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Innovator Insights blog – Building your research network and the value of teams

Continuing our Innovator Insights blog series, speakers from our ‘Building your research network and the value of teams’ session share their key takeaways and advice.

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Bridging the Gap – July 2021

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Professor Ian Bruce rounds up news and developments for July from the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including the BRC funding, health inequalities, and more.

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Manchester BRC researcher receives Melanoma Research Alliance and Rosetrees Trust Young Investigator Award

Dr Amaya Viros, a researcher in the Manchester BRC Dermatology and Cancer Precision Medicine themes has received the Melanoma Research Alliance and Rosetrees Trust Young Investigator Award.

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Myositis – Professor Hector Chinoy speaks to Arthritis Digest

Manchester BRC's Hector Chinoy, Professor of Rheumatology and Neuromuscular Disease at The University of Manchester and Consultant Rheumatologist Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, speaks to Arthritis Digest about the rare autoimmune condition, Myositis.

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Manchester BRC PhD Fellow named in the Queen’s birthday honours list

Jemma Haines, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre PhD Fellow has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list.

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Manchester IMID BioResource participant encourages young people to get involved in research

A young lupus patient is encouraging others to take part in research, after she volunteered for the NIHR Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) BioResource.

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Innovator Insights blog – Intellectual Property: When and why to protect

Continuing our Innovator Insights blog series, The University of Manchester Innovation Factory’s Head of IP Services, Freddy Guemeni and Senior Project Manager for Life Sciences, Katherine Horner, recap key points from our ‘Identifying Intellectual Property: When and why to protect’ session.

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Mould exposure at home or outdoors significantly increased chance of COPD flare up in study

A study by NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers has found patients with a common respiratory disease had more flare-ups linked to activities that put them at risk of being exposed to mould.

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