Researchers in the School of Biosciences have developed a simple and cost-effective test to diagnose sleeping sickness, a disease widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. The test … Read more
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Summer internships
Summer 2018 saw a successful return of the School of Biosciences funded internship programme, with 11 students taking part in a wide variety of projects … Read more
Improving the lives of cancer patients with a simple strategy
Researchers from the School of Biosciences have helped develop a new standard of care for cancer patients who need to have their voice-boxes replaced, vastly … Read more
Celebrating the life and work of Robert Freedman
above: (from left to right) Professor Claire Mills (University of Manchester), Professor Neil Bulleid (University of Glasgow), Professor Margherita Ruoppolo (University of Naples), Dr Stephen … Read more
Wain Medal Lecture 2018
The 2018 Wain Medal Lecture will be given by Dr. Emily Flashman, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. The lecture is free and open to … Read more
Year 12 students from Kent schools get science lab masterclass
Students from 20 secondary schools in Kent and Medway have been getting a science lab masterclass at the University of Kent’s School of Biosciences. Thirty-one … Read more
Successful Postgraduate Symposium 2018
Postgraduate Symposium 2018 – Guest speaker Professor Jon Pines FRS Thank you to everyone in the school who contributed to this year’s successful postgraduate symposium … Read more
Cellular Dynamics to feature at Cheltenham Festival
Cellular Dynamics – a collaboration between the School of Biosciences and the Music Department – will be one of the opening events of the Cheltenham … Read more
Undergraduate research project published in international journal
Stuart Masterson, a PhD student in the School of Biosciences, whose final year undergraduate dissertation has led to the publication of a scientific paper in … Read more
New EU Funded Project Awarded to Professor Michael Geeves
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