FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT All alumni and former staff are invited to the 4th Stacey Symposium “Biological sciences at Kent: the next 50 years” to be held … Read more
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Biosciences students shortlisted for Kent Student Awards
We are delighted to announce that three students from the School of Biosciences have been shortlisted for Kent Student Awards. Two of the shortlisted students … Read more
Society of Biology accreditation for undergraduate courses
The School of Biosciences has added to its impressive array of professional recognition, with Society of Biology accreditation for all of its undergraduate degree programmes. From April … Read more
Science communication student’s crowdfunding success
Chrysanthemums, to be staged on Tuesday 21 April at 7.30pm, combines music from Monteverdi to Philip Glass with Argentine tango dancers. It is being produced … Read more
Royal disease mysteries explored in Esteem Lecture
Vice-Chancellor’s Esteem Lectures Royal diseases: Medical mysteries of Queen Victoria’s haemophilia and King George III’s madness Professor Martin Warren, School of Biosciences Date: 11 March … Read more
New hope for understanding sudden cardiac arrest
New biosciences research at the University could point the way to greater understanding of the heart mutations that cause sudden cardiac arrest. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is … Read more
£3.5 million for ‘world leading’ bioscientists
Bioscientists at the University have been awarded nearly £3.5 million to research the production of bacterial cells with enhanced internal organisation for industrial biotechnological processes. … Read more
Top ten in UK for internationally-recognised research excellence
The University of Kent School of Biosciences has consolidated its position as one of the strongest Biological Science departments in the UK in the most recent … Read more
Prof. Darren Griffin discusses avian genome evolution on Radio 4
Prof. Darren Griffin took to the airwaves on the Today programme this week to discuss his team’s part in the multi-national “Avian Phylogenomics Consortium“, whose work … Read more
Ageing expert Dr. Jennifer Tullet in podcast for “The Naked Scientists”
Dr. Jennifer Tullet recently contributed to the Naked Genetics podcast on “Genes, Ageing and Metabolism” for the popular “Naked Scientists” BBC radio show. The podcast explored Dr. … Read more