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Biology Week 2021 Calendar
Visit our Biology Week calendar to see the amazing selection of events and activities that took place during Biology Week 2021 Check out the amazing selection of events that took place during Biology Week 2021 Saturday 2 October UK Fungus Day 2021 |...
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Are we doing enough to support neurodiverse people into STEM careers?
Professor Sara Rankin calls on biologists with specific learning difficulties and neurodiverse traits to be open about their challenges – in the hope of inspiring and encouraging other neurodivergent people into the biosciences 20th February 2023 I...
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Better biology and science education for all young people across the UK
The Royal Society of Biology has been preparing for curriculum and assessment reform across the UK. Today we publish an expanded suite of documents to sit alongside our recommendations and framework for 5-19 biology curricula, and are pleased to...
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Science with impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence policy
Anne Toomey Island Press, £28.00 Generally speaking, science is often depicted in the popular media as a white-coated white male sitting in isolation at the lab bench beavering away in search of the eureka moment. While not taking away from those who...
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Life Goes on: Linda Partridge
Professor Dame Linda Partridge, an expert in ageing, talks to Tom Ireland about genetics, immortality and staying healthier for longer The Biologist Vol 61(1) p28-31 Linda Partridge is a British geneticist who studies the biology and genetics of...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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Interview: Natasha de Vere
Ecologist and conservationist Dr Natasha de Vere talks to Tom Ireland about DNA barcoding every species of native flowering plant in the UK, and the crisis facing plant-pollinating insects around the world The Biologist 64(1) p22-25 In 2012, Wales...
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How to....Talk science on TV or Radio
Find out how to get your research discussed on air with Science in Action presenter Professor Adam Hart, and read the Science Media Centre's top tips for commenting on breaking science news The Biologist 64(3) p30-31 The modern-day pressures – and...
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“If all this new data isn’t understood and interpreted in context, it could lead to some really harmful public policy decisions"
US virologist Dr Angela Rasmussen talks to Tom Ireland about how COVID-19 differs to previous outbreaks she has studied, the danger of press releases and pre-prints being used as data, and the ‘incoherent’ response at the federal level. Dr Angela...
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Expert panel discuss healthy ageing to kick off Biology Week 2020
Over 100 participants from across the globe tuned in to discuss healthy ageing in the opening event of Biology Week 2020 last night. Over 100 participants from across the globe tuned in to discuss healthy ageing in the opening event of Biology Week...
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‘I’m ridiculously positive about the media’s coverage of COVID-19’
Scientific reporting has come a long way since the days of 'frankenfoods' and vaccine scare stories, says Fiona Fox, head of the Science Media Centre. February 2nd 2021 Interview by Tom Ireland The Science Media Centre (SMC) was formed in 2002 after a...
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Henry T Greely on He Jiankui’s CRISPR babies
Stanford law professor Henry T Greely's new book CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans explores the work of disgraced Chinese researcher He Jiankui, and how his controversial experiment will impact efforts to use gene-editing...
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‘I’m ridiculously positive about the media’s coverage of COVID-19’
Scientific reporting has come a long way since the days of 'frankenfoods' and vaccine scare stories, says Fiona Fox, head of the Science Media Centre. February 2nd 2021 The Science Media Centre (SMC) was formed in 2002 after a Select Committee report...
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Cure-all or con?
September 11th 2023 Every year millions of people buy cannabis-based products to self treat a range of healthcare issues, from insomnia to inflammation – but many of these new products do not contain what they say they do, and the evidence they have...
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Leukemia Lifeblood
Transfusions of umbilical cord blood can provide a life-saving boost to leukaemia patients’ immune systems. So why is banking cord blood the exception rather than the norm, asks Bryn Nelson The Biologist 64(3) p14-17 In 1988, French doctor Eliane...
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Honorary Fellow shortlisted for People's Portrait award
Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience and philosophy and Honorary Fellow of the Society of Biology, has been shortlisted as a nominee for the BBC One Show's People's Portrait award. Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience and philosophy and...
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An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Campfire Conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on People and Nature Based on Common Travel in the Malay Archipelago
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski Explorer's Eye Press, £16.95 To those unacquainted with Alfred Russel Wallace, he may appear at first glance another of history's nearly men, like Scheele or Semmelweis, famous for not being as famous as perhaps he should be....
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150 people join the biggest AGM ever as it moves to online
Members joined the first ever online Annual General Meeting of the RSB, including this year's charter lecture. Members joined the first ever online Annual General Meeting of the RSB, including this year's charter lecture. Usually held in the Spring,...
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Seeing the Big Picture: Sir Mark Walport
Tom Ireland speaks to the Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Mark Walport, about influencing policy The Biologist Vol 61(5) p16-19 Professor Sir Mark Walport is the Government's chief scientific adviser and head of the Government Office for...
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Capital Gains
A new report from the Natural Capital Initiative celebrates 10 years of collaborations in the effort to rethink how society values the natural world In 2009 the American ecologist and evolutionary biologist Guy McPherson said: “If you think the economy...
