Published:
11:27 AM February 1, 2021
Prof Nitya Rao is director for the new Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development, based at Norwich Research Park
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A landmark new science centre has been created on the Norwich Research Park to solve the critical issue of global food security amid the growing threat of climate change.
The Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development will aim to find ways to help farmers all over the world to become more resilient to increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events, from flooding to droughts.
The new institute was launched with £750,000 of funding from the John Innes Foundation, and is the first formal partnership of the internationally-recognised expertise in plant science from the John Innes Centre and the social sciences from UEA’s School of International Development.
The researchers also point out that resistant starch can be found in other foods and that work is already looking at how to breed staple crops such as rice and wheat with higher levels of the resistant starch to provide further options to help reduce type 2 diabetes.
Shining a spotlight on women and girls in science
Thursday, February 11 is this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It’s a day when science shines a spotlight on its female researchers and scientists to demonstrate this interesting and valuable career.
Luckily at Norwich Research Park, there are many women who are leading the way in conducting world-leading research that is addressing some of the key challenges facing humankind in the areas of feeding the world, keeping healthy as we age and protecting the planet from climate change.
Published:
8:30 AM December 18, 2020
Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing explores how changing our behaviours, such as adopting a Mediterranean diet, we can all live longer, healthier and more satisfying lives
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Our life span is increasing – but what about our health span? Launched on November 26, the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) is a new research group bringing together scientists, policy makers and the local community to explore how we can live longer, healthier and more satisfying lives.
Professor Anne-Marie Minihane, director of Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing
- Credit: UEA/Henry Iddon
As a society we are living longer: the average life expectancy in the UK is increasing at a rate of two to three years every decade. Yet our healthy life expectancy – the projected number of remaining years in good health – is not increasing at the same rate.
Published:
8:30 AM December 18, 2020
Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing explores how changing our behaviours, such as adopting a Mediterranean diet, we can all live longer, healthier and more satisfying lives
- Credit: Getty Images
Our life span is increasing – but what about our health span? Launched on November 26, the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) is a new research group bringing together scientists, policy makers and the local community to explore how we can live longer, healthier and more satisfying lives.
Professor Anne-Marie Minihane, director of Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing
- Credit: UEA/Henry Iddon
As a society we are living longer: the average life expectancy in the UK is increasing at a rate of two to three years every decade. Yet our healthy life expectancy – the projected number of remaining years in good health – is not increasing at the same rate.