CBER News

New funding will help UCL researchers examine how habitat loss and climate change affect pollinators, crop pollination and human diets, revealing risks to ecosystems and food security worldwide.

We would like to warmly welcome Sean to the GEE department.

Time-Travelling through Lake Sediments: 300 Years of Post-Industrial Freshwater Biodiversity and Genomic Change

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant, discuss their work on Darwin's finches, to understand how new species are formed.

Environmental crises are tracked with data and reports, but also lived daily. What if these experiences counted as evidence? Mapping could show crisis not only as disruption, but as a social reality.

New research from Blackpool argues for a creative community-based approach to the growing crisis of ketamine use.

We are delighted to share that the GEE Core Technical Team recently won the award for Team of the Year, and Sam Low was awarded Unsung Technical Hero of the Year.

Winners are selected by the Scientific Council of the Italian Embassy

A total of 70 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ for 2025, which recognises the most influential researchers in their fields.

Mitochondrial Translation Inhibition Triggers an Rst2-Controlled Transcriptional Reprogramming of Carbon Metabolism in Stationary-Phase Cells of Fission Yeast.

Every week, Professor Brian Cox and panels of scientists and experts tackle audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing society today.

Tiny elements in the human diet, such as micronutrients, may have influenced human evolution in ways greater than previously recognised, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

On Friday 18 July, the Division of Biosciences hosted a special event to honour the legacy of Professor Lionel Penrose (UCL Galton Professor, 1945–1965). A medically trained scientist and pioneer of clinical genetics, Penrose was also a vocal critic of eugenics.

UCL researchers ran a successful workshop and conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, training over 100 students in genetic analysis and presenting cutting-edge research on Cameroonian population genetics, with strong support from local institutions and government leaders.

UCL’s Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Muhammad Ayub and Muhammad Umar have created a new GWAS workshop together with researchers from Harvard University, entitled “Decoding the genetics of complex diseases: A short course in GWAS bioinformatics and data analysis”.