Faculty of Biological Sciences

One of the UK's leading groups of life science researchers

Research News

Following genetic footprints out of Africa
A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration over 60,000 years ago, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa to the rest of the world.

White Rose universities launch new bioscience PhDs
A successful collaboration between the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York has attracted £6 million to create a joint Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in mechanistic biology.

Student Education News

Bioenergetics prize for PhD student
Scott Jackson won the Generon prize for 'Best Presentation' at the annual Bioenergetics conference

State-of-the-art new labs for 2012
Work is currently underway on brand new teaching laboratories for undergraduate students