Dr Campbell Gourlay, from the Kent Fungal Group in the School of Biosciences, has been successful in attracting a Wellcome Trust medical mycology and fungal immunology strategic award to … Read more
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Outcomes of blastocysts biopsied and vitrified once versus those cryopreserved twice for euploid blastocyst transfer
Tyl Taylor (Griffin lab) established that human embryos can be frozen and thawed twice, if necessary, without incurring gross genetic (chromosomal) defects. Taylor, T.H., … Read more
Kent Student Awards 2014
Using fluorine to study protein-ligand binding
Dr. Mark Howard, Reader in Biological NMR Spectroscopy, comments on a recently published article describing a new approach to studying proteins. “Proteins are one of … Read more
International Genetics Conference -The ethics of embryo profiling
Ethical issues surrounding embryo profiling will come under the spotlight at an international genetics conference at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus, 29 April-2 May. Other … Read more
Biosciences Teacher of the Year 2014 Finalist
We are delighted to report that Dr Peter Klappa, Reader in Biochemistry, was a Finalist in the UK Higher Education Biosciences Teacher of the Year … Read more
Final Year Projects: Under the Microscope
A little insight into the work done by final year biosciences undergraduates at the University of Kent A guest post by Stella Bennett, a postgraduate … Read more
Article by Dr Mark Shepherd selected as journal cover image
Dr Mark Shepherd comments on a recent article featuring his group’s work that was selected as cover image in the scientific journal “Antioxidants and Redox Signalling”. “Many bacterial … Read more
Ribosome movement, information processing and the language of life
Life requires information transfer from nucleic acids to proteins. This involves the physical movement of decoding machines (ribosomes) along linear nucleic acid templates (mRNAs). In … Read more
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