Congratulations to Verena Dietrich-Bischoff who was honoured on Tuesday evening at the Gives Back Awards 2022, hosted by the University of St Andrews Charities Campaign (USACC). The USACC is the official charitable…
“Hello everyone! My name is Sarah Harris and this week I commenced my employment with the University as Teaching Support Administrator within the School of Biology. I recently relocated from Lincolnshire with my…
Over the summer the School of Biology along with all Science Schools at the University will adopt a new chemical management process for category 4 and 5 chemicals. This will standardise the way all Schools are…
The Biology EDI Committee wants our school to be a supportive working environment in which all members of staff (academic, teaching, research, administrative and technical) and students reach their full potential. We…
Biology is working to ensure that our staff have thought about ensuring equality, diversity and inclusiveness in their advertising and recruitment, and have a new process for submitting adverts and further particulars…
Safe use of UV equipment in Biology Use of equipment that emits ultraviolet (UV) radiation is widespread across Biology. Examples are transilluminators and microbiological safety cabinet sterilisation lamps. A ‘safe…
Far-UVC (222nm) efficiently inactivated an airborne pathogen in a room-sized chamber Eadie, E., Hiwar, W., Fletcher, L., Tidswell, E., O’Mahoney, P., Buonanno, M., Welch, D., Adamson, C. S., Brenner, D. J., Noakes, C.…
A recording is available for Professor Anne Magurran’s (University of St Andrews) public lecture on her world-leading research on biodiversity, Why BioDiversity Matters. This lecture was in celebration of the UN…
As we begin the gentle run-up to the exam diet, we’ve had an increasing amount of contact from students in regard to anxiety and concerns around exams. As you will be aware, this is the first exam season for our level…
Nathan Bailey and his husband Tony Ly have written a recently-published piece in Nature Careers called “Adopting as academics: what we learnt” about the exploits and difficulties of adopting as a two-academic family.…