Responsible for 17.9 million of deaths in 2015 (32% of total deaths worldwide), heart disease is a major killer. The improvement of available treatments … Read more
Category: International impact
Cellular Dynamics: Science and Music in Harmony
Recently the Colyer Ferguson auditorium hosted a performance of the Cellular Dynamics project, a collaboration between the School of Biosciences and the Music department that … Read more
Dr Anastasios Tsaousis Paper Selected by Parasitology
The lab of Dr Anastasios Tsaousis in the School of Biosciences, proudly announce that their latest paper, ‘Genetic diversity of Blastocystis in non-primate animals’ has been … Read more
Research Seminar: 1. Structural hot spots for the solubility of globular proteins, and 2. Targeted Protein aggregation by synthetic amyloids
Dr. Frederic Rousseau & Dr. Joost Schymkowitz, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium Tuesday … Read more
The Y chromosome is disappearing – so what will happen to men?
An article by Professor Darren Griffin and Dr Peter Ellis in the School of Biosciences for The Conversation UK has achieved more than 1 million reads. This places … Read more
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor Mick Tuite from the School of Biosciences has been elected to a Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. The Academy, the honorific leadership group … Read more
Scientists find new cultivation system to battle parasite causing diarrhoea
Research led by Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis and Prof. Martin Michaelis of the School of Biosciences has established the first long-term cultivation system for Cryptosporidium at … Read more
Research Seminar: Force production by myosin motors: new avenues towards therapeutical treatment
Dr. Anne Houdusse, Curie Institute, Structural Motility Laboratory, France Tuesday 28th November, 1.00 p.m., Stacey Lecture Theatre 1 Keywords: myosin, chemo-mechanical transduction, X-ray diffraction, transient … Read more
BYG Science at Kent
September saw the British Yeast Group’s (BYG) annual meeting held this year at the University of Kent. This popular meeting, which attracts researchers from … Read more
Research Seminar: Molybdenum metabolism in plants, humans and fungi: From atomic structures to patient therapy.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Mendel, Department of Plant Biology, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany Tuesday 10th October, 1.00 p.m., Stacey Lecture Theatre 1 The transition element … Read more