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Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery

13 August, 2020

Nylon manufacture could be revolutionised by the discovery that bacteria can make a key chemical…

Food security boost as data gets to root of crop yields problem

29 July, 2020

The resilience and yields of food crops worldwide could be improved by a new technique that…

Sperm discovery reveals clue to genetic ‘immortality’

16 July, 2020

New insights into an elusive process that protects developing sperm cells from damage in growing…

EMBO membership awarded to Dónal O'Carroll

07 July, 2020

Professor Dónal O'Carroll has been awarded the lifetime honour of EMBO (European Molecular…

Graduation, June 2020

06 July, 2020

Photos of June 2020 graduates.

Tributes to Nick Read

01 July, 2020

Tributes have been paid to Professor Nick Read, an influential mycologist whose world-leading…

Clocking in with malaria parasites

18 June, 2020

Discovery of why timing matters to malaria parasites reveals a vulnerability that could be…

School facility to provide essential proteins for coronavirus research

02 June, 2020

Edinburgh Protein Production Facility (EPPF) have joined a national consortium to provide medically…

Two-tier approach could begin lockdown end

02 June, 2020

Easing the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown could begin by strengthening protection for the most vulnerable…

PhD students rise to the challenge of Covid-19

02 June, 2020

School of Biological Sciences Students from the Wellcome Trust PhD programme in Hosts, Pathogens…