5 May 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Jani R. Bolla, Department of Biology, has been awarded \u20ac1.5m to support research into the assembly of critical membrane proteins.
\n \n\n \n \n5 May 2023
\n \n \n \nLearn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy.
\n \n\n \n \n25 April 2023
\n \n \n \nResearch led by Dr Craig MacLean, Department of Biology, has shown that overuse of antimicrobials in livestock production can drive the evolution of bacteria more resistant to the first line of the human immune response, and that farmed pigs and chickens could harbour large reservoirs of cross-resistant bacteria.
\n \n\n \n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Paris Stefanoudis from the Department of Biology discusses the importance of ocean exploration and the snailfish which has broken the record for living at the deepest ocean depths known to humanity.
\n \n\n \n \n7 April 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Craig MacLean, Professor Tim Coulson and Professor Dame Carol Robinson have all been awarded the prestigious grants recognising ground-breaking projects.
\n \n\n \n \n6 April 2023
\n \n \n \nDr Katrina Davis, Department of Biology, highlights the importance of understanding the impact of future threats including climate change, more renewable energy infrastructure and disease outbreak.
\n \n\n \n \n4 April 2023
\n \n \n \nTubes combining silk from silkworms and spiders can act as novel type of nerve guide.
\n \n\n \n \n28 March 2023
\n \n \n \nNew research led by the Department of Biology has revealed that the most endangered turtle and crocodile species are those that are most unique. Their loss could have widespread impacts on the ecosystems they live in since they carry out critical processes important for many other species.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford biologists comment on new legislation that will unlock key technologies to improve UK food security, reduce pesticide use, and enhance climate-resilience in our crops.
\n \n\n \n \n3 March 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, met Professor Timothy Walsh, Research Director (Biology) at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, to discuss her continued commitment to tackling the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh and around the world.
\n \n\n \n \n20 February 2023
\n \n \n \nDame Angela will be the first woman to hold the role of Government Chief Scientific Adviser and takes up the post on 1 April.
\n \n\n \n \n17 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAhead of World Pangolin Day tomorrow, the University of Oxford announces that it is joining a bold initiative to save this iconic animal: Operation Pangolin.
\n \n\n \n \n16 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe findings, published today in Biology Conservation, could support global rewilding efforts, from reintroducing lynx in the UK to efforts to restore logged tropical forests.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAround 100 guests gathered at the construction site of Oxford\u2019s new Life and Mind Building this afternoon to celebrate a major milestone towards completion of a new home for the Department of Biology and the Department of Experimental Psychology.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe world\u2019s oldest scientifically-confirmed European hedgehog has been found in Denmark by a citizen science project involving hundreds of volunteers.
\n \n\n \n \n13 February 2023
\n \n \n \n'As bird flu continues to decimate poultry and wild bird populations around the world, the virus \u2013 a deadly strain called H5N1 \u2013 appears to be spreading to mammals', writes Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2023
\n \n \n \nLargely hidden from the masses lie great expanses of deep reefs, which collectively have a larger geographic footprint than their shallower counterparts.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2023
\n \n \n \nA new high-resolution model to quantify the sources of plastic debris accumulating on beaches across the Seychelles and other island states in the western Indian Ocean reveals that most of this waste originates from distant sources and not from the islands themselves.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2023
\n \n \n \nRaising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions, and accounting for additional deaths caused by poaching and conflict with people, could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a new study from WildCRU, based in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2023
\n \n \n \nMaking catering more sustainable can make genuine positive contributions, but coming close to fully mitigating biodiversity loss within the current food system will take extremely ambitious action.
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