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Environment Minister speaks in favour of GM
This morning, Environment Minister Owen Paterson gave a speech addressing the potential role GM technology could play in reducing both hunger and environmental degradation. The Society of Biology and its special interest group the UK Plant Sciences...
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Space Camp winner announced
Congratulations to our BioNet member Madeleine Kavanagh who has been selected as the winner for our space camp competition. Congratulations to our BioNet member Madeleine Kavanagh who has been selected as the winner for our space camp competition....
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Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice
Felicity Callard et al Wiley-Blackwell, £69.99 Felicity Callard et al Wiley-Blackwell, £69.99 Mental illness continues to be highly stigmatised. Law can, if properly and appropriately applied and enforced, help to reduce stigma and improve the lives of...
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Society sets new record
Officials at Guinness have confirmed the Society set a new record for the world's largest memory game during Biology Week last year. At 14:30 on the 19th October 2012, 2,109 people at 40 venues in the UK (plus one in Bahrain) simultaneously played a 10...
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Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age
Jonathan Kahn Columbia University Press, £24.00 Jonathan Kahn Columbia University Press, £24.00 Lawyer Jonathan Kahn is a smart guy: he seems as much at home discussing epidemiology and drug marketing as he does the history of US race relations and the...
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£400 million boost for science and engineering teaching
Science and engineering teaching at English universities will receive a £400 million boost and a particular focus on encouraging women into these subjects, universities and science minister David Willetts announced on 30th September. Science and...
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Schools celebrate Biology Week with food waste assemblies
Today, schools around the UK are celebrating Biology Week 2013 with assemblies about food waste, starting with an animated video produced for the event. UK households throw away 20% of the food they buy, and pupils will consider how we can reduce this...
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Breaking the Ice: Jane Francis
Tom Ireland meets the new director of the British Antarctic Survey, Professor Jane Francis The Biologist Vol 60(6) p28-31 In October Professor Jane Francis took over as director of the British Antarctic Survey, an organisation which has led the UK's...
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Celebrating success
More than 120 people attended the annual Biology Week awards to celebrate the winners and highly commended entrants from the Society's various competitions. More than 120 people attended the annual Biology Week awards to celebrate the winners and...
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Members and Fellows represented in leading scientists list
The Science Council has published a list of 100 leading practising scientists, to highlight the contributions of scientists to society and the UK economy. The list includes scientists working in policy, education, business and communication, along with...
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Spotlight on: Agroecology
The Biologist Vol 60(5) p38-39 Agroecology is the study of farm ecosystems. Agroecologists use the principles of ecology to help design and manage sustainable agricultural systems. Because the field looks at entire ecosystems, land use and complex...
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Spotlight on: Aerobiology
The Biologist Vol 60(3) p32-33 Aerobiology is the study of airborne biological particles and their movement and impact on human, animal and plant health. Why is it important? Allergens in airborne pollen or fungal spores are the cause of hay fever or...
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Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behaviour
Elena Choleris, Donald W Pfaff and Martin Kavaliers (Ed) Cambridge University Press, £70.00 Elena Choleris, Donald W Pfaff and Martin Kavaliers (Ed) Cambridge University Press, £70.00 In 2005 Nature published a paper that was scarcely believable. The...
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Biology 'Blue Plaque' project wins £70k grant
The Society of Biology has been awarded £69,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new project that celebrates great biologists around the UK. Biology: Changing the World aims to inspire future biologists by celebrating important life science...
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Three female presidents: Work together to help women “reach the top in science”
For the first time, three female presidents lead the Society of Biology, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics. On 13th May 2014 this will be celebrated by the presidents coming together at the Museum of Science and Industry...
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Cultural Severance and the Environment
Ian D Rotherham (Ed) Springer, £117.00 Ian D Rotherham (Ed) Springer, £117.00 In 2013-14 Springer published the first three volumes in its Environmental History series. The objective was an exploration of the relationship between society and...
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Identify house spiders with new free app
Each autumn the number of spiders seen indoors suddenly increases as males (of the Tegenaria genus) go on the hunt for a mate. The Society of Biology is launching a new app to help the public learn more about the spiders that will be in their homes in...
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Sport
Sport and exercise Sport and exercise help us to keep our bodies fit and healthy and can be used to help patients recover from illness and injury. Biologists play an important role in identifying and developing the best ways for doing this. Follow a...
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Bad Moves: How Decision Making Goes Wrong and the Ethics of Smart Drugs
Barbara J Sahakian and Jamie Nicole Labuzetta Oxford University Press, £14.99 Barbara J Sahakian and Jamie Nicole Labuzetta Oxford University Press, £14.99 In being unable to reach a decision concerning the fate of Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth...
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New app reveals how biology changed your world
‘Biology: Changing the World’ is a new app from the Society of Biology which brings the world around you alive with famous research, history, people and places. ‘Biology: Changing the World’ is a new app from the Society of Biology which brings the...
