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Why bioinformatics is important

Feature | 8 min READ

Why bioinformatics is important


Bioinformatics is part of the full package.

  • 01 June 2020
  • Technology
  • CSP
How aphids spit lncRNA into plants to make them a tastier prospect

Quick read | 5 min READ

How aphids spit lncRNA into plants to make them a tastier prospect


Aphids are a nuisance, especially ones which can adapt to hundreds of different plant species. Perhaps long non-coding RNA helps them to do it?

  • 27 May 2020
  • Science
  • CSP
Three ways EI is helping bees

Feature | 3 min READ

Three ways EI is helping bees


On World Bee Day, we are celebrating our precious pollinators and the work our scientists are doing to aid their long-term survival.

  • 18 May 2020
  • Learning
  • CSP
Joining the dots to tackle COVID-19: a bioinformatics approach

Feature | 8 min READ

Joining the dots to tackle COVID-19: a bioinformatics approach


The global COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for healthcare and science alike. Part of that is understanding how the SARS-Cov-2 virus causes such severe disease in some patients, triggering what is known as a cytokine storm that sends the immune system into overdrive.

  • 11 May 2020
  • Science
  • CSP
The miRNA driving the Weddell Seal’s incredible deep diving ability

Feature | 8 min READ

The miRNA driving the Weddell Seal’s incredible deep diving ability


Weddell Seals have the impressive ability to dive to depths approaching one kilometre for up to an hour at a time. Now, insights from a genomics study led by scientists at the Earlham Institute have highlighted the role that microRNAs can play in driving this adaptive evolution.

  • 04 May 2020
  • Science
  • CSP
Students need to up their bioinformatics game: why I am learning to code python

Feature | 5 min READ

Students need to up their bioinformatics game: why I am learning to code python


UEA undergraduate in Molecular Biology and Genetics Georgia Whitton believes it’s paramount for students to learn the importance of bioinformatics, and has some top tips on the best ways to learn to code.

  • 27 April 2020
  • Learning
  • CSP
How science will be better set to fight pandemics after COVID-19

Feature | 5 min READ

How science will be better set to fight pandemics after COVID-19


The lessons we learn from COVID-19 are already providing a platform for how we respond to global health threats better in the future, and how we do science together.

  • 20 April 2020
  • Learning
  • CSP
Metadata matters: introducing a big data broker for life science

Podcast | 30 min READ

Metadata matters: introducing a big data broker for life science


Metadata matters in the life sciences. COPO helps researchers track the context of their data so that it can be used many decades later.

  • 30 March 2020
  • Science
  • CSP
My placement with Beneficial Bio: improving access to molecular biology

Feature | 5 min READ

My placement with Beneficial Bio: improving access to molecular biology


In this guest blog, PhD student Sam Witham describes his exciting PIPS placement working with Beneficial Bio in Ghana, running market research and training programmes designed to improve access to molecular biology.

  • 23 March 2020
  • Learning
  • CSP