Welcome to the Department of Biology
The Department came first for research impact in Times Higher Education's ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2014
Excellent student satisfaction and 9th overall in the Complete University Guide 2019
Ranked 8th in the Guardian University Guide 2019
World-class science across the whole spectrum of modern biology, from ecology to biomedicine
Undergraduate study
Upcoming seminars
Unearthing the microbiology of hydraulically fractured shales: who, what and why?
1.00PM, K/018
Dr Sophie Nixon, Manchester
“New therapy development in preclinical models of prostate and bladder cancer”
1.00PM, B/K/018
Dr Gabri van der Pluijm Leiden University Medical Centre, dept. Urology, Leiden, the Netherlands. G.van_der_Pluijm@lumc.nl
Introducing the algal CO2-concentrating mechanism into higher plants
1.00PM, K018
Dr Alistair McCormick, University of Edinburgh.
Functional genomics of climate adaptation in ectotherm vertebrates
1.00PM, K/018
Dr Katharina C Wollenberg Valero, University of Hull
Postgraduate study
News
Posted on Friday 9 November 2018
Department of Biology secures two phase II Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy
Posted on Thursday 4 October 2018
Professor Reidun Twarock has received two awards for her work in Mathematical Virology.
Posted on Tuesday 25 September 2018
The Department of Biology has placed 9th in the latest Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Research and Impact
Research
Thursday 18 October 2018
Tuesday 2 October 2018
Thursday 30 August 2018
Researchers in the spotlight
From rice straw to biofuel
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Professor Simon
McQueen-Mason
Major advance in microscope technology
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Dr Peter O'Toole
