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Professor Jean Beggs receives RNA Society 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

27 July, 2018

Jean Beggs, Professor of Molecular Biology in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology at the…

iGEM Overgrad Team – Turning whisky by-products into bioplastics

27 July, 2018

With iGEM season well underway, we again are supporting two teams to ask questions and find…

Young Frankenstein – cautionary tale or valuable lesson

27 July, 2018

A Sci-Screen event provided a light-hearted backdrop for Centre members to engage the audience of…

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

18 July, 2018

Sir Adrian Peter Bird, Buchanan Professor of Genetics, and William Hill, Emeritus Professor of…

Inbred animals face greater threat from changes to environment

27 June, 2018

Animals that are inbred make mistakes in response to changes in their surroundings, which threatens…

One switch to control them all – unravelling seasonality in plants

06 June, 2018

Plants make drastic changes to their biology to survive the changing seasons. Yet we know little…

HIV study reveals new group of men at risk of infection

04 June, 2018

A group of men who may be underestimating their HIV risk has been identified in a new study.

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

01 June, 2018

Scientists have shed light on a key aspect of healthy cell division, helping build a clearer…

Professor Keith Matthews elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

09 May, 2018

Keith Matthews, Professor of Parasite Biology, has been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship…

Hungry parasites: when hosts eat, their parasites do too

25 April, 2018

If you want to control your parasite infection, the time that you eat may be the answer. A new…