28 March 2019
The 2020 Morton Lecture has been awarded to Professor Gurdyal S. Besra in recognition of his outstanding contribution to lipid biochemistry.
28 March 2019
Professor David Hannah and Professor Jeremy Pritchard have each presented at the Science Museum Lates event on 27 March.
18 March 2019
The new field of epitranscriptomics determines the topography and dynamics of modifications in RNA; new research by Dr Matthias Soller and Dr Rupert Fray
08 March 2019
Weaving stories and intriguing names into children's education about the natural world could help to engage them with species' conservation messages, new research shows.
06 March 2019
Today's school students will be the ones who must reverse climate change, cope with it as best they can, or experience its consequences. Professor Jeremy Pritchard writes for The Conversation.
04 February 2019
Oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface area and they routinely provide food for approximately 1 billion people while supporting the livelihoods of a further 200 million people.
04 February 2019
The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), is partly due to poor diet, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
23 January 2019
Professor Stephen Busby is one of five senior academics awarded Professorships with the Yusuf Hamied Programme.
08 January 2019
Dr Daniel Gibbs and Dr Iain Johnston have both been awarded the President's Medal by the SEB, which is awarded annually to young scientists of outstanding merit.
21 December 2018
Plant scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have unravelled a mechanism that enables flowering plants to sense and 'remember' changes in their environment.
20 December 2018
Dr Johnston will receive his award at SEBAMM 2019 where he will deliver a keynote speech.
20 December 2018
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a protein that could hold the key to novel gene therapies for skin problems including psoriasis – a common, chronic skin disease that affects over 100 million people worldwide.