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Hunting for 'holes of hope'
Above: the characteristic holes or 'plaques' indicating bacteriophage infection of a plate of bacteria. Courtesy of Ninjatacoshell via Wikimedia commons. Bacteriophages found by members of the public are helping create libraries of viruses that could...
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Reports
Young Biologist Forum 2024 On Saturday 16th March, Royal Holloway University of London hosted on its beautiful campus the 3rd edition of the Young Biologist Forum. The event is fully organised by the RHUL Biological Society students and supported by...
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Biology Week 2018: The RSB celebrates outstanding competition and award winners at this year’s Annual Awards ceremony
The Royal Society of Biology held its Annual Awards Ceremony last night to announce the winners of the Society’s Photography Competition, Nancy Rothwell Award and Outreach and Engagement Awards, and to present the President’s Medal. The Royal Society...
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Honorary Fellows L-R
Our Honorary Fellows listed by surname: A - F G - K L - R S - Z Dr Federico Mayor Zaragoza Hon FRSB Dr Federico Mayor Zaragoza is the president of the Culture of Peace Foundation and chair of the World Forum of Civil Society Networks (UBUNTU), where he...
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Who was...Arthur Milnes Marshall?
A skilled zoologist and communicator, Arthur Milnes Marshall died in an accident in 1893, aged 41. His absorbing lectures offer a fascinating snapshot of the era’s biological knowledge, writes Martin Luck. Portrait of Marshall (above) courtesy of The...
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Inside the killing jar
Why do entomologists kill so many insects? Professor Adam Hart discusses the ethics of entomology collections The Biologist 65(2) p26-29. Photos via NHM's Coleoptera Collection on Flickr. Standing in a back room of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in...
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Policy Lates
Policy Lates brings a panel of experts together for an informal debate on a contemporary science policy topic, with plenty of time for audience questions. If you have an idea for a Policy Late discussion, please get in touch, via policy@rsb.org.uk For...
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ASG Resources
An overview of reports, statements, libraries and website links related to animal research in the UK. [Please note that this page is currently under review and will be updated soon to include more recent resources and links to relevant third-party...
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HUBS events
Workshop Resources Resources from several HUBS workshops and events are available in our online resource library hosted at AdvanceHE. These include recordings of talks, presentation slides, and more. To access the resources: Register with AdvanceHE...
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Parliamentary Links Day
Links Day is the largest science event on the annual Parliamentary events calendar, and is organised by the Royal Society of Biology on behalf of the science and technology community. The event has a different theme each year and brings together...
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"It's almost like 'crowd-science' - which can really accelerate science"
Open Cell’s Thomas Meany on scaling up open-source COVID-19 testing assays – from a lab in a shipping-container to a dedicated space in The British Library. In 2018 Open Cell began transforming empty shipping containers in Shepherd’s Bush, West London,...
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RSB responds to the Autumn Budget 2018
On 29 October the Chancellor Philip Hammond presented the Autumn Budget to Parliament and declared that ‘austerity coming to an end’ as he set out his budget proposals and economic forecast. On 29 October the Chancellor Philip Hammond presented the...
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13 ways bioscience is helping fight climate change
October 4th Biologists have long been at the forefront of efforts to understand how a changing climate could impact life on Earth. But as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, bioscientists, together with colleagues in other fields, are now...
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Access all areas
Laura Bellingan examines the implications of ‘Plan S’, a new push by funders to make all the research they support open access by January 2020 The Biologist 66(1) p9 The ambition to make the output of publicly funded research and scholarship freely...
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Saving the library of life
Tom Ireland talks to Dame Georgina Mace about the scale of the global crisis of biodiversity loss, and how she stays positive in the face of relentlessly worrying trends The Biologist 65(6) p24-29 Dame Georgina Mace is a professor of biodiversity and...
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Saving the library of life
Tom Ireland talks to Dame Georgina Mace about the scale of the global crisis of biodiversity loss, and how she stays positive in the face of relentlessly worrying trends The Biologist 65(6) p24-29 Dame Georgina Mace is a professor of biodiversity and...
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Policy Profile: Dr Jade Hall MRSB
The RSB's senior science policy officer on her work to help scientists thrive whatever their background 8th September 2021 What do you do at the RSB? I'm responsible for policy activities that tend to be related to the individual scientist – so...
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Could the UK become a ‘science superpower’?
With input from members, the RSB recently responded to a trio of consultations on the direction, needs and priorities for UK research, including plans for a British version of US research agency DARPA December 4th 2020 In early October the US...
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The Power of Poison
Botulinum toxins are among the most deadly substances known to man, yet have a remarkable range of therapeutic uses. David Feld, who has received injections of the toxins for 20 years, and his doctor, Richard Grünewald, explore this fascinating...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
