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Environmental Sustainability in National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Laboratories

Author: Nisha Nair

To mark this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is taking place on 11 February 2024 and focuses on Sustainable Development Goals, Dr Nisha Nair has written a blog about why sustainability is so important to her and how this relates to the laboratory environment.

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The NIHR Associate Principal Investigator training scheme – a blog by Dr James Wingfield Digby

Author: James Wingfield Digby

In this blog, Clinical Research Fellow and PhD student Dr James Wingfield Digby shares his insights from the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator training scheme, which gave him practical experience of delivering clinical research.

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Bridging the Gap – November 2023

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Marking one year since the launch of this NIHR Manchester BRC, Professor Ian Bruce rounds up the latest news, awards and accolades.

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‘Getting the dose right’ – A blog by Dr Jan Hansel

Author: Dr Jan Hansel

As part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18 to 24 November 2023), Dr Jan Hansel discusses the importance of therapeutic drug monitoring in limiting the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the new Manchester BRC-funded TDM-TIME study which he is leading.

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Improving lives of people living with and beyond cancer – Research Education Day highlights

Author: Louise James

Dr Louise James, Senior Research Project Manager for Living With and Beyond Cancer, shares insights from the theme’s Research Education Day.

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Bridging the Gap – August 2023

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In his blog Professor Ian Bruce, Manchester BRC Director, discusses the role of research in reducing health inequalities, and shares our latest news and events from across our 4 research Clusters.

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Living with and beyond cancer – National Cancer Survivors Day 2023

Author: Louise James

On National Cancer Survivors Day 2023, Dr Louise James, Senior Research Project Manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), shares an insight into the new BRC Living with and Beyond Cancer Theme.

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Bridging the Gap – June 2023

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In this edition, Professor Ian Bruce shares updates from the first six months of our new NIHR Manchester BRC, featuring many great awards, accolades and news articles.

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