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Department of Biology

Biological Sciences is ranked in the UK top 10 for research (Times Higher Education’s ranking of the 2021 REF results).

We're proud to hold an Athena Swan Gold award for our commitment to identifying and addressing issues of gender inequality.

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World-class science across the whole spectrum of modern biology, from ecology to biomedicine.

Undergraduate study

Upcoming seminars

Fri
21
Apr

Targeting cell cycle and transcriptional dependencies in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer by inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase CDK7

1.00PM, B/K018, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre

Professor Simak Ali (Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London)

Fri
5
May

Use of the cytoskeleton to control Shigella infection

1.00PM, B/K018 (Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre)

Dr Serge Mostowy (The London School of Health and Tropical Medicine)

Tue
9
May

TBC

1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre (B/K018)

Professor Samantha Bryan, Assistant Professor in White Biotechnology, University of Nottingham

Fri
19
May

Glioblastoma response to standard treatment stratifies patients into two responder subtypes, creating the potential for precision medicine

1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K018

Dr Lucy Stead, Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's

Tue
23
May

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Researchers in the spotlight

From rice straw to biofuel
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Professor Simon
McQueen-Mason

An ash tree in a grove

Surviving ash dieback
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Dr Andrea Harper and Professor Ian Bancroft