Biology Curriculum Committee Our purpose is to ensure the biology curriculum at all educational stages is as relevant as possible and prepares students for their next steps in life – whether they go ...

The Biologist speaks to the founders of four networks for Black scientists about how to support and grow the Black STEM workforce In the last five years, a range of new organisations and networks have ...

Andy Clayton AMRSB explains how the alternative protein industry is working to change the food we eat for the sake of our planet. The Fermtech lab is a fun place to be. We have a corner room within a ...

Dame Julia, perhaps you could tell the readers of The Biologist a bit about yourself? JG: I've just retired as vice-chancellor at the University of Kent. Prior to that, I was chief executive of the ...

In Search of Mycotopia is written in a descriptive, sometimes wry journalistic style, covering the author’s journeys around the globe in search of people and places dedicated to fungi. Containing ...

What is a memory game? Images of everyday objects chosen by bioscience researchers are featured in the game. Test your group's observational skills and short term memory recall, and see how many ...

Thirty years ago in a small village in northern Italy, a young Scottish woman known as Dee* was taking a shower in the cottage she and her partner were renovating. She was unaware that their water ...

As a UK exam board examines the possibility of a new GCSE in natural history, Helen Robertson explores what the subject is and what it might bring to 21st century pupils In 1767 the pioneering ...

Imagine for a moment that you are looking at a perfect stream. What do you see? Your answer will probably depend on where in the country you live, but it is unlikely to involve large, unsightly ...

To celebrate 100 years since the formation of the Genetics Society, Alison Woollard talks to geneticist Jonathan Hodgkin about a centenary of remarkable progress and what they both owe to mutant worms ...

Understanding how memories are formed and stored is one of the great enigmas in neuroscience. After more than a century of research, detailed knowledge of the mechanisms of memory formation remain ...