We recently partnered with the Francis Crick Institute's Crick Africa Network (CAN), investing £7.5 million to help scientists build their careers on the African continent.

In this episode – a snippet from BBC's 'Focus on Africa' podcast on 21 August – CAN alumni Yaw Bediako shares his first-hand experience bringing world-class biotechnology to Africa and how the Crick Africa Network can help stop the brain drain of African scientists.

Does a treatment for motor neurone disease (MND) by 2030 sound far-fetched to you? Here's why it's not.

Join Rob Smith and LifeArc business manager Cornelia "Conny" Roesl as they navigate the finer points of the groundbreaking MND Collaborative Partnership.

They discuss, among other things, which areas of research the collaboration is targeting, how it is co-ordinated, why it's so different from what has come before, and the planned timescales for an effective MND treatment by 2030.

In this episode, Rob Smith and Paul Wright take a closer look at translational science, a process and way of thinking that is aiming to accelerate new drug discovery for people living with MND. Joining them on the podcast are two of the most eminent scientists in the field of MND research - Brian Dickie – Director of Research Development at Motor Neuron Association and Prof. Kevin Talbot Head of Dept & Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford.