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Amanda Fisher receives EMBO Gold Medal
Amanda Fisher, group head at the MRC Clinical Science Centre, London (U.K.), is this year`s winner of the EMBO Gold Medal. This prestigious prize is awarded by EMBO in recognition of Amanda Fisher`s outstanding work on nuclear organization and gene expression as well as for her research on the molecular characterisation of the AIDS virus (HIV).... view more... (2002-10-08)
Gold for the jubilee year
The Queen's Golden Jubilee year has been suitably marked by two British students, who were awarded gold medals at the International Biology Olympiad, held in Latvia. view more (2002-07-16)
Royal Entomological Society Awards For The Best Entomological Publications
The Royal Entomological Society have established a series of awards for the best papers published in their six scientific journals over the preceding two years. The winners are decided by the Editors and Editorial Board of each of three journals each year. This year the journals selected are: Agricultural and Forest Entomology - The following... view more... (2002-06-20)
Portuguese school teachers and scientists meet for a made to measure workshop
"Inspiring Science" is the name of the workshop for school teachers, to be held at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), Portugal, from 13-15th April 2004. This innovative workshop, aimed at secondary school science teachers, is being co-organised by the IGC, the Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM), Portugal, and the European... view more... (2004-04-12)
British students win international medals
Four British students have won medals from this year’s International Biology Olympiad, competing against 148 others from around the world. Thirty-eight countries took part in the competition, which was held this year in Turkey. The British representatives – all winners of the British Biology Olympiad – received a silver medal... view more... (2000-07-20)
Structural mechanism of the E. coli drug efflux pump AcrB
In a new study published online in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Gaby Sennhauser, Marcus Gruetter, and colleagues use structural biology techniques to probe the molecular mechanisms of the major drug efflux pump in E. coli AcrB. view more (2006-12-27)
New £6m biocentre to revolutionise the production of safer medicines
The University of Manchester has been awarded £6m to open a new biocentre which will revolutionise the way future medicines are produced - making them safer and more effective. view more (2005-03-14)
New developments in biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer
With the genomic revolution radical improvement has been made in methods of detection of ovarian cancer. view more (2007-11-30)
College science success linked to math and same-subject preparation
Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Virginia have found that high school coursework in one of the sciences generally does not predict better college performance in other scientific disciplines. view more (2007-07-27)
RiboTargets joins Partnership for Structural Biology at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
RiboTargets, the structure-based drug discovery company that develops novel cancer and anti-bacterial therapeutics, announced today that it has joined the new Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) established at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). Associate membership of the PSB will provide guaranteed access to beamlines at... view more... (2003-01-24)
CNRS Use F1000 Biology To Evaluate Researchers
Top French scientists will use Faculty of 1000 Biology as a tool to assess the research it funds, it was announced today. Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the main French government-funded research organization, has given its lab heads access to Faculty of 1000 Biology as part of a package of evaluation tools. A literature... view more... (2003-07-30)
New open access journal set to challenge Nature, Science and Cell
Journal of Biology (http://www.jbiol.com) is a new international journal, published by BioMed Central, which provides immediate open access to research articles of exceptional interest. It will only publish research articles of the highest standard, similar to those published by Nature, Science or Cell. While these journals restrict access to only... view more... (2002-05-17)
RTS and Syrrx Announce Partnership
RTS Life Science International (RTS) and Syrrx announce a partnership to develop and market high throughput structural biology automation solutions. This will be known as the HTSB Factory™ and it allows the user to set-up hundreds of thousands of experiments for a target and increase the crystallization rate significantly. Dr. Wendell... view more... (2003-05-01)
Turtles hitchhike across the disciplines
Many species of turtle travel huge distances during their lives, especially open-water feeders such as leatherbacks. A new approach, to be presented at the Society for Experimental biology on Tuesday 1st April, combines field observations with oceanographic theories to attempt to answer some of the puzzles in open-sea turtle biology. Oceanic data... view more... (2003-03-31)
Shedding light on cancer cells
Scientists label cells with coloured or glowing chemicals to observe how basic cellular activities differ between healthy and cancerous cells. Existing techniques for labelling cells are either too slow or too toxic to perform on live cells. view more (2009-09-25)
Issue 1 of the new journal 'Molecular BioSystems' launched
Celebrations are underway at the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), where the first issue of the new chemical biology journal Molecular BioSystems has just been published. The electronic issue is freely available at www.molecularbiosystems.org. The new journal has particular relevance to the -omic sciences, systems biology and molecular medicine... view more... (2005-05-19)
Infrastructure award for integrated approach to bioscience research
A key feature of the new infrastructure will be a centralised Technology Facility. This will provide a world class technology base to serve both the Biology Department and the Structural Biology Laboratory of the University's Department of Chemistry, and to foster synergistic and multidisciplinary approaches to research and training. Crucially,... view more... (1999-12-07)
£25m University building open for business
Researchers were busy moving into the University of York`s new £25 million Biology Building today. The building, which will be dedicated to York`s cutting-edge biology research, gives researchers working in many different fields of biology access to the very latest scientific equipment and techniques. The investment will allow new research... view more... (2002-07-01)
EMBC extends agreement with EMBO
At their recent meeting, the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) voted unanimously to support the European Molecular Biology Organization's (EMBO) activities for nine further years. "This decision is particularly interesting at a time when the concept of a European Research Council is actively discussed," said Julio Celis,... view more... (2002-08-20)
EICOS 2003: Journalism meets science - join a lab and experience science as it happens!
EICOS, the European Initiative for Communicators of Science, again invites journalists from European countries into its "Hands-on Laboratory" and to the "Extended Laboratory Assignments". The programme is aimed at journalists with a wide range of backgrounds and interests, who wish to gather first-hand experience of techniques of molecular... view more... (2002-10-15)
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