KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON Charities. Drs N. Abbott and G. Connolly and Prof P. McNaughton, Pounds 43,005 from the Wellcome Trust (signalling between cells associated with the cerebral vasculature: the role of purines and pyrimidines); Dr G. Jones, Pounds 108,365 from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council (role of Rac and Rho proteins in the chemotaxis-driven migration of macrophages); Dr S. Persaud, Pounds 92,705 from the Wellcome Trust (identification by insertional mutagenesis of genes involved in the regulation of pancreatic beta cells);

Dr R. Brooks, Pounds 1,313 from the Wellcome Trust (initiation of DNA synthesis in vertebrate cells: development of cell free system); Dr S. Wilson, Pounds 540,755 from the Wellcome Trust (fellowship in basic biomedical science science - analysis of mechanisms underlying regional patterning of the embryonic vertebrate forebrain); Prof V. Preedy, Pounds 54,491 from the Wellcome Trust (a study of transcriptional control of protein synthesis in alcohol-induced muscle disease); Dr H. Short, Pounds 58,395 from the British Academy (prosopography of the Byzantine Empire);

Prof N. Staines, Pounds 50,300 from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council (characterisation of T cell clones reacting with epitopes of type II collagen in arthritis) and Pounds 101,141 from the ARC (specificity and cellular mechanisms of tolerance to collagen administered across mucosal surfaces); Prof A. McGregor, Pounds 363,750 from the Wellcome Trust (postnatal consequences of intrauterine growth retardation: reprogramming of the IGS/IGFBP axis); Dr F. Farzaneh, Pounds 101,561 from the Leukaemia Research Fund (molecular genetic analysis of apoptosis in myeloid and lymphoid cells);

Research contracts:

Mr E. Peck, Pounds 71,500 from North West Lancashire Health Authority (research consultancy to provide advice and support to the Consortium); Mr C. Graham, Pounds 1,660 from South West Thames Health Authority (consultancy to provide advice and support to the Health Authority); Dr B. Sutton and Prof H. Gould, Pounds 123,5 from the National Asthma Campaign (X-ray structure of the mast cell receptor IgE complex and design of inhibitors); Prof J. Wilson-Barnett, Pounds 64,549 from Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust (evaluation of the role of the Parkinson's disease specialist nurse); Mrs S. Robinson, Mr T. Murrells and Prof S. Redfern, Pounds 1,000 from the Department of Health (RMN & RGN Cohort studies);

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Prof T. Sanders, Pounds 261,419 from the Min.of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (influence of dietary fatty acids on procoagulant and fibrinolytic activities in humans); Profs T. Sanders and B. Halliwell, Pounds 143,541 from MAFF (influence of dietary n-3 fatty acids on the requirement for vitamin E in humans); Prof N. Noah, Pounds 96,000 from the Lederle Laboratories (surveillance of meningitis in Europe);

Research grants: Dr E. Grundy, Pounds 105,690 from the Economic and Social Research Council (intergenerational relationships and household change); Dr P. Gordon-Weeks, Pounds 161,905 from the Medical Research Council (function of a novel phosphorylated form of Map1 B in axon growth and identification of the kinase); Prof A. Rogers and Dr V. Handerek, Pounds 145,863 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (non-linear optical techniques for distributed fibre measurement of temp and/or strain field);

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Prof R. Streater, Pounds 102,043 from the EPSRC (groups, wavelets and the wave equation); Dr B. Sutton, Pounds 62,000 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (surface plasmon resonance equipment to study engineered proteins and synthetic peptides that bind to IgG-Fc and IgE-Fc); Dr S. Bansal, Prof R. Hider, Pounds 165,598 from EPSRC (novel strategy for the controlled synthesis of disulphides in synthetic peptides); Dr D. Knight, Pounds 150,638 from the Medical Research Council (probing the molecular mechanisms of regulated secretion using a recombinant virus expression system); Prof M. Robb, Pounds 64,401 from EPSRC (complete determination of photochemical reaction paths applications to organic photochemistry); Dr G.E. Jones, Pounds 88,244 from the MRC (role of Rac and Rho proteins in the chemotaxis-driven migration of macrophages);

Prof N. Holder and Drs S. Wilson and Q. Xu, Pounds 178,958 from the MRC (functional analysis of spatially regulated receptor tyrosine kinases in the zebra fish embryo); Prof N. Holder, Pounds 198,885 from the BBSRC, administered by EPSRC (senior fellowship); Prof S. Ball, Pounds 88,650 from the ESRC (schools, cultures and values: the impact of the 1988 and 1993 Education Acts); Dr I. Robertson and Prof A. Aghvami, Pounds 146,344 from EPSRC (large-signal characterisation and design of millimetre-wave integrated circuits). to be continued