News and Events - School of Biosciences
Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Biosciences.
News
- Description
- Jonny Davies, third year Biochemistry student and University of Birmingham sport scholar, last week bought home 2 medals for the GB Athletics team at the World University Games in Taipei.
- Date:
- 12/09/2017
- Description
- Dr Susannah Thorpe of the School of Biosciences writes in The Conversation about the discovery of some 50 footprints at Trachilos in Crete that are nearly 6m-years-old. It looks like they may be from a hominin – a member of the human species after separation from the chimpanzee lineage
- Date:
- 08/09/2017
- Description
- Fuels that are produced from nonpetroleum-based biological sources may become greener and more affordable, thanks to research performed by the University of Birmingham and University of Illinois' Prairie Research Institute that examines the use of a processing catalyst made from palladium metal and bacteria.
- Date:
- 31/08/2017
- Description
- Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered a way to stop a deadly fungus from 'hijacking' the body's immune system and spreading to the brain.
- Date:
- 17/08/2017
- Description
- Results from the 2017 National Student Survey show that 100% of our BSc Human Biology students would recommend the University of Birmingham as a great place to study. Students completing the survey also praised the quality of our course and our staff, with up to 100% of our Biochemistry students saying the course is intellectually stimulating and our staff are good at explaining things.
- Date:
- 11/08/2017
- Description
- Professor Michael Tausz, Director of Birmingham Institute of Forest Research at the University of Birmingham, discusses using forests to manage carbon in the Birmingham Brief.
- Date:
- 20/07/2017
- Description
- The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) has announced the launch of a new initiative which will accelerate the use of metabolomics technology to improve safety assessment of chemicals.
- Date:
- 20/07/2017
- Description
- Dr Mike Tomlinson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, gave an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Matrix Metalloproteases on July 10.
- Date:
- 13/07/2017
- Date
- 21 - 22/06/2018
- Location:
- Univerity of Birmingham
- Description
- The 2018 Simuliidae Symposium will be at University of Birmingham, England 21-22 June 2018. Arrival and registration will be during the evening of Wed 20 June 2018.
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