The UKRT Panel meet three times a year to review applications, the next meeting is in June 2025. The deadline for the June meeting is 18th April at 5pm BST (London). We strongly recommend you submit ...

Affiliated organisational members of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) are typically those whose core business is not based in or around the life sciences, but who are keen to align themselves with ...

Neurosurgery is a relatively young field, with early mavericks first venturing into the skull around 120 years ago. This book covers it all in remarkable detail. Touching on aspects of brain anatomy, ...

The following books have won the Society of Biology Book Awards, celebrating outstanding biology books for the general reader, as well as exceptional undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks.

Full HUBS membership is open to university departments interested in contributing to debates on priorities in the biosciences. The Head of Department is normally the point of contact but they can also ...

Spring, the AGM was postponed this year due to the pandemic, but the move online proved popular with many members able to attend without travelling. The meeting included a summary of the RSB accounts ...

The RSB’s annual careers fair saw students attend in their hundreds to learn more about career options, improve their CV writing and hear from life science professionals. The RSB’s annual careers fair ...

Woollard tells Tom Ireland about her Royal Institution Lectures, and how cells know what to do The Biologist Vol 61(2) p30-33 Dr Alison Woollard FSB is a dean and lecturer in genetics at the ...

Botulinum toxins are among the most deadly substances known to man, yet have a remarkable range of therapeutic uses. David Feld, who has received injections of the toxins for 20 years, and his doctor, ...

Sir Paul Nurse Hon FRSB, director of the Crick Institute, on turning Europe's largest biomedical research centre into a giant testing facility. Can you summarise how the Crick shifted its focus since ...

The Biologist Vol 61(1) p32-33 Epigenetics is the study of any changes in gene activity not caused by changes in the DNA sequence. Why is it important? Epigenetics explains almost any change in DNA ...