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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Atrial arrhythmogenesis in a murine model of mitochondrial insufficiency
(2019-08-01)Age-related atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation are frequently encountered in clinical practice and are associated with significant mortality and morbidity. A putative role for chronic mitochondrial impairment ... -
Improving Uniformity of Potato Crops
(2016-10-22)Within potato crops some tubers are too small or too large to be marketable. There are economic and environmental incentives to improve uniformity, thereby increasing the fraction of yield that is marketable. The potato ... -
A Multi-level Mechanical Study of Hypocotyl Growth in the Dark
(2020-07-15)Dark-grown hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibit a striking wave of cell elongation which moves acropetally from the base to the tip of the organ over time. The combined effect of this wave of cell elongation is a ... -
The Contribution of APP gene dosage to the molecular phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease in human trisomy 21 neurons
(2019-07-19)Down syndrome is a condition caused by trisomy 21 and occurs in 1 out of 700 births. People with trisomy 21 are high risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease that causes approximately 65% of ...
