Author Archives: Guest Blogger
What we can learn from our peers around the globe?
Guest blogger Charlotte Eve Davies, a PhD student at Swansea University, talks about receiving a Society of Biology Travel Grant to go to the AVC Lobster Science Centre, Canada. ‘So what do you do?’ is the question I get asked rather often. People look at me and assume, at the age of 24, I should … Continue reading
Overseas opportunities for scientists: Singapore
A scientific career often provides exciting opportunities to work abroad, and here Dr Paul Macary from the National University of Singapore shares his experience of working in a new culture. Does the work culture differ to that in the UK? The work culture in biomedicine in Singapore is very similar to that of the UK … Continue reading
Can shark culls reduce the number of attacks?
Following the commencement of the Western Australian shark cull, Chloe Warren, PhD student at the University of Newcastle, Australia, ponders the benefits of a more scientific approach to policy making. Last weekend saw the gathering of over 4000 people on Perth’s Cottsloe Beach, brought together to protest the commencement of the Western Australian (WA) government’s … Continue reading
2013 science policy highlights – haymeadows in Transylvania
Laura Bellingan, the Society of Biology’s head of policy, looks back on her trip to Transylvania to visit senior policy advisor Barbara Knowles. Barbara has worked to protect Romanian haymeadows and communicate about science, with her Motor Neurone Disease as no barrier. Looking back over the year a large number of policy relevant stories and … Continue reading
AuthorAID: looking for research mentors
By Catherine Ball, Science Policy Officer at the Biochemical Society and Society of Biology Communication and dissemination of research is a big focus for us at the Society of Biology. Through our work with our Research Dissemination Committee, we champion equitable and sustainable practices in the circulation of research outputs. No small task recently as … Continue reading
Species of the Week: The Malayan Tiger
In 2004, the Malayan Tiger, was welcomed as its own subspecies after careful consideration of genetics and measurements from the closely related subspecies Panthera tigris corbetti, the tigers of Singapore. The Malayan Tiger is exclusively found in the Malay Peninsula, and there are estimated to be approximately 500 in existence. Unfortunately, tiger numbers continue … Continue reading
Future Morph – careers advice for schools
By Mark Downs, chief executive of the Society of Biology At the Society of Biology we have recently benefited from a number of interns, and it is rewarding to see young people develop at the start of their careers. But how do they get to this stage? For undergraduates we offer Life Sciences Careers Conferences, … Continue reading
Climate change – it is not just cutting emissions, there is biological preservation too
Jonathan Cowie was the Institute of Biology’s publication manager from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s, and also, for a while, its head of science policy. On Thursday 14th November he will be delivering a talk, hosted by the London branch of the Society of Biology at Charles Darwin House, in which he … Continue reading
Experiences from a Life Science Careers Conference
Katie Rule is a second year BSc Human Biology student at the University of South Wales and hopes to go into a career in molecular biology. She tells us about her experience at a Society of Biology Life Sciences Careers Conference on 23rd October 2013. This year my university was lucky enough to hold one … Continue reading
Conservation in action: the road to recovery
Kathryn Pintus, content officer at ARKive (the website-based initiative of the wildlife charity Wildscreen), takes a look to see which endangered species are on the road to recovery From saving the world’s most threatened species of sea turtle to bringing unusual amphibians back from the brink of extinction, no conservation challenge is a lost cause … Continue reading