School of the Biological Sciences
About this community
The School of the Biological Sciences encompasses the Faculty Board of Biology and the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine and is represented on the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine. It has responsibilities across three Triposes (the Natural Sciences Tripos, Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos).
Find out more about the School of the Biological Sciences at http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/.
Sub-communities within this community
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Centre for Family Research
Has a worldwide reputation for innovative research that increases understanding of children, parents and family relationships -
Centre for Trophoblast Research
Promotes scientific study of the placenta, the organ that interfaces between the mother and her baby during pregnancy -
Department of Biochemistry
An internationally competitive research programme; themes include cell signalling and control of gene expression, to molecular microbiology, plant molecular biology and biofuel research, cancer and cardiovascular biology
Recent Submissions
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Rational development of novel small molecule leads against the transcriptional activator protein ExsA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen. It is present in aquatic, marine, and soil environments and can also be found in a variety of anthropological environments, including water distribution ... -
Genetic interactors of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex in Caenorhabditis elegans
Chromatin remodellers are adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-powered molecular machines that can directly alter the structure of chromatin by reshuffling or evicting nucleosomes. Thereby they control the access to DNA elements ... -
Towards ultrahigh-throughput phenotypic screening using microfluidic droplets and functionalised polyacrylamide beads
Natural evolution has yielded small molecules and macromolecules with a diverse array of activities, many of which have been harnessed by human society to advance industry and medicine. However, evolution is primarily ...
