News 2018

All the news from 2018

School Success in Student Experience Grants

The School of Biological Sciences received two Student Experience Grants in the autumn 2018 round of applications.

Improved stem cell approach could aid fight against Parkinson’s

Scientists have taken a key step towards improving an emerging class of treatments for Parkinson’s disease.

Stem cell tool to repair joints offers hope to osteoarthritis patients

Patients with osteoarthritis could be set to benefit from an inventive stem cell technique being tested by doctors.

Insight into cause of rare disorder may aid quest for treatments

Fresh discoveries about a rare genetic disorder that affects mainly boys may inform the development of therapies to treat the condition.

Career Coaching in Science Video - Sharing what works in academia

The School of Biological Sciences runs a successful career coaching programme and have produced a short video to showcase the effectiveness of career coaching.

Decoding sleeping sickness signals could aid quest for treatments

Key insights into how the parasites behind sleeping sickness boost their ability to spread could aid efforts to beat the disease.

Gene study boosts bid to keep British bees safe from disease

Dr Julie Welburn receives EMBO Young Investigator Award

Disrupting parasites’ family planning could aid malaria fight

Gene find could pave way for disease-resistant crops

Cancer drug insight could lead to new therapies

Renowned scientist Professor Aubrey Manning dies

Dandelion seeds reveal newly discovered form of natural flight

Fertility pioneer receives international award

Outdoor study lends insight into flower timing

Lupus discovery could help manage disease in African patients

Chancellor's Fellow – Biotechnology

Sharing parenting leads to healthier young, beetle study finds

Sir Adrian Peter Bird and Professor William Hill honoured by the Royal Society

Inbred animals face greater threat from changes to environment

One switch to control them all – unravelling seasonality in plants

HIV study reveals new group of men at risk of infection

Professor Jean Beggs receives RNA Society 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

Two-step process underpins upkeep of key protein in cell division

iGEM Overgrad Team – Turning whisky by-products into bioplastics

Professor Keith Matthews elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Young Frankenstein – cautionary tale or valuable lesson

Hungry parasites: when hosts eat, their parasites do too

Malaria study reveals gene variants linked to disease

Warmer springs reduce food for forest birds

Gene study highlights threat of ash dieback

Under-fives should be priority for snail fever therapy, study finds

Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies

Therapeutic worms for inflammatory disorders? Perhaps there is a more palatable option

Warming seas could put at-risk seabirds out of sync with prey

New user-friendly DNA assembly toolkit

Navigating the world’s oceans by tapping into bacterial swimming strategies

Physical disability boosts parenting effort, beetles study shows

Meal times may be key to managing malaria, parasite study shows

New Lectureships in Biological Sciences

Lab-grown eggs could pave way towards new fertility treatments

Professor Francisca Mutapi awarded Chancellor’s Award for Impact

Breeding quirks of head lice offer insight into effective treatments

Complex tools help crows hunt more quickly

Solving a century-old mystery in cell division

Blight on Scottish forests - Overseas pine threat to native species

This article was published on 6 Feb, 2018