Research in Biosciences

Our research addresses global challenges to the health and wellbeing of people, animals, plants and the environment.

Our multi-disciplinary research themes

Biosystems and Environmental Change

Understanding human impacts on wildlife, environments and ecosystems
Structural and Molecular Cell Biology

Investigating cellular function to benefit human health
Microbiology

Understanding microbes and antimicrobial resistance
Plant Science and Food Security

Mitigating the global food security crisis

Areas of underpinning expertise

Computational biology

Mass spectrometry

Biosciences research news

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Water fleas as ‘canaries in a coal mine’ offer key to managing chemical pollution

04/08/2022

University of Birmingham signs licensing deal with world’s largest COVID-19 test provider

15/07/2022

Poxvirus proteins enable early strike on immune defences

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Centre for Precision Toxicology

Led by the University of Birmingham, PrecisionTox blends technology and modern scientific approaches with law to establish a new cost-effective testing paradigm for chemical safety assessment
Birmingham Drug Discovery Hub

A community of researchers working to translate the best innovation from the University to patient benefit
Enabling Technologies

Our state of the art equipment and instrumentation
PhD opportunities

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