Collaborations

Collaboration is a key part of the University’s research activities and Biological Sciences working together is integral to many of our research projects. As well our interdisciplinary research within the University, we have a global network of partners who are working with us to address today’s health and environmental challenges. 

Government agencies, local authorities and industry and research organisations are always interested in the output from our findings.  We can undertake contract research, and we are always keen to hear from new commercial and stakeholder contacts.  Several companies sponsor PhD research through the Research Council CASE schemes.

Our collaborative projects include:

• Leading a £1.1m project to investigate how trees and grasses can be used to generate renewable energy and trap carbon. The work is being carried out in collaboration with scientists from the University of Warwick, Rothamsted Research Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh and the Aberystwyth University.
• Working with researchers at Bristol and Liverpool universities on new vaccines against pneumonia and meningitis, following receipt of a $100,000 grant from the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme. 
• Working with the University of Belize and Panthera Foundation to create a wildlife corridor in Belize, protecting the habitat of endangered species such as the jaguar, ocelot and armadillo.