COVID-19 experts come together to discuss vaccine development and lessons learned from the pandemic so far

A panel of experts came together to discuss translational research successes and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the RSB’s ongoing Policy Lates event series. A panel of experts came together to discuss translational research...

“The collaborative spirit is extraordinary and unprecedented”

Just a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, synthetic biologist Imre Berger FRSB and colleagues finished work on synthetic vaccine platform intended for rapidly responding to infectious disease outbreaks. Can you describe what your role...

RSB update regarding COVID-19

The RSB has been proactive in ensuring members, stakeholders and staff remain safe during the COVID 19 pandemic, and is monitoring Government advice closely to ensure all decisions are in line with expert advice. For more news and updates from the RSB...

The Big Biology Breakthroughs of 2017

With the help of the RSB membership, The Biologist has compiled a list of the most important advances in bioscience this year The Biologist 64(6) p30-33 Earlier this year, we asked Fellows of the RSB to suggest their ideas for the biggest biology...

Spotlight on: Pharmacology

The Biologist Vol 62(5) p32-33 Pharmacology studies how medicines and other drugs work and how they are processed by the body. Linking chemistry, physiology and pathology with many other disciplines, pharmacology is crucial in medicine and other life...

Employer Advisory Network (EAN)

What is EAN? The Employer Advisory Network (EAN) is a group of companies active in the biosciences, providing expertise and support to the RSB. RSB is dedicated to being a unifying voice for biology, representing diverse views from across the...

Invisible allies

September 11th 2023 As the crisis of antibiotic resistance grows more acute, a new book explores whether it’s time to look to the past for solutions The Biologist’s editor, Tom Ireland, recently released his first book, The Good Virus: The Untold Story...

Algae versus the superbugs

Deborah Reid explains how naturally occurring microalgae could be used to help remove the thousands of tonnes of antibiotics shed into wastewater and waterways around the globe February 21st 2022 It is estimated that anywhere between 30% and 90% of a...

Regulating revolutions

6th December 2024 As biotechnology and AI converge and advance at high speed, developing robust oversight is challenging – but not impossible, writes Sana Zakaria The use of machine learning and AI to complement areas of life science such as...

Regulating revolutions

6th December 2024 As biotechnology and AI converge and advance at high speed, developing robust oversight is challenging – but not impossible, writes Sana Zakaria The use of machine learning and AI to complement areas of life science such as...

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...

“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...

An injection of facts

Susana Keane asks whether efforts to curb online misinformation will do anything to halt the alarming global slump in vaccination rates April 2nd 2020 In recent years there has been a reduction in vaccine uptake across many immunisation programmes...

An injection of facts

Susana Keane asks whether efforts to curb online misinformation will do anything to halt the alarming global slump in vaccination rates April 2nd 2020 In recent years there has been a reduction in vaccine uptake across many immunisation programmes...

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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Machine learning

23rd February 2024 How the RSB and other organisations are working to understand the opportunities and risks of AI in education Can you imagine a future where artificial intelligence (AI) intervenes in the decision of a prospective student being...

Images depicting effects of climate change chosen for RSB’s Photography Competition

The Royal Society of Biology has announced the winners of this year’s Photography Competition, with two amateur photographers named as Photographer and Young Photographer of the Year. The Royal Society of Biology has announced the winners of this...

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...

Sciences of the world unite

September 11th 2023 The RSB is increasingly working with learned societies and groups in other subjects to help effect system-wide change The RSB and its predecessor organisations have a long history of working to understand and further the interests...