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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Predicting the Antigenic Evolution of Influenza Viruses with Application to Vaccination Strategy
(2020-05-16)Seasonal influenza viruses cause substantial worldwide mortality and morbidity every year. The evolution of these viruses comprise unique systems for studying natural evolutionary processes in real-time. Host immune systems ... -
Variation-aware algorithms for cancer genome analysis
(2020-05-16)In this thesis, I explore variation-aware algorithms for analyzing cancer genomes. The scientific community has extensively catalogued millions of mutations present in cancer cells. This information is rarely used during ... -
The Evolution and Development of Nectar Spurs
(2020-10-31)Nectar spurs (tubular outgrowths of a floral organ which contain or give the appearance of containing nectar) are hypothesized to be a ‘key innovation’ which can lead to rapid speciation within a lineage, because they are ... -
Quantitative super-resolution imaging of cell polarity proteins using DNA-PAINT
(2020-09-24)Knowing the localisation and spatial organisation of proteins is crucial for understanding their function. The development of super-resolution imaging has improved our ability to garner this information, but counting ...
