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Feature | 8 min READ

The science putting sustainable chocolate on the Easter menu


Addictive, healthy, and we’re demanding more than ever: how are scientists in Colombia and the UK working to ensure a sustainable supply of chocolate?

  • 06 April 2020
  • 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

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

Feature | 8 min READ

How genomics impacts daily life


From tracking the spread of coronavirus to understanding the very nature of what makes us human: genomics impacts daily life in myriad ways.

  • 16 March 2020
  • Science
  • Learning

Opinion | 5 min READ

Why IBD happens:
It's complicated


Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is on the rise in the UK, but what’s behind it? It’s a complex problem, requiring data-driven platforms to answer.

  • 12 March 2020
  • Learning
  • CSP

Podcast | 30 min READ

Antibiotic resistance: people will die when antibiotics fail


Dr Matt Bawn is tackling antibiotic resistance in salmonella, combining big data and computational biology with single cell analysis to understand the rapid evolution going on at the fine scale.

  • 09 March 2020
  • Science
  • CSP

Quick read | 5 min READ

NBI Africa Initiative: telling the untold story of research excellence in Africa


The Africa Initiative launches to celebrate and cultivate collaborations between NRP and Africa, while providing a home away from home for African researchers.

  • 14 February 2020
  • Organisation

Feature | 8 min READ

Jolly good fellows: building a career at Earlham Institute


Independent research fellowships are a great route to establish yourself as a group leader. What’s it like to do one at Earlham Institute?

  • 20 January 2020
  • Organisation

Feature | 5 min READ

Antibiotics to bioinformatics: our top ten of 2019


Salmonella, sustainability, reproducibility, bioinformatics, gene editing and evolution: just a few of the topics that make our top ten of 2019.

  • 13 January 2020
  • Organisation