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New hub to harness magic of microbes to turn trash into treasure

19 June, 2025

A pioneering new hub is set to transform UK manufacturing by converting industrial waste into…

Professor Stephen Wallace

Secret to identifying British plants revealed by new website

28 May, 2025

A new website has been launched to help members of the public to identify UK wild flowers and…

Richard Milne taking a photo of a wild plant

Professor Dónal O’Carroll elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

19 May, 2025

Professor Dónal O'Carroll has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of…

Professor Dónal O’Carroll

Mutant ‘Dr Suess’ plant reveals 500-million-year-old auxin control mechanism

02 May, 2025

A study has revealed new insights into the elusive process that allows a single hormone, known as…

Mutant Maize plants

Engineering Biology report showcases Edinburgh expertise

25 April, 2025

Engineered microbes could produce sustainable supplies of rare metals vital to a range of…

Photo of instruments in the genome foundry

Rules of Engagement: How to build a mitotic chromosome

17 April, 2025

If a cell nucleus was the size of a tennis ball, the DNA in just one of the 46 human chromosomes…

Microscopic image of cell nucleus, grey in background and brightly contrasting coloured DNA folds.

Jamie Weir wins prestigious Linnean Society Medal

11 April, 2025

Jamie Weir, a PhD researcher in evolutionary biology, is the recipient of the Linnean Society’s…

Jamie Weir

Mattias Malaguti receives Academy of Medical Sciences Award

10 April, 2025

Mattias Malaguti, a Lecturer in Engineering Biology, is the recipient of an Academy of Medical…

Photo of Dr Mattias Malaguti

University prize for duo’s schools programme on mosquitoes

03 April, 2025

Two researchers who use the world’s deadliest animal to spark pupils’ interest in biology have won…

Drs Aidan O’Donnell and Petra Schneider have been awarded the Tam Dalyell Prize

New game explores how social behaviour changes disease spread

12 March, 2025

A new game has been designed to understand how people's social networks and decision-making…

Nergal is a game world that allows members of public to explore a strange world full of friendly creatures whilst facing the threat from an ominous disease