New model for genetic testing in cancer patients launched
A research programme that will lay the foundations for anyone with cancer to have access to genetic testing has been launched with £2.7 million funding from the Wellcome…
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Persistence of stuttering into teenage years predicted by simple model
Wellcome Trust researchers have developed a model that can correctly predict whether a child will recover from a stutter in four out of five cases. The model should allow…
Landscape mapping of software tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling
A report that identifies what software tools exist for modelling the relationship between climate and infectious diseases.
New digital tools to transform climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling
Climate change is having a profound effect on infectious diseases like dengue, malaria and cholera. Wellcome is funding digital tools to help address that.
- Author
Jane Bracher
Digital Technology Development Awards (Climate-Sensitive Infectious Disease Modelling)
This scheme provides funding for software developers from any career stage and discipline to develop digital tools that will improve climate sensitive infectious disease…
Lead applicant career stage:
N/A
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years. We expect development of the tool to take place in the early part of the award. Later years will be used for maintenance of the software.
Funding amount:
Up to £500,000 for research expenses, including salaries
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
Frequency:
N/A
Coapplicants:
N/A
Delirium mouse model helps researchers understand the condition’s causes
A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two…
Strengthening health and disease modelling for public health decision making in Africa
Wellcome and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are providing grant funding to strengthen health and disease modeling for public health decision making in Africa
Lead applicant career stage:
- Early-career researcher
- Established researcher
- Leading a research programme
- Mid-career researcher
- Postdoctoral research
- Returning to research
Administering organisation location:
- Africa
Funding duration:
3-5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £3 million
Strategic programme:
- Infectious Disease
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Not accepted
Stem cell transplant repairs damaged gut in mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
A source of gut stem cells that can repair a type of inflammatory bowel disease when transplanted into mice has been identified by researchers at the Wellcome Trust-Medical…
Wellcome Trust response to the BIS Committee’s Review of the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
The Wellcome Trust is pleased that the BIS Committee recognises the potential benefits of content mining but is concerned that the report focuses exclusively on a publisher-…
Mapping the brain: new technique poised to untangle the complexity of the brain
Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to develop a computer model of the brain after developing a technique to map the connections and functions of nerve cells in…
‘Mini liver tumours’ created in a dish for the first time
Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper published today in Nature…
Virtual reality allows researchers to measure brain activity during behaviour at unprecedented resolution
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to measure brain activity in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells. The technique…
Stuttering test could be used to screen all schoolchildren, study suggests
A new model developed by Wellcome Trust researchers to predict the persistence of stuttering could be used to screen all children at school age, new research in the ‘Journal…
What are human infection studies and why do we need them?
Human infection studies have the power to rapidly accelerate the development of much-needed vaccines and treatments, including for Covid-19.
Could new biomaterials transform how we understand and treat diseases?
Understanding how human cells and tissues operate can help us fight diseases and develop new drugs. Creating lab-based models of tissues is one way to do this, but it has its…
- Author
Dr Chris Spicer
CEPI can develop new vaccines to fight epidemics – but it needs global funding
Developing new vaccines is challenging, costly and complex. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) is a new model for funding vaccine development which…
Report reveals issues that might turn women away from academic science
Lack of mentoring and career support along with a low number of female role models have been cited as key factors that may be driving women in science to move away from…
First direct evidence links TB infection in cattle and local badger populations
Transmission of tuberculosis between cattle and badgers has been tracked at a local scale for the first time, using a combination of bacterial whole-genome DNA sequencing and…
New digital tools use climate data to better predict and prepare for infectious diseases outbreaks
Wellcome announces £22.7 million for new cutting-edge digital tools to help transform preparations and responses to outbreaks of devastating diseases.
Developing digital tools for the next generation of climate-sensitive infectious diseases research
New funding call will support the development of digital tools that will catalyse the next generation of climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSID) research.
- Author
Bilal Mateen (2020-2023)