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Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies
Description
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have been pinpointed by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Date:
20/10/2021

New tool can identify harmful blue-green algae

New tool can identify harmful blue-green algae
Description
A new way to detect early signs of harmful blue-green algae has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham together with researchers at the Culture Collection of Algae & Protozoa.
Date:
20/10/2021

Birmingham researchers confirm speed, simplicity and sensitivity for new COVID-19 test

Birmingham researchers confirm speed, simplicity and sensitivity for new COVID-19 test
Description
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have confirmed the speed, accuracy and simplicity of a novel, highly sensitive testing method for COVID-19.
Date:
17/08/2021

Food or sex? Fruit flies give insight into decision-making

Food or sex? Fruit flies give insight into decision-making
Description
Individuals are likely to prioritise food over sex after being deprived of both, according to researchers at the University of Birmingham, who studied this behavioural conflict in fruit flies.
Date:
05/08/2021

New approach will help identify drugs that can 'glue' proteins together

New approach will help identify drugs that can 'glue' proteins together
Description
A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to 'glue' proteins together in the body has been developed at the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester.
Date:
07/07/2021

Recent news

Recent news
Description
Dr Matthias Soller has secured a BBSRC grant on RNA splicing using Drosophila Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule as a model membrane protein.
Date:
04/06/2020

Breakthrough in brain plasticity

Breakthrough in brain plasticity
Description
Prof Alicia Hidalgo's group have discovered an exciting new mechanism by which brain plasticity is regulated.
Date:
04/06/2020

Funding for new project on non-coding RNAs and Prader-Willi Syndrome

Funding for new project on non-coding RNAs and Prader-Willi Syndrome
Description
Dr Pawel Grzechnik was awarded a grant from the US Charity Foundation for Prader-Willi Research.
Date:
04/06/2020

New Roles

New Roles
Description
Congratulations to Dr Neil Hotchin for becoming the new Head of School and to Prof Rick Dunn who is warming up for his inaugural lecture to celebrate his promotion to Professor of Analytical and Clinical Metabolomics.
Date:
04/06/2020

New model system for liver disease reported by Rick Dunn and collaborators

New model system for liver disease reported by Rick Dunn and collaborators
Description
Rick Dunn and collaborators publish in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Date:
01/06/2018
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