Enteroviruses cause over a billion infections each year, but the details of how their genomes capture host ribosomes have remained elusive. I'm pleased to share a new preprint from Miguel in our group, providing some new insights into this problem: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

(1/2) Congratulations to Professor @katherinedenby.bsky.social who will become the new Director of the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) from 1st October. Katherine will take over the lead of CNAP from Professor Neil Bruce, a big thanks to Neil for all his great work.

#job for a Research Technician working in CNAP within @biologyatyork.bsky.social targeting molecular breeding and metabolic engineering of crop plants. Apply by 06/10/2025. More details here: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs: 3-year post based @biologyatyork.bsky.social to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #Cryo-EM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs

(1/2) Congratulations to Professor Will Brackenbury who has taken over as the Director of the York Against Cancer-funded Jack Birch Cancer Research Unit. Will takes over the lead of the JBU from Professor Jenny Southgate, a big thanks to Jenny for all her work. @yorkagainstcancer.bsky.social

Ines Hahn has been awarded a 0.73M BBSRC New Investigator Award. In collaboration with Klaus Hahn (UNC), Han-Jou Chen and Peter O’Toole (York), her group will pioneer novel cutting-edge biosensors to unravel how GSK3β regulates neuronal development in both time and space @yorkbioscience.bsky.social

Delighted with our new paper on a novel itaconate transporter in the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, led by Javeria and Reyme. @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @javeriamehboob.bsky.social @bethkw.bsky.social A duplicated transporter on its way to itaconate selectivity portlandpress.com/biochemj/art...

Horticulture's Dave Grimshaw holds his marrow with pride after winning first place at the Fulford Show! 🤩 62 pounds, 42 inches long!

(1/3) GenRes student, Amy, reflects on her experience this summer 😄 "I have just completed a 6 week studentship at the University of Cambridge, which is a sentence I never thought I’d write. Massive thanks to GenerationResearch for making this a possibility. As a first gen student

How do parasites strategically organise their genomes to influence gene expression? If you’re curious, check our latest review in @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social ! @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @pasteur.fr www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We've thoroughly enjoyed hosting students from NorthWest University (NWU), China, over the last two weeks! TF & Horticulture tours, Power lab, Lego, Microbiology, Immunology and Lactobacillus sessions to name a few! Thank you to all the staff involved! #summerschool

Fieldwork for the Europe-wide project 'MonitAnt' @monitant.bsky.social has been underway, sampling and surveying wood ant nests from the north of Scotland to the south coast of England. This is the biggest ant nest the team encountered - scale provided by Professor Elva Robinson.

We are pleased to announce that the results of the 2025 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of the Department of Biology in ‘Academic Support’, ‘Learning Opportunities’, ‘Teaching on my course’, ‘Assessment and Feedback’ and ‘Organising and Management’ www.york.ac.uk/biology/abou...

Over a week since Graduation already! Débora shares her experience: "Through all challenges I have had to overcome, very notably moving from the other side of the globe alone, I know I would not be here if it were not for my degree and the Department of Biology..." Read more here - bit.ly/4fznGXD

(1/2) Throwback to the Technology Missions Fund (TMF) Convening event last year! We got to see some seriously cool engineering biology projects. Curious about what the community's been building?

Celebrating another #technician obtaining professional registration for Jennifer Rippingale @biologyatyork.bsky.social now RSciTech #IST #sciencecouncil @tech-commit.bsky.social #techniciancommitment #recognition #visibility #careerdevelopment #sustainability

Huge congratulations to our wonderful @BiologyatYork students graduating today! We are so proud of you all - good luck for the future and don't forget to stay in touch 🎓🥳 #classof2025 #UoYGraduation #Longboi

(1/3) We've been catching up with our GenerationResearch students so far this summer..! "Hi, I am Naomi, a Biomedical Sciences student going into the final year of my Integrated Masters at York. I am currently doing my Generation Research studentship in Dave Boucher's Lab.

Kamilla Laidlaw, Hatwan Nadir, Chris MacDonald @yorkyeast.bsky.social and team @biologyatyork.bsky.social discover that killer toxin K28 resistance in yeast relies on COG complex-mediated trafficking of Ktd1. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

New preprint alert! 🚨👇 I'm delighted to share the latest research from @jemmabetts.bsky.social in our group: ‘A new protein-dependent riboswitch activates ribosomal frameshifting’. Huge congratulations to Jemma for the first manuscript of her PhD! ✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

(1/2) PGR student Jack went on a 3 month teaching placement as part of his BBSRC DTP in Mechanistic Biology. Jack says "My experience was one of the best professional experiences of my career. It has helped me to see that all of the hard work and effort I am putting into ...

We bought a shaking incubator for new pathogenic yeast work, but the tray came with holes lacking threads 😒 Luckily, Mark Bentley from our @biologyatyork.bsky.social workshop is a legend - he trimmed down the rack and secured it to the tray. 🔩🪛🙏🏼

#internal vacancy for a Plant Science Core Technician in @biologyatyork.bsky.social maintaining / applying advanced expertise in both standard molecular biology techniques & specialised plant-specific methods. Apply by 23/7/2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/internal/vac... #job #career

#internal vacancy for a Technical Specialist in @biologyatyork.bsky.social to manage the CL3 labs and act as lab manager in H&Q blocks 1 day/week. Apply by 22/02/2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/internal/vac... #job #career #vacancy #development

A study conducted at Grow It York @sparkyorkcic.bsky.social with researchers at @biologyatyork.bsky.social has developed a model that could inform urban farmers of how light varies in different areas of a confined space 🌱 #openaccess paper in Quantitative Plant Biology: doi.org/10.1017/qpb.... 🔓 📄

(1/2) Recently researchers from the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) gave a behind the scenes insight to our plant growing facilities and the research that they support as part "Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers"...

(1/4) Three new pieces of research have been published from the ProteoStem ( www.proteostem.co.uk ) research group @billgrey.bsky.social working in @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @cbr-uoy.bsky.social

👩‍🔬🎶 If you are like us we are still singing the lyrics to the adapted songs for Bioscience: The Musical! Read more about our collaboration with @biologyatyork.bsky.social : www.linkedin.com/pulse/biosci...

Prof Pen Holland was the guest on a recent episode of Curator and Keeper: the University of York Art Collection Podcast! They talked everything Longboi, Long Boiology Art Trail and the interplay of arts and the natural sciences. Take a listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6wyz...

Congratulations to Dr Chris Hill who has been awarded the Lister Institute Research Prize, which recognises exceptional early-career biomedical scientists in the UK. Read more about Chris's award and research www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @chillzaa.bsky.social @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social

New review on synthetic HEG drives in Ae. aegypti from Joshua Ang and Luke Alphey (@ybri-uoy.bsky.social‬) They examine challenges, propose the CHIROS framework to guide future development, and discuss paths forward for this vector control strategy. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Congratulations to @bridgekatherine.bsky.social who has been awarded an @The_MRC New Investigator Research Grant! This £0.83M award will enable her laboratory to research hijacked hypoxia signalling in blood cancer @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social

Just a few of the fantastic photos taken during the Stage 2 Practical Ecology field course to Millport! The sun came out too 🌞#biologyatyork #fieldcourse #ecology #biologicalsciences

We're attending #Yorkcareersfair2025 today! Come on by @biologyatyork.bsky.social and discover our reagents available to enhance your research. Plus we have our infamous Guess the balls competition too - who will be todays winner?!? #Yorkbiology #lifesciences

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