Welcome to the Department of Biology
The Department rates first in the UK for Research Impact (REF2014)
Excellent student satisfaction and 9th overall in the Complete University Guide 2018
Ranked 8th in the UK in the Guardian league table 2018 (Guardian University Guide 2018)
World-class science across the whole spectrum of modern biology, from ecology to biomedicine
Undergraduate study
Upcoming seminars
Evolution in ecological timescales: a threat to food production and security
1.00PM, K018
Dr Helen Hicks, University of Sheffield
Active zone scaffold proteins tune functional diversity across brain synapses
1.00PM, K018
Prof Stephan Sigrist, Free University Berlin
Identification of novel players in rice salt-stress responses using CRISPR/Cas genome editing
1.00PM, K018
Raquel Carvalho
1.00PM, TBC
Florent Lassalle, Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom.
Postgraduate study
News
Posted on Friday 25 May 2018
Nigel Adams MP will visit the department to see the resources that are helping drive critical research both in the University and beyond.
Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2018
Biology Students are shortlisted for the Love York Awards
Posted on Friday 18 May 2018
Biology staff are nominated in the YUSU The Excellence Awards
Research degrees
Research
Monday 5 March 2018
Thursday 15 February 2018
Thursday 15 February 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
