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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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Professor Luke Mackinder is to undertake a 10-year project to unlock the secrets of how algae capture half of global carbon dioxide in a bid to combat climate change.
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The York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI), Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) and Kasetsart University, Thailand conclude the final multistakeholder workshop of their British Council funded research collaboration.
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Dr Chris Hill has been awarded £2.5 million in funding through a prestigious Wellcome Career Development Award to advance our understanding of how viruses infect human cells.
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Bears often get a bad reputation, but a new study shows that they might not be the species most often involved in human-wildlife interaction that can lead to conflicts in national parks.
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