Heather Hobbs Research & events news Stamps Mark Royal Society’s 350th Anniversary


Royal Mail has issued a radical split-stamp design to celebrate the 350th anniversary of The Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. The ten 1st Class stamps, which were first issued on 25 February, feature ten significant Royal Society figures whose portraits are paired with dramatic and colourful imagery representing their achievements.


The ‘brainstorming’ design was the idea of Hat-trick Design, responsible for the interlocking ‘jigsaw’ approach used for 2009’s Darwin stamps. But with more than 1,400 Fellows and Foreign Members to choose from, how were ten significant scientific figures to be selected?


Fittingly, it was The Royal Society itself which suggested the solution: a case of basic division. It was agreed to split the 350-year history into ten 35-year ‘blocks’ in which it could be demonstrated how, through the work of its Fellows, The Royal Society has had a major impact on the World.


Royal Mail consulted with experts from the Society to determine the ten Fellows, and due to the global nature of the organisation, non UK citizens were included, such as one of the United States’ Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, and the New Zealand-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.


Julietta Edgar, Head of Special Stamps, Royal Mail said: “It has traditionally been a challenge for designers to seek innovative ways to feature an individual and ‘tell their story’ at the same time. “The contrast of black and white portraits and eye-catching use of scientific imagery has resulted in a spectacular and thought- provoking design.”


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TO FIND OUT MORE CIRCLE NO. A Giant Leap for Regenerative Medicine


World-leading research into Regenerative Medicine pioneered at The University of Nottingham has taken a step closer to creating a new kind of healthcare industry.


A new £8.3 million Centre for Innovative Manufacturing will concentrate on developing new treatments for chronic disease and age-related health problems using groundbreaking therapies like stem cell treatment, tissue engineering, pharmaceutical therapies and surgical techniques involving new medical devices.


With funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and industry partners the new enterprise, to be led by Loughborough University along with Keele and Nottingham Universities, is one of three designated Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres recently announced by Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson being established to help UK businesses and research institutions develop the technology products of the future.


Professor Kevin Shakesheff, University of Nottingham Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering at The


University of Nottingham, Kevin Shakesheff, said: “The Nottingham teams who will be part of the new Centre have pioneered important new science in tissue engineering.


By working with Loughborough, Keele and the numerous commercial partners that form the Centre we will accelerate the difficult translation of this new science into new products, originated in the East Midlands, that address worldwide medical needs.”


Professor of Healthcare Engineering at Loughborough, David Williams, added: “Without doubt, RM has massive potential - especially for tackling chronic, debilitating conditions like heart disease and arthritis that will become increasingly prevalent due to our ageing population.


Yet it’s not enough simply to come up with clever ideas for curing such conditions. It’s about translating ideas into safe, affordable, cost-effective treatments that combine life-changing impact for patients with maximum commercial value.”


TO FIND OUT MORE CIRCLE NO. Andor Launch Images Competition


Andor Technology Plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and microscopy systems, has announced a new worldwide competition rewarding visually stunning and scientifically captivating images, spectra, graphics and movies. The Andor Insight Awards are open to entries generated through the use of the company’s own equipment regardless of technique or application and offer three categories: Physical Sciences, Spectroscopy and Life Sciences. A winner will be selected from each category and the overall winner will receive an Andor optimised Alienware PC.


“We are proud to see that a significant amount of cutting-edge research is carried out with Andor products and systems by researchers all over the world” said Donal Denvir, Andor’s Technical Director and Insight Awards jury member. “I am confident that the Andor Insight Awards will highlight the phenomenal advances in scientific discovery alongside technological innovation in the photonics industry”. The entry deadline for the Andor Insight Awards is 31 August 2010 and contestants can submit an unlimited number of entries. Early entrants will be displayed on the company’s website shortly after submission and winners announced at the end of September 2010.


For more information on how to enter the competition, visit www.andor.com/insight.


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Eppendorf Award for Young European


Investigators is Moving The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators (established in 1995) acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. As of 2011 the Eppendorf Award prize ceremony will take place at the new EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC) in Heidelberg, Germany. Along with this relocation comes a new entry deadline.


Until 15th January 2011, young researchers working in Europe who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. The winner of this highly prestigious prize is selected by an independent expert committee chaired by Kai Simons (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany). The Award is presented in partnership with Nature.


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Seeking Biomedical Researchers


The Wellcome Trust today announces a major new scheme to support world class researchers to investigate the most challenging questions about health and disease, push the boundaries of research, and make discoveries with the potential to lead to improvements in health. The awards will provide researchers and their teams with the support to pursue individual, bold visions without constraints. The awards will give researchers the maximum amount of freedom to be creative and innovative in their approach. Their breakthroughs will increase our understanding of health and disease, and will lead to new technologies and treatments that can benefit patients.


Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust, said: "The watchword of Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards will be flexibility, in length and scale of funding. The challenge to all research funders is to nurture and support the best scientists and enable them to ask the most important questions. We intend to provide Wellcome Trust Investigators with the creative opportunities and resources they need to tackle tough problems."


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