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Nadanai Laohakunakorn awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

08 September, 2021

Nadanai Laohakunakorn, a Chancellor's Fellow in Biotechnology, is the recipient of a UK…

Diego Oyarzún appointed as Turing Fellow in 2021-22

07 September, 2021

Commencing in October 2021, Turing Fellows will collaborate with the Alan Turing Institute,…

Natural blue food colouring gets eco-friendly production boost

06 September, 2021

Scientists have developed an environmentally-friendly way of boosting the production and heat…

Fossil study gets to root of how early plants made earth habitable

23 August, 2021

A 3D model of a 400-million-year-old fossil has shed light on an enduring mystery about how some of…

Urgent action is needed to tackle impact of early childhood schistosomiasis on education

16 August, 2021

Scientists have discovered that early childhood schistosomiasis, an infection caused by a parasitic…

Graduation, June 2021

12 July, 2021

Photos of June 2021 graduates.

Bacteria serves tasty solution to global plastic problem

10 June, 2021

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution… by using…

Coronavirus tracking its deadly tactics inside our cells

01 June, 2021

We know alarmingly little about the biological tricks that make this coronavirus so deadly. But…

Coronavirus tracking its deadly tactics inside our cells

27 May, 2021

We know alarmingly little about the biological tricks that make this coronavirus so deadly. But…

Loeske Kruuk awarded ERC Advanced Grant

22 April, 2021

Professor Loeske Kruuk, who will be joining the School of Biological Sciences later in 2021, has…