News and Events

Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Biosciences.
 

Seminars & Events

Listeria monocytogenes: new insights in a multifaceted model
Date
28/05/2013 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre NG08 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Professor Pascale Cossart, Institut Pasteur, Paris
DNA Supercoiling and the regulation of virulence in Campylobacter jejuni
Date
04/06/2013 (13:00-14:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre NG08 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Dr Tadhg O'Croinin, University College Dublin
Understanding the potential for species to adapt to climate change: can genetic and genomic analyses help?
Date
04/06/2013 (15:00-16:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre NG08 - Biosciences Building
Description
Speaker: Professor Ary Hoffman, University of Melbourne
Doctoral Researcher-led Conference on Cell Division
Date
10/06/2013 (10:00-17:00)
Location:
Lecture Theatre E102 - Biosciences Building, Undercroft - School of Biosciences (R27 on campus map)
Description
This conference is organized by PhD students for the scientific community of Biosciences in UK and will cover several topics in cell division of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, e.g. cell elongation, chromosome segregation and gene expression.

News

University invests £2 Million for environmental genomics and recruits John Colbourne to lead
Description
The University of Birmingham's School of Biosciences announced today the launch of a £2 million (3 million US dollar) research initiative to build genomics and bioinformatics expertise for the emerging field of environmental genomics.
Date:
18/07/2012
Help our researchers track sooty terns
Help our researchers track sooty terns
Description
Researchers within the Centre for Ornithology at the School of Biosciences are beginning to unravel the mysteries of where sooty terns go when they are not breeding on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
Date:
03/07/2012
Centre for Ornithology research featured in BBC Springwatch
Centre for Ornithology research featured in BBC Springwatch
Description
Recent research carried out by scientists including several members of the Centre for Ornithology was featured on the BBC Springwatch programme on Wednesday 6 June 2012.
Date:
07/06/2012
Paintings Made with Iridescent Nanopaints Change Color on the Spot
Description
The work of School of Biosciences Artist in residence Franziska Schenk has been featured online by Scientific American. Fraziska's work is concerned with the complex interrelationship between humans and the natural world.
Date:
27/04/2012
Be an orangutan for the day with one of our academics
Be an orangutan for the day with one of our academics
Description
Dr Susannah Thorpe is offering you the chance to 'be an orangutan for the day'. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, Susannah's research focuses on the association between animal form function and performance.
Date:
26/04/2012
Biosciences team develops Star Trek 'tricorder'
Description
A team from the University of Birmingham, led by Dr Tim Dafforn of the School of Biosciences, is developing a real-life version of Star Trek medic Dr McCoy's diagnostic marvel, the tricorder, using viruses that behave like spaghetti.
Date:
26/04/2012
Professor Alice Roberts presents at the BGRS Symposium 2012
Professor Alice Roberts presents at the BGRS Symposium 2012
Description
The School of Biosciences was delighted to welcome Professor Alice Roberts, the new Professor of Public Engagement in Science, to present at the Bioscience Graduate Research School (BGRS) Symposium 2012.
Date:
24/04/2012
PhD Studentship in Bioanalytical Chemistry
Description
We seek to attract a PhD candidate of outstanding ability as part of a highly active research program lying at the interface of bioanalytical chemistry and environmental toxicology.
Date:
29/03/2012
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