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'We need more nuanced debates online'
Tom Ireland talks to Australian molecular biologist and science communicator Upulie Divisekera about the perils and perks of being a scientist on Twitter The Biologist 65(5) p24-27 Upulie Divisekera is an Australian molecular biologist and science...
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“This research has been in a deep freeze for decades”
Imran Khan talks to Tom Ireland about how psychedelic drugs can help us better understand mental health and consciousness – but only if the way we view and regulate these drugs changes. 12th December 2022 Pre-pandemic, Imran Khan was best known for his...
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“This research has been in a deep freeze for decades”
Imran Khan talks to Tom Ireland about how psychedelic drugs can help us better understand mental health and consciousness – but only if the way we view and regulate these drugs changes. 12th December 2022 Pre-pandemic, Imran Khan was best known for his...
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Mind-blowing research
The use of psychedelic substances as treatments for conditions like depression will revolutionise mental health care and represents the biggest innovation in psychiatry since the 1950s, says Professor David Nutt September 8th 2021 Professor David Nutt...
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Mind-blowing research
The use of psychedelic substances as treatments for conditions like depression will revolutionise mental health care and represents the biggest innovation in psychiatry since the 1950s, says Professor David Nutt September 8th 2021 Professor David Nutt...
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"Everyone is running themselves ragged”
The University of Arizona’s Michael D L Johnson is using his knowledge of metal compounds to explore potential therapeutics for COVID-19. How have you been contributing to the fight against COVID-19? I started trying to think of how I could apply my...
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“There were at least three papers in 2019 that said coronaviruses might be a real problem in south China”
Professor Kate Jones says a woeful lack of communication between public health bodies and ecologists is failing to prevent spillover of animal diseases into human populations July 8th 2020 Professor Kate Jones is one of a small number of researchers in...
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“There were at least three papers in 2019 that said coronaviruses might be a real problem in south China”
Professor Kate Jones says a woeful lack of communication between public health bodies and ecologists is failing to prevent spillover of animal diseases into human populations July 8th 2020 X Professor Kate Jones is one of a small number of researchers...
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"We're creating landscapes suited to the animals that transmit disease to us"
Professor Kate Jones says a woeful lack of communication between public health bodies and ecologists is failing to prevent spillover of animal diseases into human populations July 8th 2020 Professor Kate Jones is one of a small number of researchers in...
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“We’re trying to define the disease at the same time as treating it”
Professor Amitava Banerjee tells Tom Ireland about initial insights from the largest clinical study of long COVID to date Amitava Banerjee is a professor of clinical data science at University College London (UCL) and a consultant cardiologist. At the...
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"The prevailing culture in science is about competition and the lone brilliant-mind type scientist"
Plant geneticist Dame Ottoline Leyser talks to Alison Woollard about the difference between working with animal and plant genomes, and her work to make science more inclusive The Biologist 64(4) p16-19 Dame Ottoline Leyser is a professor of plant...
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'I push people to apply the scientific method to crazy questions'
Tom Ireland speaks to biohacker Andrew Pelling about his unconventional Canadian laboratory, where researchers and artists ask unusual questions about what can be done with living tissues The Biologist 65(3) p18-21 Andrew Pelling is perhaps best known...
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'I push people to apply the scientific method to crazy questions'
Tom Ireland speaks to biohacker Andrew Pelling about his unconventional Canadian laboratory, where researchers and artists ask unusual questions about what can be done with living tissues The Biologist 65(3) p18-21 Andrew Pelling is perhaps best known...
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“It's a bit of a dream, but it would be transformative for the way people see vaccines”
Could a new generation of nasal spray or oral vaccines help us block infections at the site of entry to the body? Tom Ireland talks to Professor Ed Lavelle about the challenges of developing mucosal vaccines to prevent COVID-19 and other diseases....
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Out of sight, out of mind?
Christopher Wills on ‘hidden’ disabilities and the life sciences The Biologist 66(6) p7 What’s it like having epilepsy? People are curious about seizures – what to do if I should have one, how common are they are. My usual answer is that mine are mild,...
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The Queen of Pain
23rd February 2024 Understanding the fascinating ways our brain creates and modifies our perception of pain is the key to better pain relief, says Professor Irene Tracey To most people, pain is a simple four-letter word that means ‘it hurts’. For the...
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The Queen of Pain
23rd February 2024 Understanding the fascinating ways our brain creates and modifies our perception of pain is the key to better pain relief, says Professor Irene Tracey To most people, pain is a simple four-letter word that means ‘it hurts’. For the...
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Do It Yourself
Tom Ireland explores the world of 'DIY biology' - where interested amateurs conduct surprisingly complex experiments, including genetic engineering. The Biologist Vol 61(3) p12-15 The scientists behind the big genetics breakthroughs of the last century...
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‘People have found the strength to come out after reading other scientists’ stories’
Lauren Esposito on her campaign to make LGBTQ+ scientists more visible The Biologist 65(5) p7 I am queer and I’m a scorpion biologist. The first time I uttered this simple phrase into the depths of the internet was in June this year. I wasn’t sure what...
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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...
