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New Discovery Research Platform to reveal the hidden world of cells

30 November, 2023

A new Discovery Research Platform launched today and funded by £9 million grant from Wellcome, will…

Purple Bar moth is 1,000th species sequenced in landmark project

23 November, 2023

An ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic species found in Britain and…

Sandy Hetherington wins prestigious Leverhulme Prize

20 October, 2023

Dr Sandy Hetherington, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in…

Dr Amy Buck is honoured with the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal

12 September, 2023

The Max Planck-Humboldt medal 2023 has been awarded to Dr Amy Buck, Professor of RNA and Infection…

Sandy Hetherington wins the European Research Council Starting Grant 2023

05 September, 2023

Dr Sandy Hetherington, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, has been awarded a prestigious European Research…

Researcher wins UKRI - Artificial Intelligence for Health award

11 August, 2023

Dr Giovanni Stracquadanio, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Synthetic Biology, and Co-…

Project aims to prove plastic can be fantastic for pharmaceuticals

26 July, 2023

A team of Scottish researchers is exploring a new process that could see plastic waste from…

Frank Qasim Machin wins SULSA Early Career Researcher Prize

12 July, 2023

Dr Frank Machin, a Postdoctoral Research Associate has won the Scottish Universities Life Sciences…

Professor Eleanor Riley recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

19 June, 2023

Professor Eleanor Riley has been awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for…

Fossil study sheds light on famous spirals found in nature

16 June, 2023

A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of…