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Large Grant to Research Parliaments and Political Performance
The University of Warwick, in collaboration with Birkbeck College, Sheffield and Bristol Universities, has been awarded £875,964 by the Leverhulme Trust for a four-year programme to study the importance of ceremony and ritual in the UK Parliament and others.
Warwick first new Medical School to join MRC Strategic Partnership
Warwick
Medical
School has become
the first new Medical
School to join a
Strategic Partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC).
The Partnership has been set up with the University of
Warwick and
encompasses Warwick
Medical
School and the
Department of Biological Sciences. Following the agreement, the
Medical
School will
receive more than £750,000 from the MRC towards some new
initiatives.
Decoding mushroom聮s secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels & safer soils
Researchers at the 天美传媒 are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation of biofuels, support the effort to manage global carbon, and help remove heavy metals from contaminated soils.
Honorary Graduates 聳 Briefing Note
Summer graduation ceremonies will run morning and afternoon week
commencing 16th July 2007. Photocalls and interview opportunities will
take place after each ceremony at the times given below – please
contact the Press Officer, Richard Fern, 07876 217740.
Warwick first new Medical School to join MRC Strategic Partnership
Warwick Medical School has become the first new Medical School to join a Strategic Partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC). The Partnership has been set up with the University of Warwick and encompasses Warwick Medical School and the Department of Biological Sciences. Following the agreement, the Medical School will receive more than £750,000 from the MRC towards some new initiatives.
Selenium Supplements may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
New research led by Dr. Saverio Stranges, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School has found that taking large selenium supplements may actually increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes rather than protecting against it as previously thought.