Category: Staff news

It is with great sadness that we heard recently about the passing of our esteemed friend and colleague, Professor Alan Bull, who has died at … Read more

The Kent Union Above and Beyond Awards acknowledge exceptional individuals or teams who go above and beyond their duties to provide the utmost support to … Read more

Bioscientists from the University of Kent have made a landmark research breakthrough in synthetic biology that could help support the NHS and UK healthcare industry … Read more

Professor Martin Michaelis (School of Biosciences) has recently won award funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) This project continues an existing collaboration … Read more

Kent-led research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the transmission patterns of a broad range of infectious diseases including group A streptococcus (GAS) … Read more

A Kent team, led by Professors Ben Goult and Jen Hiscock, has created and patented a ground-breaking new shock-absorbing material that could revolutionise both the … Read more

Dr Anastasios Tsaousis has been working with members of the COST Action under One Health, to look at the effect of Blastocystis on the gastrointestinal … Read more

Scientists at Kent and in Ukraine have provided novel insight into the shape and thickness of birds’ eggs, with references back to Euclid, the ancient … Read more

At 5.43pm on 12 June 2021 the sporting world was shocked when Danish footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while playing Finland in the … Read more

Scientists have discovered that cervical cancer can be divided into two distinct molecular subgroups – one far more aggressive than the other – as part … Read more