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The Many Lives Of Carbon
Dag Olav Hessen Reaktion Books, £18.00 The more we understand about the components and processes of carbon and the carbon cycle, the better we can manage environmental change, so this book is welcome. It is aimed at a general as well as a scientific...
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Making Flies Forget
A surprising number of pathways associated with memory, learning and behaviour are conserved across humans and flies. James Higham looks at how modelling dementia in Drosophila is helping the development of more precisely targeted drugs The Biologist...
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Animal Science Meeting 2017 Report
The 15th Animal Science Meeting (ASM), co-organised by the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU), was held on Friday 8th December 2017. Over 70 representatives from academic, industry and CRO establishments...
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To Dye For
Before the invention of synthetic dyes in the late 19th century, people relied heavily on plants to add colour to their world. Barbara Rush reports from a small corner of France dedicated to conserving these fascinating plants The Biologist 64(4)...
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Synthesising Scientists
This summer, thousands of high school students, undergraduates and academics from around the world will be engineering novel biological devices in preparation for the iGEM competition in Boston. The Biologist takes a look at what makes this competition...
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Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi, from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy. The Nobel Assembly at...
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What's the UK's favourite mammal?
The hedgehog was voted the Favourite UK Mammal in our 2016 poll with a huge majority! Thank you to everyone who voted. See the full results and find out more about hedgehog preservation in our news story. Find out more about UK mammals and conservation...
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Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 6th edition
Ralph Rapley and David Whitehouse (Eds) Royal Society of Chemistry, £55.99 Ralph Rapley and David Whitehouse (Eds) Royal Society of Chemistry, £55.99 This well-presented textbook covers topics ranging from protein structure and function to molecular...
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Focus on...Allergies
As the Society launches #BritainBreathing, an app to help researchers monitor the public's seasonal allergies, we look at the biology of allergic reactions The Biologist 63(3) p32-33 The media are constantly searching for answers as to why more and...
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Universities Honoured at Accreditation Awards Ceremony
One hundred and ninety six degree programmes at 20 universities have been formally awarded Degree Accreditation or Advanced Accreditation by the Royal Society of Biology at the 2016 awards ceremony. One hundred and ninety six degree programmes at 20...
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Biology competition finalists compete to represent UK
Sixteen students have become finalists in the British Biology Olympiad (BBO) 2016 and will compete to represent the UK at this year's international competition in Vietnam. Sixteen students have become finalists in the British Biology Olympiad (BBO)...
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Fire on Earth: An Introduction
Andrew Scott et al Wiley Blackwell, £39.95 Andrew Scott et al Wiley Blackwell, £39.95 Fire is a major factor in the dynamics of many ecosystems. Its incidence, regularity and intensity are influential in determining the biotic components and their...
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Plaque celebrating Sir Anthony Carlisle unveiled in Stillington
On Saturday 21st March a plaque celebrating Sir Anthony Carlisle, legendary Georgian surgeon, was unveiled in the village garden in Stillington. On Saturday 21st March a plaque celebrating Sir Anthony Carlisle, legendary Georgian surgeon, was unveiled...
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Twenty students reach final of national biology competition
Twenty pupils from around the UK have been selected to compete for a place in the national team at the International Biology Olympiad. Twenty pupils from around the UK have been selected to compete for a place in the national team at the International...
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Plaque celebrating JBS Haldane unveiled in Oxford
A plaque celebrating JBS Haldane, a leading scientist of the 20th century, was unveiled by the Society of Biology today at his old school in Oxford. A plaque celebrating JBS Haldane, a leading scientist of the 20th century, was unveiled by the Society...
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Plaque celebrating IVF pioneers unveiled in Oldham
A plaque celebrating Patrick Steptoe, Sir Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy, who developed IVF leading to the world’s first test-tube baby, was unveiled today at Dr Kershaw’s Hospice in Oldham. A plaque celebrating Patrick Steptoe, Sir Robert Edwards and...
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Plaque celebrating Dorothy Hodgkin unveiled in Suffolk
A plaque celebrating Dorothy Hodgkin, the UK's only woman to win a scientific Nobel Prize, was unveiled today by the Society of Biology at Sir John Leman High School in Suffolk. A plaque celebrating Dorothy Hodgkin, the UK's only woman to win a...
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Plaque celebrating Fred Sanger unveiled in Cambridge
On Saturday 7th March a plaque celebrating Fred Sanger, the father of DNA sequencing, was unveiled at his former home in Cambridge. On Saturday 7th March a plaque celebrating Fred Sanger, the father of DNA sequencing, was unveiled at his former home in...
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Plaque celebrating Hodgkin and Huxley unveiled in Plymouth
This morning a plaque celebrating Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir Andrew Huxley, who put electrodes into squid to further understanding of our nervous system, was unveiled by the Society of Biology at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth. This...
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Plaque celebrating Dame Honor Fell unveiled in Oxford
Today a plaque celebrating Dame Honor Fell, ‘one of the leading biologists of the 20th century’, who made major contributions to our understanding of rheumatoid arthritis, was unveiled by the Society of Biology at Wychwood School, Oxford. Today a...
