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Lessons from larvae

Biologist and author Professor Matthew Cobb explains why studying the much-maligned maggot can help us better understand ourselves – from our genes and development to our sense of smell

Focus on...Crowdfunding science

We explore how scientists can bypass traditional funding routes and raise money for research online

Delving deeper

Submarine canyons contain a greater abundance of life than most of the deep sea. Laetitia Gunton looks at the ecology of these spectacular valleys in the seabed

In the wrong place at the wrong time

How do we define if a species is native or non-native? Anne Goodenough looks at the challenges ecologists face when deciding what 'belongs' where

Coming of Phage

Western medicine long ago abandoned phage therapy, but it could become a key player in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, explain Timothy Lu and Robert Citorik

Thinking big with nanoparticles

Researchers in Oxford have developed nanoparticles that can deliver genes directly into mammalian sperm in vivo. A powerful tool for investigating infertility, the technique could also revolutionise how transgenic organisms are created, write Lien M Davidson and Kevin Coward

The Biologist63(4) p24-27

Historically, investigations using transgenic model organisms have formed the cornerstone of our advances in understanding the genetic causes of all sorts

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