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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.
Theo Issitt - Three Minute Thesis (3MT) National Finalist
Posted on Wednesday 1 September 2021
Congratulations to Theo Issitt, Biology PhD student, who has successfully made it through to the UK final of the 3MT competition.
National Student Survey 2021
Posted on Thursday 15 July 2021
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest Biology students in the UK.
York academics take part in Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition
Posted on Thursday 8 July 2021
Leading scientists from the University of York will share their research with a global audience as part of the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Biology PhD students ace 3 Minute Thesis competition
Posted on Wednesday 7 July 2021
The University of York Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges PhD students to educate and engage the audience with their research in just three minutes.
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.