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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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Bladder cancer might be caused by our cell’s response to a common virus which infects nearly everyone in childhood, according to new research led by scientists at the University of York.
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A former PhD student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to show long-term patterns in the species richness of tropical butterflies.
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Scientists have discovered how one of the world’s most destructive plant diseases manages to slip past crops’ defenses - a breakthrough that could help farmers grow stronger, more resilient plants.
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People diagnosed with multiple myeloma – one of the most common forms of blood cancer – are now living nearly twice as long on average as they were in 2005, according to a new study.
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