Other news
New research on the Leishmania parasite published in Nature Communications
Posted on Wednesday 31 March 2021
Researchers at York have shed new light how the Leishmania parasite controls the way in which it survives in its insect vector and mammalian host.
Tales from the Lab
Posted on Thursday 25 March 2021
A new project for scientists to tell their own stories and challenge the traditional ideas of what a scientist should look like, and what a lab is.
University of York academic appointed to the Board of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Posted on Monday 22 March 2021
A leading University of York biologist has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
York Against Cancer 50km challenge
Posted on Wednesday 17 March 2021
Scientists in the Jack Birch Unit (JBU) have been fundraising for York Against Cancer by participating in a 50km challenge in March 2021.
Cancer Research UK Programme Foundation Award
Posted on Tuesday 16 March 2021
Dr David Kent was recently awarded a Cancer Research UK Programme Foundation Award of £1.5 million over six years to continue his research on blood cancers.
Cloud-SPAN
Posted on Wednesday 10 March 2021
James Chong and Emma Rand from the University of York lead the Cloud-SPAN project, in collaboration with Neil Chue Hong, SSI Director.
Dawn Coverley has been awarded funding by the MRC
Posted on Friday 5 March 2021
Congratulations to Dawn Coverley on her recent successful funding award.
Biology colleagues win Global Bio-Based Businessplan competition
Posted on Friday 26 February 2021
Two colleagues from Biology, Alexander Setchfield and Daniel Leadbeater, have won the international Global Bio-Based Businessplan (G-BiB) competition.
Campus Interns of the Year
Posted on Tuesday 23 February 2021
The Careers and Placements team jointly awarded Emily Patterson and Faye Singleton as the Campus Intern of the Year winners after their successful virtual internships through the Student Internship Bureau last summer. Emily created the Biology Escape Room, and Faye is a Biomedical Science student - we're very proud of them both.
Household and agricultural waste utilised in bid to make textile industry ‘greener’
Posted on Monday 23 November 2020
Researchers at the University of York are working with the Royal College of Art in a new £5.4 million project to lessen the environmental impact of the textile industry in the UK.
We’re 10th in the UK
Posted on Friday 18 September 2020
Department of Biology at York in the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide
Professor Gavin Wright joins the Department
Posted on Friday 11 September 2020
We are pleased to welcome Gavin Wright to the University of York as a Chair in Microbial Biochemistry.
Guardian University Guide 2021
Posted on Monday 7 September 2020
We're in the UK top 10 for biosciences.
York academic receives prestigious teaching award
Posted on Thursday 6 August 2020
Emma Rand from the Department of Biology has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by Advance HE.
National Student Survey 2020
Posted on Wednesday 15 July 2020
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest biology students in the UK.
Chemical offers new hope of finding treatments for neglected tropical diseases
Posted on Monday 13 July 2020
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the trypanosome parasite that causes human African trypanosomiasis, otherwise known as sleeping sickness, paving the way for a potential cure.
Turning the phage on crop wilt
Posted on Tuesday 7 July 2020
Researchers at the University of York have launched a major new study that could pave the way to fight a disease that decimates some of the world’s major food crops - without the use of pesticides.
Professor Gavin Thomas appointed Editor in Chief of leading microbiology journal
Posted on Thursday 2 July 2020
Professor Gavin H. Thomas has been appointed the next Editor in Chief of the journal Microbiology,
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PhD student authors study into oil palm plantations
Posted on Monday 22 June 2020
Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new study on palm oil agriculture in Borneo has revealed.
New director of YESI appointed
Posted on Monday 15 June 2020
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Matthew Thomas as the new Director of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)