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Tagged With: Biology Week

Capturing Biology in Action

Billy Clapham is a zoology student at the University of Sheffield and won the Society’s amateur photography competition last year. Photography is a fantastic medium to explore and reveal the beauty of the natural world in all its forms. But beautiful photographs of animals and plants from all around the world, while no less special, … Continue reading »

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Who gets your vote for changing the world?

by Natasha Neill, executive officer at the Society of Biology launches her online poll on biologists who have changed the world ‘Biology: Changing the World’ is the Society of Biology’s first project looking at biology heritage. Various activities and resources are planned over the next nine months, and the first of those is our poll … Continue reading »

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Criminal genes: guilty as charged?

Following on from her last blog post, Dr Claire Hastings discusses how our increasing knowledge of behavioural genetics might influence the criminal justice system, ahead of the Royal Institution debate entitled: “The good, the bad, and the genetically predetermined” 0n the 15th of October, during Biology Week 2013. Follow #rilive on Twitter from 19:00 on … Continue reading »

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The attack of an army ant

Student Samantha Hodgson studies at the University of Gloucestershire, and is writing about the swarm raiding technique of army ants ahead of our 24 hour lecture on ants and bees, hosted by Professor Adam Hart. Army ants are unparalleled in the animal world when it comes to raid strategy. They are capable of capturing tens … Continue reading »

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Behavioural Genetics: who are you?

Dr Claire Hastings introduces the field of Behavioural Genetics ahead of the Royal Institution debate entitled: “The good, the bad, and the genetically predetermined” on the 15th October, during Biology Week 2013. Your genome contains all the instructions for building you. This includes genes that affect your behaviour: from learning and memory, eating and sleeping … Continue reading »

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Biology Week: 15 days to go!

By Jon Kudlick, director of membership, marketing and communication at the Society of Biology As the countdown on our webpage will tell you, our second Biology Week is almost upon us, and the stakes are high! Well they’re not really, but tension is mounting, and so is the team’s workload. Amid all the energy required … Continue reading »

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Find the largest fairy ring for UK Fungus Day

As part of Biology Week 2013, we are celebrating UK Fungus Day on Sunday 13th October. The day is organised by the British Mycological Society and will involve events, lectures and fungal forays. It is a celebration of fungi and fungal research, exploring both the good and the bad! The fun has already started with … Continue reading »

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Flying Ant Survey – spread the word!

The weekend’s sunshine made it almost possible to imagine the summer flying ant season, so we’re gearing up for a second flying ant survey and are hoping to enlist even more support. We need data from multiple years to help us understand whether the pattern we saw in 2012 (two peaks in flying ant activity) … Continue reading »

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World Book Day

Karen Patel is in charge of awards and grants at the Society of Biology When was the last time you read a book? If you’re struggling to remember then you might be part of the 25% of UK adults who has not read a book in the past six months. To celebrate World Book Day, … Continue reading »

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