Research Grants
The following are current grants held by members of the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability that are of particular relevance:
pump prime I2BC (France) QMUL (UK) photosynthetic improvementGuy Hanke and Conrad Mullineaux
£4,118 DSIT Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (06-01-2025 - 16-03-2025)
The molecular basis of viral tolerance in batsStephen Rossiter
£511,378 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (19-11-2024 - 18-11-2027)
Transforming meiofaunal molecular systematics and community ecology through nanopore-based transcriptome skimmingYannick Wurm
£79,493 NHM Natural History Museum (01-10-2024 - 30-09-2028)
Accelerated diversification for climate resilient agricultureSamuel Pironon
£24,088 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) (05-08-2024 - 05-04-2027)
Predicting the Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Ecological NetworksAthen Ma, Vito Latora and Pavel Kratina
£389,809 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-06-2024 - 31-05-2027)
FLF Renewal: Directed and adaptive evolution of photosynthetic systemsTanai Cardona
£593,273 MRC Medical Research Council (01-05-2024 - 30-04-2027)
Pink salmon invasion of the ArcticJ Iwan Jones
£46,415 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (15-04-2024 - 31-03-2025)
NERC NPF Phase IIAxel Rossberg, Joanne Chamberlain and Andrew Leitch
£115,853 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (02-01-2024 - 01-04-2026)
Towards multispecies fisheries managementAxel Rossberg
£68,437 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (01-01-2024 - 31-03-2025)
Predicting risk to non-native trees species from potential threats in the UKRichard Nichols
£13,521 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (01-10-2023 - 31-03-2025)
Connecting grain yield and photosynthetic electron transport in developing seedsGuy Hanke
£509,549 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (25-09-2023 - 24-09-2026)
PHD studentship for Heru RusfiandiAndrew Leitch
£179,738 Verdant Bioscience Pte Ltd (19-09-2023 - 18-09-2029)
‘Building a Bioinformatics Ecosystem for Agri-EcologistsYannick Wurm
£37,394 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (18-09-2023 - 17-09-2026)
BBKA - Lido iCase studentshipYannick Wurm
£6,000 BBKA British Beekeepers Association (01-09-2023 - 31-08-2027)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and engaging antibacterial resistance in anaerobic treated effluenÖzge Eyice
£14,861 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-06-2023 - 31-03-2026)
Microbial link from organosulfur compounds to methane in anoxic sedimentsMark Trimmer
£279,601 Leverhulme Trust (01-10-2021 - 19-06-2025)
Transcriptomic diagnostics for identifying interactive effects of pesticides, food deficiency, and heat stress on bee healthYannick Wurm
£548,472 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (06-04-2021 - 05-03-2025)
GLobal Insect Threat-Response model: a comprehensive assessment of insect declinesJ Iwan Jones
£262,182 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (14-11-2020 - 13-05-2026)
Mechanisms and prediction of large scale ecological responses to environmental changeAxel Rossberg and Kostya Trachenko
£1,213,084 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (06-01-2020 - 04-04-2025)