New brain scanner allows patients to move freely for the first time
A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally whilst being scanned, has been developed by researchers at the Sir Peter…
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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…
Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus’s entry into cell nucleus
Scientists have found the ‘key’ that HIV uses to enter our cells’ nuclei, allowing it to disable the immune system and cause AIDS. The finding, published today in the open…
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Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowships for Clinicians (Closed)
Enabling clinicians to undertake high-quality postdoctoral training that will allow them to develop their long-term research interests.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Postdoctoral research
Administering organisation location:
- Republic of Ireland
- UK
Funding duration:
2 to 4 years
Funding amount:
£250,000 to £400,000
Strategic programme:
Not aligned to our strategic programmes
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N/A
Coapplicants:
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Wellcome responds to HFEA license decision on mitochondrial donation
Commenting on the HFEA’s decision to allow clinics to apply for a license to carry out mitochondrial donation, Wellcome Director Dr Jeremy Farrar said:
New insights into drug targets for sleeping sickness
An enzyme which allows trypanosome parasites to evade human defences is a promising new drug target, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and published in 'PLOS…
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How researchers and organisations we fund should carry out and encourage continuing professional development.
New malaria maps to guide battle against the disease
A new suite of malaria maps has revealed the current global pattern of the disease in unprecedented detail, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over several…
Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set
Researchers have created mammalian cells containing a single set of chromosomes in research funded by the Wellcome Trust and EMBO. The technique should allow scientists to…
Frequent antenatal screening dramatically reduces maternal mortality on Thai-Myanmar border
Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of…
Mental Health Award: Finding the right treatment, for the right people, at the right time for anxiety and depression
Wellcome will fund researchers and teams who will validate markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible.
Lead applicant career stage:
- Leading a research programme
- Postdoctoral research
- Postgraduate training
- Returning to research
- Early-career researcher
- Mid-career researcher
- Established researcher
Administering organisation location:
- Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China and countries that are the target of international sanctions)
Funding duration:
Up to 5 years
Funding amount:
Up to £5 million
Strategic programme:
- Mental Health
- Mental health funding calls
Frequency:
One-off
Coapplicants:
Accepted
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Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis
Researchers in South-east Asia have identified a novel mechanism that allows the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei - the cause of melioidosis, a neglected tropical…
Research suggests ability of HIV to cause AIDS is slowing
The rapid evolution of HIV, which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients’ natural immunity, is at the same time slowing the virus’s ability to cause AIDS,…
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…
Probe thinner than a human hair provides high definition recording of brain activity
Scientists have developed a new device that could revolutionise our understanding of the brain by allowing researchers to map the activity of complex neural networks that…
Scientists make step towards using brain scans to predict outcome of psychotic episodes
Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how severe the future illness course of a patient with psychosis will be, according to research funded by the Medical…
Leading charities launch campaign to highlight importance of patient records for medical research
Our medical records hold valuable information that could help save and improve lives, say leading medical research organisations today. By allowing researchers access to the…
The Great Brain Experiment: a new app to crowdsource data about how we think and act
A new mobile app developed by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL aims to carry out, on an unprecedented scale, science experiments that could…