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Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner, South African-born biologist passes away
Sydney Brenner (92), a South African-born biologist, has passed away in Singapore on April 5, 2019. He helped decipher the genetic code and his research on a roundworm sparked a new field of human disease research. Brenner shared the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2002 for his contribution to work unraveling how genes control cell ..
Topics: Awards • Biology • Branches of biology • Caenorhabditis elegans • Fellows of the Royal Society • H. Robert Horvitz • Howard Hughes Medical Investigators • John Sulston • Knights Bachelor • Model organism • Sydney Brenner • Wellcome Trust
Cabinet approves 5 year extension of Biomedical Research Career Programme
The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the Biomedical Research Career Programme and Wellcome Trust (WT)/DBT India Alliance beyond its initial 10-year term to a new five year phase. The extension is carried for its new 5 year phase from 2019-20 to 2023-24 with the Department of Biotechnology increasing its commitment to two times that ..
Topics: Biotechnology in India • DBT • Department of Biotechnology • direct benefit transfer • Economies • Economy of India • Medical research • Wellcome Trust