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York researchers reveal how bacteria disguise themselves to avoid detection
Posted on Thursday 12 January 2023
Researchers in our Department of Biology and the Hull York Medical School (HYMS), along with collaborators at the Universities of Southampton and Oxford, have shed new light on a mechanism that disease-causing bacteria use to change the appearance of their cell surface.
Step closer to tackling drug resistant parasites in Brazil
Posted on Friday 2 December 2022
Researchers at the University of York are a step closer to identifying ways to support clinicians in predicting drug treatment outcomes for patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil.
Nations must embrace change in order to tackle biodiversity crisis, researchers say
Posted on Wednesday 30 November 2022
Governments should embrace the realities of shifting biodiversity rather than “investing in futile efforts to return the natural world to its historic state”, a new study argues.
University named as a member of the new EUBI UK Node
Posted on Thursday 3 November 2022
The University of York has been named as part of a new UK-wide multi-site imaging facility, known as the EUBI UK Node.
Biology at York placed 7th in UK by Guardian University Guide 2023
Posted on Monday 26 September 2022
York’s department of Biology placed 7th in the UK according to the latest release of the Guardian University Guide (2023).
Scientists to go back in time to uncover an ancient process that makes cells resistant to toxic chemicals
Posted on Wednesday 21 September 2022
A project led by Professor Gavin Thomas involving five UK universities is to receive £4m funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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Plants as a central key to climate change; moving from consequences to solutions
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