To mark Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week, we examine the sources of resistance, and the future of bacterial infection control. … More Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019: Is Resistance… Read More

In our Halloween special, learn about the science of zombies, is there really life after death? … More Zombiology? The Science of Life After Death Read More

Roisin Conneely If, like myself, you’ve been enjoying the Rugby World Cup, you’ll know the that the game is famous for the clashes between players, but could tackles, scrums a… Read More

Madeeha Hoque The second instalment in our Huntington’s Disease (HD) special has arrived! If you haven’t already, check out part one here. In this edition, we take you through… Read More

Madeeha Hoque The second post in our Genetics Diseases series has finally arrived! Today we will be tackling the brain and delving deep into understanding the pathology of Huntington&rsqu&hell…Read More

We’re delighted to have had the chance to interview the wonderful Professor Sophie Scott from UCL! Sophie chats to us about where her interest in science began, some of the clinical ap… Read More

Last Thursday, Roisin and Arzo attended the London SciComm Symposium, this year held at Queen Mary University. The day consisted of bite-sized talks from a variety of speakers, and panel dis… Read More

This week, Dan Evans talks us through the current drug resistance crisis, and how researchers need to step up their SciComm game in order to tackle the problem. Eighteen months ago, I arg… Read More

This week we had the pleasure of speaking to researcher and science writer Sopie Okolo, who shares some insights into her work on healthy ageing, inclusion in STEM, and science communication… Read More

Continuing from last week’s post, Mariam continues to investigate more reasons why there’s been a growing a gap within the public relationship with science. Are scientific instit… Read More

In the first of two guest posts, Mariam from Crystals and Catalysts ponders why as a society, we appear to be losing a sense of love and respect towards science, even though we now have capa… Read More

Happy International Women’s Day! 8th March marks a global celebration of the achievements of women throughout history, and in present times. This year’s theme is Balance For Bett… Read More

Brinda Lakshmi Varahan I overheard a conversation on the train; two girls, around 15 years old, were having a good chat about their career aspirations. One of them said, ‘I wouldn&rsqu&hell…Read More

Adama from The Catalyst In Me has been a great supporter of our blog for a while now, having published career profiles for each of us (which you can check out here), so we thought it was hig… Read More

Happy New Year! 5th February marks start of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. It is celebrated as a national holiday in several East Asian countries besides China, including So… Read More

Roisin Conneely Last Thursday Arzo and Roisin went along to the Francis Crick medal lecture at the Royal Society in London. The Francis Crick medal is awarded each year to a scientist who h… Read More

Madeeha Hoque Welcome back to our Genetics Disease series! We’re diving straight back into the blood stream and continuing on from last week’s post with the symptoms, diagnostics… Read More

Madeeha Hoque  Cresent shaped red blood cell, shown right (Image taken from Wikipedia)Our first post in our new Genetic Diseases series has arrived! Today we will be delving deep into t… Read More

Roisin Conneely Happy New Year! 2019 is just around the corner, new year’s resolutions have been made, and the mince pies have just about run out. This has been a big year for us, havi… Read More

Roisin Conneely Image taken at ZSL London ZooIt’s that time of year when reindeer are everywhere, and whilst some of them may have magical luminescent noses and get looked after by Fat… Read More

Roisin Conneely It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The dawning of December signals the chance to kick back and relax for most of us, as the year draws to a close and the festivi… Read More

Roisin Conneely November is National Diabetes Awareness Month in the US, with World Diabetes Day falling on the 14th of the month. Diabetes is a chronic condition which causes a person&rsquo&hell…Read More

Roisin Conneely It’s that time of year when Christmas adverts start flooding our screens, each trying to outcompete the other in the contest of who can tug on the heartstrings most, wh… Read More

Roisin Conneely This week, we went along to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. The competition is now in its 54th year, and the exhibitio… Read More

Photo by NeONBRAND on UnsplashZarin Alam Though stores will have you believe it’s already time for Christmas cheer, the spookiest time of the year – barring exam s… Read More

By Madeeha Hoque October is an important month for western society, as it is a month dedicated towards the celebrations and vital contributions Black History has offered to help shape the wo… Read More

Roisin Conneely and Arzo Iqbal Wednesday 10th October is World Mental Health Day, an international awareness day set up by the World Health Organisation (WHO) aiming to increase understandi… Read More

It’s that time of year when people of all ages head back to school for another academic year. Whether you’re off to university for the first time or you’re a tired, drained… Read More

Roisin Conneely and Arzo Iqbal This weekend, Arzo and Roisin were lucky enough to attend New Scientist Live at the Excel Centre in London. Marketed as a “mind-blowing festival of ideas… Read More

