Researchers from the School of Biosciences have been awarded funding of over £300, 000 from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop a new approach … Read more
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Grant awarded for “Blastocystis under One Health” project
Project led by Dr Anastasios Tsaousis (Tasos), and supported by The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Dr. Anastasios D. Tsaousis, Reader in Molecular and Evolutionary … Read more
Birth Rites Collection comes to Kent (13 June)
Birth Rites Collection (BRC) – the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth – is set to move to … Read more
Bioscientists solve gene mystery in mammals
A study led by scientists at Kent and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has uncovered how the genome three-dimensional structure of male germ cells determines … Read more
Researchers secure over £400k to support innovative and sustainable agritech
Dr Robert Barker (Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science) and Dr Anastasios Tsaousis (School of Biosciences) will be working with Re-generation Earth on a project … Read more
Research collaboration paves the way for use of aprotinin in COVID-19 patients
A clinical study from Spain has supported a recent discovery by researchers from the School of Biosciences and Goethe University Frankfurt which showed that the protease … Read more
Innovation Bootcamp prepares postgraduate science students for onward careers
Postgraduate students from the University’s Division of Natural Sciences developed their understanding of the key entrepreneurial elements required to build a start-up in the science … Read more
Meet your academic- Dr Wei-Feng Xue
Meet Dr Wei-Feng Xue, programme director of Biochemistry. Dr Xue received his PhD degree at the department of Biophysical Chemistry, Lund University in Sweden in … Read more
Scientists build bioreactors and engineer bacteria to advance biofuel research
Researchers from the School of Biosciences have designed and built equipment that can be used to investigate bacterial biofuel production at a fraction of the cost of … Read more
Kent’s STEM portfolio boosted with £1 million government funding
We are pleased to announce that the University has been awarded £1.148 million from the latest Office for Students (OfS) Capital Funding Competition in recognition of our commitment to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). … Read more