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01 September 2025

Single-cell genomics reveals hidden bacterial threats in Amoeba

Scientists sequencing two free-living amoebae related to the deadly “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria fowleri discovered they both contain bacteria linked to Legionnaires’ disease.
26 August 2025

New project explores potential of soil microbes to achieve UK net zero goals

Researchers are combining the latest science in climate forecasting and soil science to understand how land use management could enable soil carbon storage.
18 June 2025

ELIXIR-UK awarded strategic funding to support UK life sciences data community

ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
02 June 2025

Scientists look to biotechnology to improve crop resilience and nutritional value

A new project - funded by a £8.5M grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) - will leverage advances in engineering biology to establish synthetic plant chromosome (synPAC) technologies.
14 May 2025

Precision Breeding for plants signed into law

Regulations to enable Precision Breeding in plants has been signed into law by the government.
12 May 2025

Starting point of DNA replication mystery solved

The question of where DNA replication starts in the human genome has finally been addressed, with the conclusion it is largely random.
16 April 2025

Starship discovery reveals new frontiers of fungal genome evolution

New insights into large mobile fungal genome elements, called Starships, have revealed more about how they jump between fungal species and influence their evolution.