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Inspire
Inspiring interest in bioscience and the natural world is a key part of what we do. Read more about our expanding programme of events and outreach work. Inspiring interest in bioscience and the natural world is a key part of what we do. Through our...
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A killer cure
Above: Bdellovibrio, with long flagella, attached to a larger prey bacterium, by Dr Carey Lambert (University of Nottingham) Tom Ireland speaks to microbiologist Liz Sockett about the bacteria that prey on human pathogens, and how they could be used to...
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A killer cure
Above: Bdellovibrio, with long flagella, attached to a larger prey bacterium, by Dr Carey Lambert (University of Nottingham) Tom Ireland speaks to microbiologist Liz Sockett about the bacteria that prey on human pathogens, and how they could be used to...
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State of the Apes: Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation
Arcus Foundation; Helen Rainer, Alison White, Annette Lanjouw (Eds) Cambridge University Press, £29.99 (Open Access PDF available) Human infrastructure such as roads, railways, dams and mines can have devastating consequences for the great apes and...
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House of Commons Speakers' residence hosts inaugural RSB science lecture
Former RSB president Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell gave the first ever science lecture to be held in the state apartments of the Speaker of the House of Commons. Former RSB president Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell gave the first ever science lecture to...
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Food for thought
The Government’s National Food Strategy will be complex and challenging, spanning health, agriculture, the environment and many other areas relevant to biologists The Biologist 66(3) p6 Food. It’s pretty important stuff, when you think about it. We...
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RSB Members recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019
RSB Members have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list, which recognises outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom. Five RSB Members have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list, which...
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RSB marches in this year’s Pride in London parade
Staff and members of the Royal Society of Biology took to the streets as part of this year’s Pride in London parade, in support of the LGBT+ community; the first time the Society has taken part in this event. Staff and members of the Royal Society of...
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From farm boy to vaccine king
Ray Cavanaugh explores the life of the hugely important but curiously unsung biomedical scientist Maurice Hilleman The Biologist 66(5) p34-35 Described as history’s “most successful vaccinologist”, Maurice Hilleman might have saved more lives than any...
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Naturalist
E. O. Wilson Island Press, £22.99 From the very first sentence one is gripped by E.O. Wilson's autobiography. A hard to put down story of perhaps the pre-eminent biologist of the past 100 years. A naturalist-scientist and southern gentleman who over a...
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Researchers and insect enthusiasts come together to discuss insect declines – fact and fiction
Almost 100 people attended this year’s Biology Week Policy Lates: "Insect declines in the headlights.” Almost 100 people attended this year’s Biology Week Policy Lates on insect declines, with the take-home message being that insects are indeed under...
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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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Three presidents come together to discuss careers, challenges and plans for the future
Three presidents of the Royal Society of Biology, Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics sat down for a candid interview with Professor Dame Athene Donald FRSB, as part of this year’s Daphne Jackson Trust conference. Three presidents of...
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A new year takes root
Celia Knight and Nicola Spence look ahead to 2020: the International Year of Plant Health The Biologist 66(6) p9 Plant health is important to all of us: it affects our food supply, our environment and our economy. Maintaining plant health in a changing...
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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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Energy the Great Driver: Seven Revolutions and the Challenges of Climate Change
Gareth Wyn Jones, R. University of Wales Press, £16.99 There have been many books on climate change, which outline the nature of the issues which humankind faces in the next few decades. Most of them do not offer comprehensive solutions to the way...
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Will new publishing platforms emerge from the COVID-19 crisis?
The bioscience community has been using new tools and platforms to quickly share and critique data and research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Is it an opportunity for radical new models and platforms to emerge? Dr Alexandra Freeman explains the concept...
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Virtual Lambeth Country Show
The Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement team have produced activities as part of this year's virtual Lambeth Country Show. You can get involved with the festival weekend from the comfort of your own home - just choose one of the easy to...
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Can we flatten the curve for climate change?
The first phase of recovery measures has focused on saving businesses and jobs, but the next phase must help save our environment 1st August 2020 This was supposed to be the Year of Climate Action. Delegates from around the world were expected in...
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The Covid-19 catastrophe: What's gone wrong and how to stop it happening again?
Richard Horton Polity, £10.99 The Lancet editor-in-chief, Richard Horton, was busy in the first half of 2020, penning numerous editorials and making comments to the press in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This book is an extension of that work and...
