All the latest news about our research. News listing Search Tags Publication date Date from Date to Blog - Bringing the wilderness to IMPS: Fieldwork in Scotland to generate a lycophyte living collection – likely UK’s largest! 19 January, 2026 This blog was written by Diego Sanchez Ganfornina, of the Molecular Palaeobotany and Evolution… Blog - What does it mean to be alive? 24 April, 2025 Hee-Kyung Ahn, Royal Society University Research Fellow, recalls her grandmother's love of… Sandy Hetherington wins prestigious Leverhulme Prize 20 October, 2023 Dr Sandy Hetherington, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in… Sandy Hetherington wins the European Research Council Starting Grant 2023 05 September, 2023 Dr Sandy Hetherington, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a prestigious European Research… Richard Milne wins Teacher of the Year 31 May, 2023 Dr Richard Milne has been awarded Teacher of the Year in the College of Science & Engineering… Karen Halliday and Steven Spoel become Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 21 March, 2023 Professors Karen Halliday and Steven Spoel have been named as Fellows of the Royal Society of… How the Dandelion decides when to fly 09 June, 2022 The dandelions – famous for their fluffy seed carrying parachutes, provide food for birds and… CRISPR insight could improve technique and biotechnology applications 02 March, 2022 The discovery that the CRISPR gene editing process differs between human and algae cells could lead… Blog - A Spotlight On Dr Sandy Hetherington 11 May, 2021 Helen Foerd (final year PhD student) sat down with our new IMPS member, Dr Sandy Hetherington to… Blog - Tiny but mighty: Algae hold the secret to turbo-charging photosynthesis in plants. 22 March, 2021 Researchers reveal the mechanism that forms the pyrenoid, an enigmatic compartment used by algae to… School researchers awarded Chancellor’s Fellowships 04 March, 2021 Dr Beatriz Orosa Puente and Dr Joanna Sadler have been awarded prestigious fellowships to develop… Baldness gene discovery reveals origin of hairy alpine plants 27 January, 2021 Scientists have solved a puzzle that has long baffled botanists – why some plants on high… Sandy Hetherington awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship 27 January, 2021 Sandy Hetherington, an evolutionary biologist, is the recipient of a UK government fellowship that… Food security boost as data gets to root of crop yields problem 27 January, 2021 The resilience and yields of food crops worldwide could be improved by a new technique that… High-value chemicals from biotech: School scientists awarded almost half a million pounds in UK Government funding 27 January, 2021 Pioneering researchers in the School of Biological Sciences will benefit from a £477,015 cash boost… Algae superpowers could provide major boost to food security 27 January, 2021 The yields of vital food crops such as rice, wheat and soybean could be improved by equipping… This article was published on 2024-06-17