Roisin Conneely September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and an international awareness day occurs on the 21st of the month every year. To mark the day, we’ve compiled some informat… Read More

Roisin Conneely September 10th marks World Suicide Prevention Day, an annual international awareness day set up to break down the stigma around suicide in order to tackle the ever increasing… Read More

Madeeha Hoque Drosophila melanogaster – more commonly known as the “common fruit/vinegar fly”, is a popular organism relating to heavy importance within the scientific fiel… Read More

Zarin Alam So, you’ve gotten your GCSE results yesterday, explained the 9-1 system to prying relatives again and now you’re most likely looking to start your A levels in Septembe… Read More

Roisin Conneely This week, the world (well, 10% of it) celebrated Left Handers Day, an international awareness day set up to celebrate the small population of humans who predominantly use th… Read More

Roisin Conneely Last week, we introduced you to a worm you probably don’t ever want a real-life introduction to, the parasite behind the neglected tropical disease, schistosomiasis. No… Read More

Roisin Conneely Summer is well and truly upon us, and if your summer holidays take you to anywhere with fresh water that you might be tempted to jump into, you might want to get clued up on… Read More

Roisin Conneely It never rains but it pours, or in the case of the UK at the moment, it just never rains. After decades of complaining about rainy summers, we have well and truly got what we… Read More

This week, we were astounded to be nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by Schrodinger’s Cat! Schrodinger’s Cat is run by Natasha, a graduate in Earth & Environmental Sci… Read More

Madeeha Hoque Detoxification, also known as detoxication, is the system of removal of toxic substances or waste from any living organism. This could be achieved via medicinal use, where anti… Read More

Arzo Iqbal This week marks the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. It was formally launched on 5th July 1948 by Aneurin Bevan, the Health Secretary at the time… Read More

This week, we’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Kasey and Leigh from BrainPost, an e-newsletter the pair set up to summarise the latest neuroscience research into concise, weekly bul… Read More

By Roisin Conneely The debate on medical uses of cannabis has again arisen in the news recently, with the story of 12 year old Billy Caldwell having his CBD oil confiscated at Heathrow airpo… Read More

By Brittany Fair The nurse took the vial of blood collected from the new-born baby girl. “What are you testing this vial for?” the new mom inquired. “Oh, this is just to c… Read More

Roisin Conneely Source“Life finds a way”, the classic line from the original Jurassic Park, and the tagline for the latest Jurassic World movie; “Fallen Kingdom”, an… Read More

Arzo Iqbal and Roisin Conneely Following on from our post on CRISPR-Cas9 and its applications in Huntington’s disease, on Wednesday, we attended a very interesting talk at the Royal So… Read More

Madeeha Hoque As we have just entered the Islamic month of Ramadan, let’s take this time to get a better understanding of what happens to the body when undertaking a fast. By definitio… Read More

Arzo Iqbal “I’m dying from stress”, is a phrase that all of us can relate to. Stress, although essential for survival, over prolonged periods of time, can cause havoc on ou… Read More

Roisin Conneely In part 1 of our review of the Natural History Museum’s “Venom” exhibition, we explored the diversity of venomous species on Earth, as well the range of use… Read More

Roisin  Conneely The natural world never ceases to amaze us with the plethora of adaptations that creatures have evolved in order to survive at all costs, and the evolution of venom i… Read More

Madeeha Hoque To understand what mechanisms allow species to evolve and diverge from one another is a primary goal of evolutionary biology. Speciation is an evolutionary process defined as t… Read More

Arzo Iqbal Often in biological sciences, it seems that we look to so-called “lower organisms” in order to find out how to move forward ourselves, and there is surely no greater e… Read More

Roisin Conneely If like myself you are an avid “crazy cat lady”, this may be a difficult read, as it turns out our feline friends can sometimes turn foe, when they’re harbo… Read More

Madeeha Hoque Kidneys are one of the main organs involved in the excretory system within the vertebrate kingdom. Their main function is to filter out excess toxins and tiny metabolic wastes… Read More

Arzo Iqbal Propagation of genetic material is the ultimate goal of most species on Earth and for this to occur, communication between members of either sex is required. This can occur throu… Read More

Roisin Conneely & Madeeha Hoque This weekend, millions of us will be tucking into copious amounts of chocolate in the form of Easter eggs. Whether Easter Sunday is all about the choco… Read More

We’re very excited to launch our new science blog,  Seeking Science! The blog is a project run by three biology graduates; you can get to know us a little more on our About Us pa… Read More