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'There’s something new every day, after all these years'
To celebrate 100 years since the formation of the Genetics Society, Alison Woollard talks to geneticist Jonathan Hodgkin about a centenary of remarkable progress and what they both owe to mutant worms The Biologist 66(6) p14-17 Jonathan Hodgkin FRS is...
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"All I'm presenting is a range of possibilities"
Theoretical epidemiologist professor Sunetra Gupta talks to Tom Ireland about alternative models of how and when COVID-19 could have spread through the UK Sunetra Gupta is professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford University’s Department of...
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"All I'm presenting is a range of possibilities"
Theoretical epidemiologist professor Sunetra Gupta talks to Tom Ireland about alternative models of how and when COVID-19 could have spread through the UK Sunetra Gupta is professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford University’s Department of...
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Interview: Sunetra Gupta
Theoretical epidemiologist professor Sunetra Gupta talks to Tom Ireland about alternative models of how and when COVID-19 could have spread through the UK Sunetra Gupta is professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford University’s Department of...
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“We mustn’t spend a long time with a lot of virus circulating among a partially vaccinated population”
Above: Molecular epidemiologist Emma Hodcroft. Image by Oliver Hochstrasser. The pandemic is entering a ‘danger period’ where increasing but not total immunity encourages the spread of variants that can reinfect people or evade vaccines, Emma Hodcroft...
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150 people from around the world tune in for the first ever virtual Policy Lates event
More than 150 people joined a panel of experts online to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as part of the RSB’s Policy Lates series. More than 150 people joined a panel of experts online to discuss the...
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"I've jostled the system"
Image courtesy of the British Society for Immunology Dame Bridget Ogilvie Hon FRSB explains how a dramatic encounter with parasitic worms inspired her journey from rural Australia to Cambridge, and a range of high-profile roles in UK science The...
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Dame Bridget Ogilvie
Image courtesy of the British Society for Immunology Dame Bridget Ogilvie Hon FRSB explains how a dramatic encounter with parasitic worms inspired her journey from rural Australia to Cambridge, and a range of high-profile roles in UK science The...
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“If this doesn’t work, I’m not sure anything will”
Professor Sarah Gilbert on the science behind one of the world’s most advanced COVID-19 vaccine trials, and what still needs to be done to prove it is safe and effective As professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute and Oxford’s Nuffield...
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“If this doesn’t work, I’m not sure anything will”
Professor Sarah Gilbert on the science behind one of the world’s most advanced COVID-19 vaccine trials, and what still needs to be done to prove it is safe and effective As professor of vaccinology at the Jenner Institute and Oxford’s Nuffield...
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Interview: Stephen Metcalfe MP
Tom Ireland talks to the Essex MP, who was appointed chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee in October The Biologist 64(1) 28-31 In October last year, Stephen Metcalfe MP was elected as chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology...
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Saving the library of life
Tom Ireland talks to Dame Georgina Mace about the scale of the global crisis of biodiversity loss, and how she stays positive in the face of relentlessly worrying trends The Biologist 65(6) p24-29 Dame Georgina Mace is a professor of biodiversity and...
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Saving the library of life
Tom Ireland talks to Dame Georgina Mace about the scale of the global crisis of biodiversity loss, and how she stays positive in the face of relentlessly worrying trends The Biologist 65(6) p24-29 Dame Georgina Mace is a professor of biodiversity and...
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“The experiments we're doing today are riskier than they've ever been”
Biosecurity and bio-risk expert Dr Filippa Lentzos discusses the 'explosion' of high-risk research, genetic surveillance, and science misinformation - and says bioscientists must do more to understand the ways their work could be misused or abused July...
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“The experiments we're doing today are riskier than they've ever been”
Biosecurity and bio-risk expert Dr Filippa Lentzos discusses the 'explosion' of high-risk research, genetic surveillance, and science misinformation - and says bioscientists must do more to understand the ways their work could be misused or abused July...
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"I once believed the people making decisions would listen to scientists - that is not true"
Former ecologist Emma Smart talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her recent arrest at an Extinction Rebellion protest, and why more and more scientists are joining the activist group Earlier this month, Emma Smart became the latest member of ‘XR Scientists’...
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Spring into action
The first snowdrops or crocuses of the year are more than just a pleasant sign that spring is here. Tim Sparks and Kate Lewthwaite tell Tom Ireland about the importance of tracking the timing of these seasonal events 20th February 2023 Phenology is the...
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‘I'm supporting an institution that is supporting biology’
The RSB’s new president, Professor Sir Ian Boyd, talks to The Biologist about his experiences as a government chief scientific adviser and his ideas for supporting and promoting UK science September 12th 2022 In May Professor Sir Ian Boyd took over...
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Spring into action
The first snowdrops or crocuses of the year are more than just a pleasant sign that spring is here. Tim Sparks and Kate Lewthwaite tell Tom Ireland about the importance of tracking the timing of these seasonal events 20th February 2023 Phenology is the...
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"It's a Wild West online"
Tom Ireland talks to author and broadcaster Angela Saini about the biology of race, and why she is lobbying for regulation on how scientific information is shared online February 7th 2020 Angela Saini’s critically acclaimed book Superior: the Return of...
