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No time to waste
International environmental goals and dedicated sustainability teams are needed to reduce the impact of bioscience on the organisms and ecosystems we study, writes Marta Rodríguez-Martínez February 21st 2022 In the last few decades the speed of...
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The sense behind senescence
December 11th 2023 Anti-ageing is big business, but why do we age in the first place? Dr Andy Dobson explains the evolutionary logic of age-related deterioration Will science ever defeat ageing? It’s a contentious question. It’s also a potentially...
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Focus on...Crowdfunding science
We explore how scientists can bypass traditional funding routes and raise money for research online The Biologist 63(4) p32-33 Crowdfunding is raising money for a project or venture by attracting relatively small contributions from a large number of...
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Spotlight on: Immunology
The Biologist Vol 62(4) p32-33 Immunology is the study of the immune system in both healthy and diseased states. It includes the study of how the body fights infections from bacteria and viruses, and the development of medical interventions to treat...
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Jonathan Montgomery: How do we decide what science should and shouldn’t do?
Jonathan Montgomery talks to Tom Ireland about chairing the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Not so long ago, the UK became the first country to approve the creation of 'three person babies' and already another genetic technique is in the news. Fast and...
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Spotlight on: Biotechnology
The Biologist Vol 62(6) p32-33 Biotechnology uses biological systems (or derivatives of them) to make useful products or services. Age-old processes such as brewing are sometimes included in definitions of biotechnology. Really, however, biotechnology...
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Standing room only at 30th Parliamentary Links Day
Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a letter of thanks to the RSB and the wider scientific community as part of the 30th Parliamentary Links Day. Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a letter of thanks to the RSB and the wider scientific community as...
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RSB welcomes reporting of number of animals bred for research but not used for procedures
The Home Office released yesterday a second set of statistics of animals in research, following the publication of the number of scientific procedures using animals, released in July this year. The Home Office released yesterday a second set of...
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A sense of place
Tale L Bjerknes and May-Britt Moser explain how specialised cells deep in the brain continuously create cognitive maps of where we are and where things happened The Biologist 66(1) p10-13 How do we remember events from the past? The question has...
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We need a plan, not just a ban
Neonicotinoids look set to be totally banned across the UK. Do we have alternative pest control strategies that will be better for wildlife? The Biologist 64(6) p6 Calls to ban ‘bee-harming pesticides’ heightened last year following the release of new...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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It's all about the algae
When people think about algae in rivers, pollution and eutrophication normally spring to mind. Martyn Kelly explains how initiatives such as the EU's Water Framework Directive have helped us better understand the contribution of algae to healthy...
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Flying ants appear early
The UK's black garden ants (Lasius niger) are currently taking to the air in spectacular style, earlier than usual. Records are coming in for the Society of Biology's flying ant survey, and more are needed. Last year's survey revealed not one but two...
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Flying ants appear early
The UK's black garden ants (Lasius niger) are currently taking to the air in spectacular style The UK's black garden ants (Lasius niger) are currently taking to the air in spectacular style, with sightings coming in for the Society of Biology's flying...
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Reports
Tour of the Royal Veterinary College 18 February 2020 Our visit to the Royal Veterinary College Museum was both enlightening and a lot of fun. The museum started in the courtyard where we encountered the first specimens placed around the modern café’...
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Reports
Good and bad inflammation in wound healing and cancer 9 February 2017 Professor Paul Martin started off his talk at the The Tobacco factory, Bristol, by describing three models of wound healing and cancer: Mouse, Drosophila, and Zebrafish. In wound...
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The Disease Detective
As Ebola wreaks havoc once again in Africa, microbiologist Professor Peter Piot recalls how he and his team helped stop the spread of the disease when it first appeared in the 70s The Biologist 62(1) p16-20 In 1976, Belgian microbiologist Professor...
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Into the Twitterspere
Not on Twitter? Social media and research go hand in hand, says Rebecca Nesbit The Biologist 61(4) p8 Imagine this scenario: it's almost the end of your PhD and you're broke and jobless. Then, at a conference, you overhear a professor you'd like to...
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Biological Emergence-based Evolutionary Mechanism (BEEM)
Raju Pookottil Fossil Fish Publishing, £9.00 Raju Pookottil Fossil Fish Publishing, £9.00 If the central idea of this book turns out to be correct, the author could be looking at a Nobel Prize. In short, he suggests that natural selection may not be...
