School of Biosciences news

Funding win for breast cancer research

17 September 2018

Innovate UK backing for Cardiff and Cellesce

Huntington's disease starts in childhood

3 September 2018

Inherited gene that leads to Huntington’s causes changes in brain development from a young age

Student named as one of the most influential LGBT+ people in Wales

24 August 2018

A student from the School of Biosciences has been commended for their work addressing issues facing the LGBT+ community.

River meandering in Kinabatangan floodplain

Riverbank forest buffers could increase yields from oil palm plantations

23 August 2018

Preserving forest buffers along river banks could improve the long-term viability of oil palm plantations while maintaining conservation benefits.

Image of a baby with the mother's hand holding its hand

Father’s genes can impact motherly love

3 August 2018

Father’s genes influence quality of care a baby receives from their mother

New genetic link for prostate cancer

12 July 2018

Discovering the mechanisms that underlie prostate cancer

Expense of creating giant panda reserves dwarfed by the income they generate

2 July 2018

Researchers call for expansion

Rethinking the orangutan

28 June 2018

How 70,000 years of human interaction have shaped an icon of wild nature

Water security crisis requires ‘urgent action’

28 June 2018

Major forum to address ‘biggest danger facing the world over next decade’

School pupils taking part in science demonstration

Mars ‘mission’ for pupils

26 June 2018

Young learners to tackle science challenge set by University experts

Potential treatment for genetic form of autism

25 June 2018

Researchers discover promising treatment for genetic form of autism spectrum disorder

A bay in Tobago, blue see and green trees

Field course students rescue endangered turtle

20 June 2018

Cardiff University students saved the life a leatherback sea turtle on World Ocean Day after they found it tangled in a boat line.

Mapping memory

14 June 2018

Spatial memory patterns mapped

Tracking Borneo’s bearded pigs

13 June 2018

High tech trackers have been placed on Borneo’s bearded pigs for the first time, helping to secure the future of the vulnerable species.

Understanding absence epilepsy

11 June 2018

New light shed on mechanisms of paediatric epilepsy

School of Biosciences praised for significant contribution to medical research

11 June 2018

The Cardiff University School of Biosciences has been praised in the Houses of Commons for its outstanding research.

Street-cleaning scavengers

7 June 2018

Millions of wild animals are killed on Britain’s roads each year, but the amount of roadkill could be six times higher than originally thought.

Cardiff University Professor given lifetime achievement award

30 May 2018

A Cardiff University Professor has been rewarded for his ground-breaking research, which has contributed significantly to the field of physiology and pathophysiology.

Cardiff University marks World Otter Day

30 May 2018

You can tune into an ‘as live’ otter dissection on World Otter Day, giving you an inside look at Cardiff University’s Otter Project’s research, which aims to protect and conserve otters across the UK.

Link between HPV and cancer after kidney transplant

30 May 2018

New research by Cardiff University has uncovered the process that leads the HPV virus to cause skin cancer in kidney transplant patients