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Scientists discover how bacteria use liquid protein droplets to overcome stress
Posted on Wednesday 20 October 2021
Scientists have revealed how bacteria make tiny liquid droplets from proteins to help them survive harsh environments and thus reduce their chances of being killed by antibiotics.
PhD Researcher wins place in international ‘Falling Walls’ public engagement final
Posted on Thursday 30 September 2021
Biology PhD researcher Theo Issitt heads to Berlin in November after beating off strong competition to win a place in the final of the international Falling Walls ‘Emerging Talent’ competition.
Department of Biology maintains its place in the UK top 10
Posted on Monday 20 September 2021
This week the Department confirmed its place among the UK's most highly regarded departments for Biological Sciences. The Department is ranked 10th in the UK in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
Simon McQueen-Mason featured on BBC Green Thinking podcast
Posted on Friday 17 September 2021
Professor McQueen-Mason, of the Department of Biology and CNAP, discusses sustainability and fashion.
Cizzle Biotechnology Limited continues to develop
Posted on Friday 17 September 2021
The University of York is to collaborate with diagnostics development specialists Cizzle Biotechnology to develop a blood test to detect lung cancer.
Grow It York brings vertical farming to community container park
Posted on Monday 13 September 2021
The University of York has teamed up with LettUs Grow, an indoor farming technology provider from Bristol and Spark:York, to create “Grow It York” - a vertical, community farm at the heart of a vibrant container park in the city.
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The life and times of macrophages: only the good die young?
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Dr Stephen Jenkins (University of Edinburgh)
“Directing cell function decisions by RNA cap regulation”
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Professor Victoria Cowling (University of Dundee)
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Dr Laura Dixon, University of Leeds
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Dr Bart Everts (Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands)
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Professor Sarah Bridle, Professor of Food, Climate and Society, University of York
The bare essentials: searching for patterns in parasite genome
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Dr Andrew P. Jackson, University of Liverpool
Dynamics of the cutaneous mediator lipidome
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Professor Anna Nicolaou (University of Manchester)
Unlocking the Polyploid Potential of Wheat Through Genomics
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Professor Cristobal Uauy, John Innes Centre
Living with a million-year long infection
1.00PM, Zoom
Dr George Kassiotis (The Francis Crick Institute)