2019 news

Dr Lianne Willems, who is part of the Molecular and Cellular Medicine theme, has been awarded a five-year research grant worth €1.5m to support the first phase of her career as an independent academic here in York.

Dr Steven Quinn, who is part of the Neuroscience theme, has been awarded the research fellowship.

A new £2.3m three-year Newton project will be led by Professor Jeremy Mottram, Director of York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI), and Professor Angela Cruz of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School.

The first three York Biomedical Research Institute social events were themed around Immunology, Haematology and Infection (24 January 2019), Neuroscience (28 February 2019) and Molecular and Cellular Medicine (28 March 2019).

Researchers across the University, including Dr Yvette Hancock have been awarded fellowships to help translate their work into potential business ideas.

Researchers from York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI) have recently been published.

Molecular and Cellular Medicine researcher Professor Jane Thomas-Oates has been named the British Mass Spectrometry Society Lecturer for 2019.

Gulab Rani, a PhD student working under the Immunology, Haematology and Infection theme, has been selected as a winner of the worldwide Vector Labs 2018 image competition.

York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI) officially launched on Tuesday 4 December 2018 by highlighting some of the excellent biomedical research happening at York to an audience of over 120.

Professor Jeremy Mottram (Chair in Pathogen Biology, Department of Biology) has been appointed as Founding Director of the York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI) from 1 May 2018.