Grants

University of Edinburgh

Research grants

Dr E. Fraga, Pounds 148,702 from EPSRC (automated synthesis of large complex process flowsheets); Professor J. Ponton, Pounds 156,075 from EPSRC (automatic synthesis of complex process flowsheets with cost & non-cost objectives, joint project with Drs Fraga and McKinnon); Dr R. Banares-Alcantara and Professor J. Ponton, Pounds 246,337 from EPSRC (design support systems for process engineering); Dr J. Davidson, Pounds 56,085 from EPSRC (frequency response drifts analysis of surface kinetics); Dr P. Langridge-Smith, Pounds 94,479 from EPSRC (development of tandem time-of-flight laser desorption mass spectrometry); Dr R. Winpenny, Pounds 107,022 from EPSRC (towards molecular magnets, studies of polynuclear complexes with novel magnetic properties); Dr G. McDougall and Professor L. Rees, Pounds 113,870 from EPSRC (frequency response drifts analysis of surface kinetics); Professor D. Rankin, Pounds 268,568 from EPSRC (electron diffraction studies of molecular structures in the gas phase); Dr S. Flitsch, Pounds 209,184 from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (design and synthesis of novel soluble cytochrome P450 monoxygenases for application in biocatalysis) and Pounds 121,800 from BBSRC (synthesis of N-glycans and glycoproteins by chemical and enzymatic in vitro methods) and Pounds 106,061 from BBSRC (novel strategy for chemo-enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides); Drs P. Andrews and J. Wardlaw, Pounds 408,973 from Medical Research Council (brain insult and injury - management and outcome); Dr A. Lascarides, Pounds 73,245 from the Economic and Social Research Council (interpreting words in a discourse context); Professor C. Stirling, Dr J. Bradfield and Mr S. Anderson, Pounds 175,123 from the EPSRC (value-passing concurrency workbench); Professor G. Norman, Pounds 33,284 from the ESRC (innovative management of innovation in British companies: an international comparative study); Drs A. Smith and I. Chambers, Pounds 140,516 from BBSRC (cytokine receptor function in ES cell self-renewal and commitment); Dr W. Skarnes, Pounds 125,296 from BBSRC (identification of cell surface molecules important for the formation and patterning of somites).

To be continued

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