood. What had been land, occupied by early dinosaurs and other reptiles, was covered by shallow seawater, from Poland in the east to Wales and south-west England in the west.
SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein binds to heart’s vascular cells potentially contributing to severe microvascular damage3 February 2022A new study has shown how SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to severe microvascular damage seen in severely-ill COVID-19 patients by transforming human heart vascular cells into inflammatory cells, without infecting them. The University of Bristol-led research, published in Clinical Science, indicates blocking antibodies could represent a new treatment to alleviate cardiovascular complications.
Bristol scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings2 February 2022A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed by a University of Bristol team, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears.