Researchers in the Faculty of Sciences won 87 research grants, totalling £7,997,953 in 2012-2013, a sum exceeded only once in the past six years. Professor … Read more
Tag: biomedical science
Chain Reaction exhibition celebrates art and science
Researchers from the School of Biosciences provided the inspiration for an exhibition that explores creative and scientific processes in response to the 30th anniversary of … Read more
Employability Event 6 November 2013
Biosciences – a Pathway to Employability Wednesday 6th November 2013 SLT 1 Lunch from 1pm, talks from 2pm. What can you do with a Biosciences degree? … Read more
Research seminar: Approaches to the discovery of small-molecule MDM2-p53 inhibitors
Dr. Ian Hardcastle, Newcastle Cancer Centre at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, School of Chemistry, Newcastle University Monday 30th September, 4.00 p.m. in Jennison … Read more
New insights into what makes prions infectious
Prions are a remarkable type of disease-causing agent being entirely composed of protein. Nevertheless they are able to replicate themselves once in their host but … Read more
Filamentous influenza viruses infect cells by triggering macropinocytosis
Dr. Jeremy Rossman, Lecturer in Virology, comments on an article he and his collaborators published recently. The publication was selected by the Journal of Virology … Read more
Most recent newsletter published!
Following on from a successful year for the School of Biosciences, take a look at our newsletter which reviews some of the key events that … Read more
Graduate profile: Lucie Houghton
Lucie graduated in 2008 with a degree in Biomedical Science and in 2011 with a Masters in Science, Communication and Society. Lucie is now Public … Read more
Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets
Much has been made in recent years about the promise of synthetic biology. Professor Martin Warren leads a team of researchers who have used this … Read more
Structural insights into targets for tumour imaging and therapy
Dr. Mark Howard, Reader in Biological NMR Spectroscopy, comments on a recently published article that features work from his research group and other collaborators at … Read more