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Jack Pridham Lecture featuring Professor Elli Leadbeater
06 Sept 2023Challenges for bees in a changing world will take place at 6pm on Monday 16 October 2023
Evolutionary research on foetal cells in pregnant mothers
01 Sept 2023Study finds autoimmune and reproductive health problems of women with multiple partner births could be caused by cells inherited from previous pregnancies
Adding fungi to rosemary makes it more tasty
20 Feb 2023Research from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Vitacress Herbs and Royal Holloway explored the addition of mycorrhizal fungi to soil.
FindAPhD - Studentship Projects Biological Sciences
10 Feb 2023Available StudentShips.
Prestigious ZSL Scientific Medal awarded to Elli Leadbeater for outstanding contributions
08 Feb 2023The Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London recognises outstanding research on the ecology and evolution of social insects.
New study finds fish cannibalism is rare in wild
17 Jun 2022Mosquitofish and guppies, though known to be cannibalistic in captivity, are extremely unlikely to be cannibals in wild settings.
Royal Holloway enterprise fellow launches Natural Compound Solutions
27 May 2022Dr Harriet Berry has developed an enterprise activity called Natural Compound Solutions over the past year with Professor Paul Fraser in the Department of Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway
World-leading research impact of Biological Sciences confirmed by REF21
13 May 2022REF 2021 results confirm our position as a world-leading research-intensive university in the area of Biological Sciences.
Unwinding the secrets of stress in plants could help feed the world during climate crisis
11 Apr 2022New research has discovered how natural responses to stress in plants modify the way DNA is wrapped up in the cell to help it withstand the adverse effects that climate change has on its growth
Get to Know...Professor Alessandra Devoto
28 Mar 2022Find out what inspired Professor Alessandra Devoto, current Deputy Head of the Department of Biological Sciences to pursue a career in Plant Molecular Sciences.