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Department of Biology
Tackling global challenges through bioscience education and impactful research.
Our research
Our world-class bioscience research addresses major global challenges.
Grounded in excellent fundamental science, our research spans the discipline and generates solutions for a sustainable green future and a healthy human population.
Biology at York is a really exciting place to be! Amazing staff, enthusiastic students and exceptional facilities drive interactions between research and teaching, which in turn create collaborations and innovations that produce positive impacts on global challenges.
Professor James Chong, Head of Department
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Scientists at the University of York have cracked a 40-year-old biological cold case by revealing how the parasite that causes Sleeping Sickness stays one step ahead of the human immune system.
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Biomass Biorefinery Network celebrates supporting researchers to turn ideas into real-world progress
From rapid increases in technology readiness levels to over £12m in leveraged funding, the Biomass Biorefinery Network releases a report demonstrating its impact.
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New research from Dr Benjamin's Lichman's lab has been published in the New Phytologist.
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Scientists have shown how plants produce powerful natural chemicals that could help in the production of new medicines in more environmentally friendly ways.
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