Victoria was recently awarded best student paper of 2024 in the journal Molecular Plant Pathology. Researchers investigating the globally important fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum, the primary cause of Fusarium Head Blight disease in small-grain cereals, have discovered that the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol Read More …
Designed and run entirely by SWBio DTP students, the Brain Box Stall brought an immersive educational experience delving into the mysteries of the brain to the Science Futures area of Glastonbury Festival 2024. The aim of the stall was to Read More …
Afsal Ayoob Khan, participated in the “Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in September 2023. Here is his account of the experience. Participating in the dynamic Global Youth Read More …
Emily Stonelake is a third-year SWBio student at Swansea and Cardiff. She is a co-author on a publication investigating the role of oxysterol-Liver X receptor signalling in altered cortical neurogenesis in a stem cell model of a neurodevelopmental disorder, published Read More …
Glastonbury Festival is the most famous performing arts festival in the UK (and maybe the world). What many people don’t know, though, is that there is a wealth of scientific outreach which occurs there. Showcased in the festival’s Green Futures Read More …
SWBio DTP students Akshita Jindal (University of Exeter) and Niharika Singh (Cardiff University) are pleased to announce an exciting new project: The Neuroexplorists. Here, they tell us a bit more about their vision for the newsletter and how you can get Read More …
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that is the predominant cause of cystic fibrosis mortality. It is particularly hard to treat with antibiotics, due to forming thick layers of matrices within the sticky mucous of patient lungs, also known as biofilms. Read More …
The Bristol Neuroscience Festival is the biggest public engagement event in Bristol Neuroscience’s calendar, welcoming the public – including dozens of school trips – to stalls showcasing research from across the synaptic spectrum, from educational psychology through to cellular biochemistry. Read More …
Over the past 20 years, research into the microbiome has exploded. Increasingly, experimental and clinical evidence suggests that the gut microbiota is linked to many host physiological processes, particularly immunology, metabolism, and gut physiology. There is strong evidence for interactions Read More …
The ‘Plant Power Station’ aimed to raise public awareness of the importance of plants, agriculture, pollinators, and sustainability, and ‘plugging yourself into a greener world’ The team headed by Prof Dan Bebber (Agriculture and Environment Research Theme Champion) involved students Read More …
A team of our SWBio DTP PhD students will be attending the Festival of Nature and running a stall titled ‘Pests, Plants and Parasites: How researchers in the Southwest are protecting your food’. To promote this event, some of the Read More …
Arguably the greatest issue facing aquaculture today is that of infectious disease. Combine this with the turbulent and ever changing nature of water, prevention and mitigation of aquatic diseases can be challenging. Ideally the old adage “prevention is better than Read More …
