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Dogs for Diversity
When university administrators said Joey Ramp could not bring her service dog into the lab, she kitted him out in full protective equipment and fought to overturn their decision. Now she is helping create more inclusive policies on the use of service...
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HE STEM teaching and learning advice
As Higher Education Institutions start to look towards the new academic year and working within ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19, many educators are looking at how best to teach technical skills effectively, while ensuring the safety of students...
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No time to waste
International environmental goals and dedicated sustainability teams are needed to reduce the impact of bioscience on the organisms and ecosystems we study, writes Marta Rodríguez-Martínez February 21st 2022 In the last few decades the speed of...
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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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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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Biology Week: Technicians Careers Project
What do laboratory technicians do? Find out about technicians and research assistants working in a variety of fields around the country by reading and watching the profiles below. Our Biology Week in schools programme also includes lots of other...
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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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How to... reduce your lab's plastic waste
David Kuntin on how he and his colleagues have cut the amount of plastic their lab sends to landfill each year by more than a tonne The Biologist 65(6) p28-31 Biology laboratories rely heavily on single-use plastics in their day-to-day operations. In...
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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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Everlasting life: the ‘immortal’ jellyfish
The supposedly 'immortal' jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii has captivated scientists since it was discovered decades ago. One of the first researchers to study it, Ferdinando Boero, looks at whether this amazing organism really can live forever The...
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Member profiles
Our latest profiles explore the working lives of medical microbiologist Jomel Vasquez; John Millward, Head of Inspections and Enforcement at the Veterinary Medicines Directorate; and Jean Wilson, recipient of the RSB's President's Medal December 11th...
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The road to replacement
Genevieve Barr and Alice Carstairs explore the latest innovations and support to help scientists replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in research 20th February 2023 The 3Rs – replacement, reduction and refinement – are the principles that...
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Practical thinking in a pandemic
Dr Prachi Stafford, Dr Dominic Henri, Professor Ian Turner, Dr David Smith and Dr Nigel Francis discuss how the move to virtual teaching has been especially challenging for practical science, but is also an opportunity to develop new approaches and...
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Replace, refine, reduce
Dr Alice Carstairs and Courtney Williams explore the best of this year’s efforts to help reduce the use of animals in biomedical research (Image: A poultry red mite, now being studied with far small populations of hens). 1st August 2020 Each year the...
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‘This is perhaps the first organism whose evolutionary history was in a computer’
Michael Levin’s work explores how individual cells co-ordinate into multicellular shapes. As Tom Ireland finds, this has not only led to the creation of ‘living robots’ made entirely from frog cells, but it could be used to repair birth defects,...
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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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‘This is perhaps the first organism whose evolutionary history was in a computer’
Michael Levin’s work explores how individual cells co-ordinate into multicellular shapes. As Tom Ireland finds, this has not only led to the creation of ‘living robots’ made entirely from frog cells, but it could be used to repair birth defects,...
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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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A Meaty Mystery
Cases of a bizarre allergy to products made from mammals – including red meat, woollen clothes and some medicines – are on the rise. Maryn McKenna explains how researchers are piecing together the puzzle of its unlikely cause The Biologist 66(3) p18-21...
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Animal Science Meeting 2017 Report
The 15th Animal Science Meeting (ASM), co-organised by the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU), was held on Friday 8th December 2017. Over 70 representatives from academic, industry and CRO establishments...
