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Young scientists quiz key political figures at VOF 2014
The Universities and Science Minister David Willetts today defended the Coalition's record on science funding, science education and skills shortages in the face of questions from young scientists and engineers. The Universities and Science Minister...
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Another successful Biology Week hosted by the Royal Society of Biology
and researching penguin colonies based on satellite images of guano distribution. Satellites are also proving key to studying whale and walrus populations, which are otherwise difficult to chart. An event recording will be available on our YouTube...
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Reports
Unearthing the buried soul: Homo naledi and the evolution of hominin mortuary practices 19 July 2021 How have awareness of mortality and the rituals associated with death and treatment of human remains evolved over time? Is modern Homo sapiens unique...
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Eating gamma radiation for breakfast
Some fungal species appear to be able to use strong radiation as an energy source for growth. Tom Ireland explores the exciting potential of these understudied organisms In the late 1980s Ukrainian scientists studying the dark, dangerous interior of...
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“A space, a platform, a movement”
Clockwise from top left: Dr Kayisha Payne, Laura Eghobamien, Professor Nicola Patron, and Tomi Akingbade The Biologist speaks to the founders of four networks for Black scientists about how to support and grow the Black STEM workforce In the last five...
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Black history month: “A space, a platform, a movement”
Clockwise from top left: Dr Kayisha Payne, Laura Eghobamien, Professor Nicola Patron, and Tomi Akingbade The Biologist speaks to the founders of four networks for Black scientists about how to support and grow the Black STEM workforce In the last five...
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RSB Ambassadors
What is an RSB ambassador? RSB ambassadors are enthusiastic, active and engaged members of the Royal Society of Biology who act as the key contact for the RSB within their workplace. Ambassadors showcase the benefits of membership, promote the work of...
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BioNet
Thinking about a future in the life sciences? Then join BioNet BioNet is for school or college students (14-19) who are interested in biology. Biology offers the key to solving many of the world's most pressing challenges: Food security Alternative...
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Future
Shaping the future You might think that we know all there is to know about biology. It is true that we have learnt a lot (but not everything) about how individual bits and individual organisms work, but organisms (be it humans, animals, plants or even...
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How to… write a lab handbook
Samuel Mehr has studied what makes a good lab handbook so you don’t have to – and says a good one could improve your team’s science and save time April 2nd 2020 When joining a laboratory, trainees become part of a scientific organisation with an array...
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Are our memories formed by an ancient virus?
Arc, a key protein in memory formation, looks and behaves like a retrovirus, moving RNA between cells in a virus-like capsid. Elissa Pastuzyn explains how this extraordinary protein ended up in our genome The Biologist 65(3) p14-17 Understanding how...
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Is nature healing?
The ‘anthropause’ caused by COVID-19 restrictions has allowed nature to temporarily rebound in some ways, but also reveals how crucial humans are to the fates of animals and ecosystems, Professor Christian Rutz tells Tom Ireland September 8th 2021 It...
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Is nature healing?
The ‘anthropause’ caused by COVID-19 restrictions has allowed nature to temporarily rebound in some ways, but also reveals how crucial humans are to the fates of animals and ecosystems, Professor Christian Rutz tells Tom Ireland September 8th 2021 It...
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RSB attends Science and the Parliament 2024 conference – with biology awards ceremony
The Royal Society of Biology attended the 24th annual Science and the Parliament event at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Tuesday 26 November 2024. The Royal Society of Biology attended the 24th annual Science and the Parliament event at Dynamic Earth in...
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From Organoids to Gastruloids
Last year was hailed as 'the year of the organoid' as news of mini-brains, livers and intestines grown in the laboratory hit the headlines. Here, Dr David Turner explains the latest in vitro systems for modelling human development and disease,...
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“The mobilization of our country’s scientists has been impressive”
Professor Sophien Kamoun, group leader at the Sainsbury Laboratory, discusses how he and his colleagues have pivoted from studying plant pathogens to tracing a human pathogen at the heart of a global emergency, and how scientists unable to access wet...
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'There’s something new every day, after all these years'
To celebrate 100 years since the formation of the Genetics Society, Alison Woollard talks to geneticist Jonathan Hodgkin about a centenary of remarkable progress and what they both owe to mutant worms The Biologist 66(6) p14-17 Jonathan Hodgkin FRS is...
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'There’s still something new every day'
To celebrate 100 years since the formation of the Genetics Society, Alison Woollard talks to geneticist Jonathan Hodgkin about a centenary of remarkable progress and what they both owe to mutant worms The Biologist 66(6) p14-17 Jonathan Hodgkin FRS is...
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Aliens in Antarctica
The introduction of just one flightless midge to Antarctica could have a huge effect on the region’s simple terrestrial ecosystems. Researchers and other visitors must be careful not to further disrupt the planet’s most isolated continent, write...
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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...
