Author: Benjie Coleman

MDR Away Day

Dr David MacIntyre presenting work from the Section of Pregnancy, Parturition and Prematurity at the MDR Away Day.
Dr David MacIntyre presenting the work of the Section of Pregnancy, Parturition and Prematurity at the MDR Away Day.

On Monday 7th October, the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction held its inaugural Away Day.

As a new Department, it was a fantastic opportunity to get the vast majority of our researchers and academics in one place and hear about all the diverse and fascinating work taking place across the Divisions.

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Carbohydrate Microarray Facility for the New Era of Glycomics

Congratulations to a team of MDR researchers who have received a new £1.34M (over for four years) Wellcome Trust grant. The grant will provide support for the Carbohydrate Microarray Facility as a cross-faculty collaboration between the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction and the Department of Chemistry.

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Systems closure during re-organisation transition period

Due to cost centre changes for some Depts and some PIs, any existing grant/funding transactions which are in flight without final approval may not appear in the new “organisation” code when the changes have been made, therefore existing proposals MUST be fully approved by COB 23 July. This relates to POs, journals, staff requests, expenses etc, hence you will need inform the approver(s) in the approval hierarchy of any transactions awaiting their approval. If you have a grant deadline between 24 July – 5 August, you are encouraged to contact your Section Manager as soon as possible. (more…)