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Racist and Homophobic attack on the University African and Caribbean Society LGBT+

19 February, 2021

The horrible, twisted and cowardly racist and homophobic attack on a student-led Zoom meeting last…

Altruism in bacteria - Gut microbes help family first

11 February, 2021

The discovery that in real-world conditions bacteria, similar to animals, cooperate and selflessly…

Loeske Kruuk awarded Royal Society Research Professorship

03 February, 2021

Professor Loeske Kruuk will return to the School of Biological Sciences after being awarded a Royal…

Mistletoe under spotlight of major DNA study

17 December, 2020

It has been a frivolous part of Christmas festivities for centuries, but now scientists sense that…

ERC Grant Success: School scientists awarded €4M in European funding

09 December, 2020

Projects led by Amy Buck and Steven Spoel have been awarded funding by the European Research…

Algae superpowers could provide major boost to food security

09 December, 2020

The yields of vital food crops such as rice, wheat and soybean could be improved by equipping…

Start up boosted by funding to build low cost bioreactors

19 November, 2020

OGI Bio, a university of Edinburgh start-up company, is developing affordable and innovative…

Scientists discover safeguard that protects blood’s ‘Fountain of Youth’

09 November, 2020

Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery of a key protein that supports the production of…

High-value chemicals from biotech: School scientists awarded almost half a million pounds in UK Government funding

04 November, 2020

Pioneering researchers in the School of Biological Sciences will benefit from a £477,015 cash boost…

‘Social distancing’ in sheep could cure flock of maedi-visna

15 October, 2020

A collaboration between scientists in Scotland and The Netherlands has found that a lack of ‘social…