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“The experiments we're doing today are riskier than they've ever been”
science, whether in biology, virology or microbiology. They don't have any specialist training in security, or risk, or ethics. I think it's important that they recognise that. It's unfair on them to suggest that they need to be experts in all these...
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“Just the idea of having these species back is already having an impact”
Ben Lamm Beth Shapiro, chief scientist at the de-extinction start-up Colossal, talks to Tom Ireland about the science and ethics of recreating long-lost species in a lab Professor Beth Shapiro is an evolutionary molecular biologist specialising in...
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Scientists debate impacts and applications of synthetic biology
scientist Molyneux-Hodgson questioned why we continue to separate the technical from the social, the science from the ethics, and the facts from the values. She argued that science always seems to come first, whilst ethics and legal matters are worried...
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Policy work
RSB's science policy priorities These define our areas of focus and provide a framework for the RSB's science policy work and intended impact The Royal Society of Biology science policy priorities The RSB science policy priorities define the areas of...
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Member profiles
director roles. MY SOCIETY AND ME Dr Alexander Waller FRSB, visiting professor of science education and environmental ethics, American University of Sovereign Nations I joined the RSB’s predecessor (the Institute of Biology) as a student in the 1980s. I...
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Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science
different from neurotypical life. We all lie on a cognitive continuum. This wide-ranging book also examines the ethics of how we use neuroscience technologies. In particular, should we use neuroscience in court? Advances in brain imaging raise the...
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Current Activities
discussions on a theme of interest. This is a list of recent topics discussed over the period 2017-2023: A look back at the ethics of animal research 2005-2017. Roadmap to end severe suffering in research on animals. Genome editing and animal models for...
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The Queen of Pain
of devices to inflict thermal, chemical, mechanical and visceral pain on human subjects (all within the limits set by the ethics committee, of course). As Tracey explains to The Biologist, advanced neuroimaging has recently led to important insights...
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RSB partners with CWP to present ‘Biology for a Better Tomorrow’
out in the field, the series will explore adjacent progress to ensure the discipline is safe and responsible, addressing ethics and biological security. ‘Biology for a Better Tomorrow’ will launch during Biology Week in October 2024. It will then be...
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Animal Science Meeting 2023 Report
further. The third presentation was given by Dr Andy Greenfield FRSB from the University of Oxford who talked about the ethics of genome editing and farmed animal breeding. CRISPR/Cas genome editing has been available for just over a decade and its...
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The Queen of Pain
of devices to inflict thermal, chemical, mechanical and visceral pain on human subjects (all within the limits set by the ethics committee, of course). As Tracey explains to The Biologist, advanced neuroimaging has recently led to important insights...
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Professional Registers
strived for but encompasses much more than just a job specification. To be truly professional, one must adhere to the ethics and conduct of your area of practice, maintain the standards of knowledge and practice necessary to fulfil your role, and...
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Risky business
waste management, transport, competence and training, incident management, monitoring, engagement and impact, and ethics and sustainability. Ultimately, the aim is to help create more biorisk professionals with comprehensive all-roundcapabilities who...
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The Immune Mind: The New Science of Health
Dr Alexander Waller FRSB Reviewed by Dr Alexander Waller FRSB, visiting professor of science education and environmental ethics at the American University of Sovereign Nations
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The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Disease
Dr Alexander Waller FRSB Reviewed by Dr Alexander Waller FRSB, visiting professor of science education and environmental ethics at the American University of SovereignNations
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Molds, Mushrooms and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi
Dr Alexander Waller FRSB Reviewed by Dr Alexander Waller FRSB, visiting professor of science education and environmental ethics at the American University of Sovereign Nations
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Machine learning
and how tools that operate under paid subscription could increase inequalities. Some respondents were also worried about ethics and safety; for example, the problem of AI-generated content infringing on copyright, or students uploading personal data or...
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Eight Society of Biology Fellows in New Year's Honours list
Morton CBE, veterinarian, for services to the UK and international veterinary profession especially animal welfare and ethics. Professor Richard Parish CBE, formerly chief executive, Royal Society for Public Health, for services to public health....
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Life After Dolly: Ian Wilmut
children is different and something I have real anxiety about. Do you think the UK's current system for debating ethics and regulating bioscience works and is fit for purpose? In the UK, I think we should be very proud of the Human Fertilisation and...
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Book Awards
Prize Victoria Gill Vic is a producer/reporter for the BBC website, writing feature stories - primarily about science and ethics. Vic followed a neuroscience degree from the University of Edinburgh with a science communication masters from the...
