Dr Jeremy Rossman, Lecturer in Virology at the School of Biosciences has been awarded £353,624 by the Medical Research Council for a New Investigator research award. … Read more
Month: November 2013
Cells make ends meet
A collaborative study involving scientists from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the School of Biosciences at the University of Kent has … Read more
Research Seminar: Myths and misconceptions of how enteric bacteria defend themselves against nitrosative stress.
Professor Jeff Cole, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham Monday 2nd December 2013, 4.00 p.m., Ingram Lecture Theatre Bacteria are exposed to NO generated as … Read more
Grants of almost £8m for Faculty of Sciences researchers
Researchers in the Faculty of Sciences won 87 research grants, totalling £7,997,953 in 2012-2013, a sum exceeded only once in the past six years. Professor … Read more
Chain Reaction exhibition celebrates art and science
Researchers from the School of Biosciences provided the inspiration for an exhibition that explores creative and scientific processes in response to the 30th anniversary of … Read more
Research Seminar: Looking deeply in living biology.
Professor John Girkin, Department of Physics, Durham University Monday 25th November 2013, 4.00 p.m., Ingram Lecture Theatre Since its invention around 400 years ago optical … Read more
Kent bioscientists celebrate success of Canterbury school science project
Bioscientists from the University of Kent and staff and pupils from the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury celebrated the success of a … Read more
Research Seminar: Development and commercialization of synthetic biology based pathogen detector.
Professor Tim Dafforn School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham Pathogen detection has become an ever more important part of our daily lives. Current state of … Read more
Employability Event 6 November 2013
Biosciences – a Pathway to Employability Wednesday 6th November 2013 SLT 1 Lunch from 1pm, talks from 2pm. What can you do with a Biosciences degree? … Read more
Research Seminar: Protein folding and misfolding in the secretory pathway.
Dr. Lisa Swanton Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester Monday 11th November, 4.00 p.m., Jennison Lecture Theatre Misfolded proteins represent a continuous threat to … Read more