Perceptual learning in the rodent system is commonly investigated using the visual system. This review focuses on the somatosensory system with an emphasis on tactile learning using the whiskers. The review details the results of some recent behavioural experiments investigating Read More …
Opioid drugs, such as morphine and heroin, are widely used; both medicinally as analgesics, and illicitly as narcotics. Despite the extensive use of these drugs, relatively little is understood about how they activate their target protein – the μ-opioid receptor. Read More …
Gareth Thomas and Claire Duménil (SWBio DTP students of Rothamsted Research and Cardiff University, respectively) have been awarded first and second place awards for their poster presentations at the annual Agrisciences Chemical Biology Postgraduate Symposium, Imperial College London. The meeting Read More …
Since the middle of the 20th century, populations of many bat species have suffered a severe decline all over Europe. However, a recent study published in Biological Conservation (Barlow et al. 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.022 ) which investigated bat population trends Read More …
Katy Sutcliffe (SWBio DTP student at the University of Bristol) has been awarded a British Pharmacological Society (BPS) oral communication prize Katy received the award at Pharmacology 2016, the British Pharmacological Society‘s conference, held in London in December. More than 1,000 scientists Read More …
Research carried out by Emily Nixon (SWBio DTP student at the University of Bristol) has developed new insights into how farmers treat their sheep for disease. Farmers who don’t treat their sheep to avoid infection are often blamed for the national Read More …
The National Bat Conference – which is organized by the Bat Conservation Trust – is a national event for British bat workers and volunteers. This year the conference was held at the University of York and took place the first Read More …
Nicole Pacchiarini recently took part in Soapbox Science to talk to the general public about synaptic plasticity Soapbox Science takes place at a number of sites across the UK and features women scientists. A soapbox is used as a platform Read More …
Kelly Atkins has just received the Irene Manton Poster Prize for her research into the sigma factors involved with photosynthesis, growth and development of Arabisopsis thaliana. Having been a member of the Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) throughout my entire Read More …
Annual PIPS Conference University of Bath June 2017
The Bristol-led South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) is to receive substantial new funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for the training and development of bioscience PhD students. The BBSRC has announced an investment of £125 Read More …
Eight students from across the SWDTP attended a reception at the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, to mark the formal launch of the GW4 Alliance. The reception was hosted by Baroness Randerson, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales. Vice Read More …
