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Feature | 5 min READ

PhD life, 10 things we learned in our first six months


What advice do our students have after finishing the first 6 months of their PhDs?

  • 03 June 2019
  • Learning

Opinion | 5 min READ

The case for the UK to embrace gene edited crops


Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful impact of agrochemicals on biodiversity while boosting yield. However, the recent European Court of Justice ruling that gene editing be regarded the same as GM poses a huge barrier to farmers and hamstrings European science.

  • 23 May 2019
  • Science

Feature | 5 min READ

10 years of impact: keeping living things healthy


From Salmonella to ash dieback: ten years of impact on how we understand human health and that of the environment.

  • 23 May 2019
  • Science
  • CSP

Quick read | 3 min READ

I’m a scientist! Why talk to young people?


Paddy Sudhakar tells us why public engagement is important after his recent participation in I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!

  • 13 May 2019
  • Learning
  • CSP

Feature | 5 min READ

10 years of impact: global food security


How has research at the Earlham Institute impacted on global food security over the last ten years, and what is the value to the global economy in the future?

  • 07 May 2019
  • Science
  • CSP

Feature | 5 min READ

Network biology approaches to understanding life


With living systems, it’s all about networks. How are we developing tools to understand life on earth, and sharing them openly with the community?

  • 29 April 2019
  • Learning
  • CSP

Feature | 5 min READ

Salmonella, who gives a faeces?


Salmonella is not just about bad eggs, it causes a devastating global disease to rival malaria. How is bioinformatics helping to tackle it?

  • 23 April 2019
  • Science
  • CSP

Feature | 5 min READ

Emma's Antarctic Adventure: Algae and climate change


Emma Langan, a PhD student in EI's Leggett group has been on a six-week expedition to Antarctica to analyse the effects of climate change on coccolithophores with real-time DNA sequencing algorithms.

  • 15 April 2019
  • Science
  • CSP