Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that is the predominant cause of cystic fibrosis mortality. It is particularly hard to treat with antibiotics, due to forming thick layers of matrices within the sticky mucous of patient lungs, also known as biofilms. Read More …
The Bristol Neuroscience Festival is the biggest public engagement event in Bristol Neuroscience’s calendar, welcoming the public – including dozens of school trips – to stalls showcasing research from across the synaptic spectrum, from educational psychology through to cellular biochemistry. Read More …
The ‘Plant Power Station’ aimed to raise public awareness of the importance of plants, agriculture, pollinators, and sustainability, and ‘plugging yourself into a greener world’ The team headed by Prof Dan Bebber (Agriculture and Environment Research Theme Champion) involved students Read More …
Arguably the greatest issue facing aquaculture today is that of infectious disease. Combine this with the turbulent and ever changing nature of water, prevention and mitigation of aquatic diseases can be challenging. Ideally the old adage “prevention is better than Read More …
Name UK Research and Innovation Department Research Placement base location 12-week research placements in Canadian universities. Website UK Research and Innovation Contact for enquiries Email below Contact details UKRIGlobalink@ukri.org Placement job title UK-Canada Globalink Doctoral Exchange Programme Potential start date Read More …
New research shows that pathogens that attack agricultural crops show remarkable adaptability to new climates and new plant hosts. Researchers studied the temperature preferences and host plant diversity of hundreds of fungi and oomycetes that attack our crops and found Read More …
There is compelling evidence that when root hairs interact with the surrounding soil they reduce soil erosion and increase soil cohesion by binding soil particles. Soil erosion can have a devastating impact across the globe and a serious threat for Read More …
During my PhD, it occurred to me that many of the papers in the scientific literature could be misidentifying genetic markers that show a skewed inheritance pattern, otherwise known as segregation distortion. This is because they used a statistical test Read More …
This preprint paper on a new method for spray-on gene editing has rocketed to the 98th percentile of popular work uploaded onto biorxiv within just a few days, and has been retweeted multiple times by many scientists! The Whitney/Galan/Edwards groups Read More …
This year the ‘Aggies’ took a break from the Green Man Festival and got together for two activities, a Coding Camp in rural Devon, and the SEB Conference in Seville. The Coding Camp was held at a beautiful farmhouse near Read More …
Bacteria are constantly being infected by viruses, or phage. To combat this, many species have evolved a defense mechanism known as CRISPR. This allows a bacterial cell to remember which phages have infected it, so that the next time it Read More …
Nicole Pacchiarini has just received a Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society of Neuroscience. These awards promote the advancement of career training for neuroscientists, and recognise young scientists who demonstrate scientific merit and excellence in their research. The award includes Read More …
