The EMF Biological Research Trust

Projects recently funded

Ref:BRT	Institution/Department	Principal Investigator(s)	Title	Start Finish Period	Grant value
04/23	University of Leicester Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry	Prof NS Scrutton & Dr JR Woodward	External magnetic fields and human health: a link to biological enzyme reaction systems	08-04 07-07 3 y	£78 307
05/25	The Gray Cancer Institute and the Health Protection Agency (CRCE/RPD)	Dr K Prise, Dr K Rothkamm, Dr M Folkard & Dr D Lloyd	To determine whether intermittent in vitro exposure to ELF EMF causes DNA and chromosomal damage in cells	08-05 07-07 2 y	£116,524
05/26	University College, London Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology	Dr David Whitmore	Extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) and their possible influence on the central mechanism of the circadian clock	01-06 09-08 2 y 8 m	£139,764
05/27	Essex University, Dept of Biological Sciences	Prof MT Wilson	Investigations of magnetic field effects on the formation and termination of lipid peroxide radicals in biological membrane systems	02-06 10-09 3 y 9 m	£172,742
06/30	Birmingham University Dept of Neurophysiology	Prof JGR Jefferys	Modulation of brain tissue function by low-frequency AC fields	08-06 07-08 2 y	£85,784
07/31	Glasgow University Dept of Radiation Oncology	Prof RJ Mairs	Investigation of genotoxic effects of ELF-EMF radiation in vitro	04-07 03-10 3 y	£176,704
06/32	University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry	Prof PJ Hore	Magnetic field effects on the photoreceptor function of Arabidopsis thaliana cryptochromes	12-06 11-08 2 y	£232,897
08/33	University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry	Prof PJ Hore	Magnetic field sensitivity of flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in cryptochrome and photolyase	12-08 11-10 2 y	£187,947
09/34	Health Protection Agency & Cambridge University, Dept of Biochemistry	Dr Z Sienkiewicz	Transcriptional responses of mouse bone marrow to power frequency magnetic fields	07-09 06-10 1 y	£77,031