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The Biologist to return to quarterly format with more online content
In 2021 The Biologist will return to a quarterly print magazine, with more content published online between editions, allowing the RSB to publish more responsive content and reduce the environmental impact of its publishing activities. In 2021 The...
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Extraterrestrial life science
This summer marks 50 years since humans first walked on the moon. Colleen Deane and Nathaniel Szewczyk explain why now is an exciting time for UK space science, and how bioscientists and citizen scientists alike can help study life in space The...
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Technicians provide “frontline support for student mental health and wellbeing”, report released by RSB and partners confirms
A new report released by sector leaders confirms that technical staff regularly support students with sensitive and personal issues including bereavement or sexual assault − often with very little formal recognition or training. A new report released...
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Focus on: Computer-aided biology
Will augmenting bioscience with computer-aided design software change what it means to be a biologist? The Biologist 66(3) p30-31 In the 1970s and 1980s the design of silicon circuits became so complex that creating blueprints for them graphically...
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Biology Week 2018: MPs and biologists come together to celebrate Biology Week in Parliament
The annual Biology Week 2018 Parliamentary Reception took place on Wednesday evening, in partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The annual Biology Week 2018 Parliamentary Reception took place on Wednesday evening,...
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RSB to help coordinate support for technicians who provide students with vital pastoral care
The RSB, in partnership with a number of other organisations, is looking to coordinate support and training for technicians who in turn are providing vital support for postgraduate research students. The RSB, in partnership with a number of other...
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GCSE results awarded and revised A level results shared with schools after exam results U-turns
Students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales received their GCSE qualification results today, after education ministers confirmed that students would be awarded their higher moderated grade or centre assessed grade. Students in England, Northern...
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An injection of facts
Susana Keane asks whether efforts to curb online misinformation will do anything to halt the alarming global slump in vaccination rates April 2nd 2020 In recent years there has been a reduction in vaccine uptake across many immunisation programmes...
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An injection of facts
Susana Keane asks whether efforts to curb online misinformation will do anything to halt the alarming global slump in vaccination rates April 2nd 2020 In recent years there has been a reduction in vaccine uptake across many immunisation programmes...
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Expert panellists come to discuss if it's too late to save our oceans at this year's Biology Week debate
Biologists and non-biologists of all ages packed into the historic Faraday Theatre at the Royal Institution last night to hear a panel of experts tackle the question: Marine plastics: is it too late to save our oceans? Biologists and non-biologists of...
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RSB@10: From Biosecurity to Brexit
It’s been a busy 10 years for UK science and education policy. Laura Marshall and Lauren McLeod reflect on hundreds of pieces of RSB policy work The Biologist 66(5) (RSB 10th Anniversary Special Issue) p8-9 Since 2009 the RSB policy team have produced...
