UK's BBSRC to Dole Out $66M for Systems Biology Research | GenomeWeb

UK's BBSRC to Dole Out $66M for Systems Biology Research

Sep 19, 2006

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announced two initiatives worth over £35 million ($66 million) to encourage systems biology research.

BBSRC and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council committed £30 million to the Systems Approaches to Biological Research Initiative. The initiative will fund projects in 2007 to increase systems biology research being conducted in universities and institutes.

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