Laura Petch, a final year PhD student in the Kent Fungal Group supervised by Mick Tuite, has been selected as a finalist in the 2019 … Read more
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Newly discovered Ebolavirus may not cause severe disease in humans
Researchers from the University’s School of Biosciences have provided evidence that a newly discovered Ebolavirus may not be as deadly as other species to humans. … Read more
Meet Alumni Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith graduated with an MSc Biotechnology and Bioengineering in 2018. He is now working as a Research Associate at Evox Therapeutics Why did you … Read more
MSc by Research Projects available for 2019/20
We offer MSc by research degrees, whereby the student carries out a research project for a full year in a member of staff’s research group. … Read more
Researchers to participate in €3.7m parasite study
The animal disease Cryptosporidiosis – which can also pose a threat to human health – occurs when young cattle get infected by parasites and can … Read more
Between Worlds – A musical project inspired by cellular imaging
Composer and musician Anna Phoebe is working with the University of Kent chamber choir conducted by Dan Harding and Dr Chris Toseland from the School … Read more
Expanding the prion universe: prions encoded by viruses
Prions have typically a bad press being largely implicated as the infectious agents linked to fatal brain degeneration in humans and farm animals. It turns … Read more
Taught Postgraduate MSc Prizewinners
Postgraduate taught students at the School of Biosciences, attended a graduate reception following the Graduation Ceremony at the Cathedral on 23 November 2018. Postgraduate taught … Read more
Hands-on experience of genome editing
Genome editing is a revolutionary area of modern science. For many of our MSc students, gaining experience of these emerging techniques is one of the … Read more
Diagnosing sleeping sickness with a £1 test
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









