New film series shines a light on the global challenge of fungal diseases
World-leading researchers, clinicians, policymakers and people with lived experience are sharing their perspectives in a new film series by the...
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New smart tech to capture large scale marine mammal behaviour in the Celtic Sea
A new £2.7 million project deploying state of the art listening equipment in the Celtic Sea, to create an interactive...
More than a thousand children heading to Devon coast to learn vital sea safety skills
More than a thousand schoolchildren will be heading to Exmouth seafront this summer to learn how to enjoy the water...
Mentoring scheme involving Exeter highlighted in new Wellcome report
The GW4 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Alliance’s innovative cross-institutional mentorship scheme across the GW4 universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter,...
Exeter led international collaboration given £4.5 million to tackle deadly fungal disease
An international collaboration led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £4.5 million to help improve understanding of fungal diseases that kill 2.5 million people each year. The funding from Wellcome...
University of Exeter part of £35.4 million UKRI investment to strengthen UK food security
The University of Exeter is contributing to a major new UK-wide research infrastructure, PhenomUK, which has been awarded £35.4 million...
Engineered moths could replace mice in research into “one of the biggest threats to human health”
A scientific breakthrough not only promises faster testing for antimicrobial resistance, but also an ethical solution to the controversial issue...
TB harnesses part of immune defence system to cause infection
Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) – and...
£17.9 million research grant to discover new treatments for fungal diseases gets underway
A team of leading infectious disease scientists from academia and industry have been awarded £17.9 million to identify new drugs...