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Scientists find no evidence for ‘Insect Armageddon’ – but there’s still cause for concern
Posted on Monday 11 November 2019
Researchers who set out to test the widespread theory that the UK is experiencing an alarming plunge in insect numbers have found no evidence for ‘Insect Armageddon’.
Global warming is causing tropical moths to shrink in size
Posted on Thursday 10 October 2019
Researchers have discovered the first evidence of tropical insects shrinking in size in their bid to survive rising temperatures.
Scientists shed new light on mechanism by which bacteria exchange genes
Posted on Wednesday 9 October 2019
Scientists are now a step closer to understanding the mechanisms behind how a group of viruses facilitate the exchange of genes between bacteria.
New research reveals soil microbes play a key role in plant disease resistance
Posted on Wednesday 25 September 2019
Scientists have discovered that soil microbes can make plants more resistant to an aggressive disease - opening new possibilities for sustainable food production.
We're 6th in the UK
Posted on Monday 23 September 2019
Biology at York in the top ten for Biological Sciences in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
York research shortlisted for Newton Fund prize
Posted on Thursday 22 August 2019
Professor Frans Maathuis’s research to increase the tolerance of rice to salinity and drought, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Newton Prize.
Upcoming seminars
Structural Studies on Chromosome Segregation
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Martin R. Singleton, The Francis Crick Institute
Circadian Rhythms and Growth in Challenging Conditions
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre (K018)
Professor Rachel Green, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
The VEXing problem of single gene choice in African trypanosomes
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Dr Joana Faria
Origin of yeast's natural genome engineering system, mating-type switching
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Kenneth H. Wolfe, Conway Institute and School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Dr Andrey Shkoporov, APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
Ecological strategies associated with fast plant growth
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre (K018)
Dr Kimberley Simpson, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Damian Rivett, Manchester Metropolitan University
The natural history of antibiotic resistance
12.00PM, Williamson Rooms (Biology H Block, 1st Floor)
Professor Gerry Wright, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario & Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research
Genome-led vaccine target discovery for animal African trypanosomiasis
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre (B/K018)
Dr Gavin Wright (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
CANCELLED - Structure and function of chromatin modifying complexes SAGA and NuA4.
1.00PM, Dianna Bowles Lecture Theatre B/K/018
Dr. Alan Cheung, UCL