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My Lab Unlocked: Dr Lynda Partridge FRSB
Dr Lynda Partridge FRSB talks about her lab's work on membrane proteins known as tetraspanins, and how researchers in this field are a rare breed Our research is broadly in the area of molecular cell biology. Most of our current work focusses on...
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Member profiles: eDNA, fermentation and virtual learning
Our latest member profiles explore the working lives of freshwater ecologist Dr Rosetta Blackman MRSB, product development and R&D manager at Rentokil Initial Dr Kanagasooriyam Kanagachandran MRSB and Dr Hannah Gauci MRSB, biology qualification...
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Big numbers aplenty as Policy Lates tackles the complexities of food
Attendees of the latest RSB Policy Lates discussion heard a variety of staggering and sobering statistics on the need to reform the way we grow and consume food. Attendees of the latest RSB Policy Lates discussion heard a variety of staggering and...
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Member profiles: tree-climbing fish and technician support
Our latest members include the Indonesian bioengineer Adhityo Wicaksono MRSB and Lucy Hudon MRSB, an advocate for science technicians September 15th These profiles appeared in the Autumn 2021 issue of The Biologist (Vol 68 No 3) A Day in the Life:...
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Policy Profile: Dr Laura Marshall MRSB
The RSB’s head of science policy looks ahead to a busy year This Q&A appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of The Biologist (Vol 68 No 1) Can you explain what you do at RSB? I’m responsible for strategy, implementation and delivery of science policy...
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How do we get students back to the bench safely?
Universities have done well to adapt to COVID-19 this year using virtual learning – but ultimately, we must ensure students graduating over the next few years are comfortable and competent working in laboratories, writes Professor David Coates December...
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No, ‘robobees’ are not the answer to pollinator decline
Despite the best intentions of engineers and technologists, the trillions of micro aerial vehicles required to do the job of bees and other pollinators would be an ecological disaster December 4th 2020 Food security and the health of ecosystems depend...
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A symbol of hope
This year marks 50 years since the first efforts to protect Brazil’s golden lion tamarins began. It has become one of the region’s most innovative and inspiring conservation stories, writes Jeremy Mallinson OBE FRSB December 4th 2020 The Atlantic...
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Waste opportunity
Could metalotollerant bacteria help produce valuable metal nanoparticles from the world’s spent batteries? Giovanni Maddalena, Professor Louise Horsfall FRSB and Dr Virginia Echavarri-Bravo explain 28th September 2020 Lithium-ion batteries power our...
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A new front
Heightened sanitising during the COVID-19 pandemic is driving bacterial resistance to our most commonly used and important disinfectants, writes Samantha McCarlie September 8th 2021 Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing global threats...
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RSB pays tribute to Professor Sir Colin Blakemore FRSB FRS
The RSB has joined the many scientific organisations, charities and scientists paying tribute to Professor Sir Colin Blakemore FRSB FRS, a renowned neuroscientist and science communicator who died this week aged 78. The RSB has joined the many...
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Mini-miners in your garden
The Biologist is pleased to launch the first of a series of seasonal columns on what wildlife recorders can look out for in the UK right now May 31st 2021 The warmer months provide a bounty of biological recording opportunity as a significant...
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Bioscience must treat climate change for the global emergency that it is
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what biology can do in a crisis. Can we focus efforts and resources in the same way for climate change? June 1st 2021 To date, 1,921 jurisdictions and local governments in 34 countries – covering 826 million citizens –...
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The future of genetic tech: time for a new approach
The RSB policy team explain their response to Defra’s post-Brexit consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies September 8th 2021 As the UK Government consults on the regulation of genetic technologies, The Biologist has commissioned a group...
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The future of genetic tech: one rule for all in microbiology and biotechnology
Professor Ed Louis FRSB on consolidating the regulations covering a multitude of microbial genetic technologies September 8th 2021 As the UK Government consults on the regulation of genetic technologies, The Biologist has commissioned a group of new...
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The future of genetic tech: delivering benefits for all parts of the world
Matthew Venezia and Kate M Creasey Krainer FRSB on the inequity of genetic engineering’s impact so far September 8th 2021 As the UK Government consults on the regulation of genetic technologies, The Biologist has commissioned a group of new articles...
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The future of genetic tech: Crops for a carbon-neutral world
With time running out to create agriculture that can sustainably feed people on this planet, Richard B Flavell CBE FRSB argues that now is the time to define and set global targets for the development of new high-yield and sustainable crops September...
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"I once believed the people making decisions would listen to scientists - that is not true"
Former ecologist Emma Smart talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her recent arrest at an Extinction Rebellion protest, and why more and more scientists are joining the activist group Earlier this month, Emma Smart became the latest member of ‘XR Scientists’...
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The problem with robobees
Despite the best intentions of engineers and technologists, the trillions of micro aerial vehicles required to do the job of bees and other pollinators would be an ecological disaster December 4th 2020 Food security and the health of ecosystems depend...
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Time for a new approach
The RSB policy team explain their response to Defra’s post-Brexit consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies September 8th 2021 As the UK Government consults on the regulation of genetic technologies, The Biologist has commissioned a group...
