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‘I’m ridiculously positive about the media’s coverage of COVID-19’
Scientific reporting has come a long way since the days of 'frankenfoods' and vaccine scare stories, says Fiona Fox, head of the Science Media Centre. February 2nd 2021 Interview by Tom Ireland The Science Media Centre (SMC) was formed in 2002 after a...
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From Evidence to Art
Image: Sarcosaurus by Mark Witton Palaeoart is the term given to the striking and often controversial depictions of ancient creatures and ecosystems. We spoke to six palaeoartists about how they reconstruct ancient scenes and what a career as a...
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Hunting for 'holes of hope'
Above: the characteristic holes or 'plaques' indicating bacteriophage infection of a plate of bacteria. Courtesy of Ninjatacoshell via Wikimedia commons. Bacteriophages found by members of the public are helping create libraries of viruses that could...
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‘I’m ridiculously positive about the media’s coverage of COVID-19’
Scientific reporting has come a long way since the days of 'frankenfoods' and vaccine scare stories, says Fiona Fox, head of the Science Media Centre. February 2nd 2021 The Science Media Centre (SMC) was formed in 2002 after a Select Committee report...
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RSB welcomes appointment of new Minister and life sciences sector deal
Chris Skidmore, conservative MP for Kingswood, has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation following Sam Gyimah’s resignation earlier this month. Chris Skidmore, conservative MP for Kingswood, has...
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Crazy horses
Seahorses have a unique breeding mechanism that involves males becoming pregnant. Francisco Otero-Ferrer and William V Holt FRSB explain how this unusual arrangement can help scientists conduct studies that would otherwise be impossible The Biologist...
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Making Flies Forget
A surprising number of pathways associated with memory, learning and behaviour are conserved across humans and flies. James Higham looks at how modelling dementia in Drosophila is helping the development of more precisely targeted drugs The Biologist...
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"It's a Wild West online"
Tom Ireland talks to author and broadcaster Angela Saini about the biology of race, and why she is lobbying for regulation on how scientific information is shared online February 7th 2020 Angela Saini’s critically acclaimed book Superior: the Return of...
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"It's a Wild West online"
Tom Ireland talks to author and broadcaster Angela Saini about the biology of race, and why she is lobbying for regulation on how scientific information is shared online February 7th 2020 Angela Saini’s critically acclaimed book Superior: the Return of...
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Mammalogy Techniques: Lab Manual
James M Ryan Johns Hopkins University Press, £29.50 Over 19 chapters, Mammalogy Techniques is a laboratory manual for the student and tutor. Chapters one and two are dedicated to the primary resources for identification: the skull and teeth. Diagrams,...
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Replace, reduce, refine
Dr Kasia Makowska reveals highlights from the NC3Rs’ latest review of innovations to help replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in biomedical research The Biologist 66(4) p8-11 What do building artificial bones, catching ferrets’ breath and...
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Spotlight on: Proteomics
The Biologist Vol 61(5) p30-31 Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. The term was coined in the 1990s to make an analogy with genomics, the study of genomes. The entire set of proteins that are made by an organism or cell type is known as...
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Flying ant sightings continue into September
This year sightings of flying ants began early, but more are still being seen at the start of September, unexpectedly late. The Society of Biology's flying ant survey has seen sightings continuing for over 5 weeks around the UK. This year sightings of...
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New Q&A series on bioscience’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Biologist has launched a new COVID Q&A series exploring how life scientists around the world have sprung into action to help understand, track, and treat COVID-19. The Biologist has launched a new COVID Q&A series exploring how life scientists...
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Deep trouble
Above: the SHINKAI 6500 submersible at the Edmond hydrothermal vent field on the Central Indian Ridge. Chong CHEN / JAMSTEC. Next year, the first commercial-scale mining operations in international waters are due to start, helping feed a growing demand...
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Expert panel discuss healthy ageing to kick off Biology Week 2020
Over 100 participants from across the globe tuned in to discuss healthy ageing in the opening event of Biology Week 2020 last night. Over 100 participants from across the globe tuned in to discuss healthy ageing in the opening event of Biology Week...
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Animal Science Meeting 2019 Report
The 17th Animal Science Meeting, co-organised by the Royal Society of Biology and the Animals in Science Regulation Unit, took place on Friday 6th December The conference brought together representatives from the animal research sector with expertise...
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“We mustn’t spend a long time with a lot of virus circulating among a partially vaccinated population”
Above: Molecular epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft. Image by Oliver Hochstrasser. The pandemic is entering a ‘danger period’ where increasing but not total immunity encourages the spread of variants that can reinfect people or evade vaccines, Emma Hodcroft...
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Member profiles: Hormones, genetics and brewing beer
Our latest member profiles explore the working lives of neuroendocrinologist Dr Rebecca Dumbell CSci MRSB; director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh Prof Wendy Bickmore CBE FRSB, and brewer David Ryder MRSB These profiles...
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Member profiles: Deep-sea worms, malaria and policy
Our latest member profiles explore the working lives of marine ecologist Laetitia Gunton MRSB, cell biologist professor Jake Baum FRSB, and science policy expert Nicola Marchant FRSB These profiles appeared in the June / July 2020 issue of The...
