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Athena Swan renewal puts Biological Sciences in Top 1.5% of UK university depts. for gender equality
Gender equality | 19 May, 2020

The School of Biological Sciences has renewed its Athena Swan Gold Award - making it a third, consecutive Gold for the School.

How is coronavirus affecting animals?
Comment & Analysis | 27 April, 2020

From wildlife roaming free in deserted urban areas to a captive tiger with coronavirus, the impact Covid 19 has had on animals is explored by Dr Neil Reid, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology.

Dr Simon Doherty appointed to European body
research impact | 24 March, 2020

A leading academic from IGFS and the School of Biological Sciences, Dr Simon Doherty, has been invited to chair a high-level European working group in the area of food integrity.  

Students from Ireland, north and south, converge in Belfast for key agri-food debate
Event News | 20 February, 2020

Queen’s University Belfast will engage with some of the most hotly contested topics of our time when students from all over Ireland converge on its campus for the annual Great Agri-Food Debate.

Strongest link yet between nitrites and cancer - but ‘not all processed meat has same risk’
Health News | 19 December, 2019

Researchers from Queen’s have questioned the World Health Organisation’s blanket classification of processed meat as carcinogenic after finding significant evidence gaps between processed meat treated with nitrites and nitrite-free processed meat

QUB-AFBI strategic alliance: an update
stakeholder engagement | 29 October, 2019

Scientists from Biological Sciences, IGFS and other parts of Queen's and from AFBI converged recently to discuss the evolution of the formal partnership between the two organisations

Farmers & food producers urged to "embrace change" at annual lecture
Flagship event | 7 November, 2019

Food retail around the British Isles is facing “severe headwinds” according to former Waitrose supermarket MD Lord Mark Price, who delivered the George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture at Riddel Hall last night

Lord Price to outline the future of UK food-supply system to Belfast audience
expert address | 8 October, 2019

A leading British businessman and politician will consider the future of the UK food and agri-food industries at the George Scott Robertson (GSR) Memorial Lecture, on Wednesday 6 November

Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow starts at Biological Sciences
27 June, 2019

A big welcome to Dr Simon Cameron, who has been awarded a prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowship – one of only nine awarded across the University in the latest round.

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Marine researchers discover first ever species endangered from deep sea mining
Marine Life | 22 July, 2019

Scientists from Queen's Marine Lab have discovered that the scaly-foot snail or as it’s otherwise known, the sea pangolin, is the first species at risk of extinction due to potential deep sea mining by humans.

Brown Trout genome sequencing a game-changer for wildlife conservation
Research breakthroughs | 24 September, 2019

The genome sequencing of the wild Brown Trout – a significant milestone in conservation biology – has been completed by an international team of scientists, including from the Institute for Global Food Security

Recognition of high standard of courses
Academic affairs | 25 September, 2019

A number of courses delivered through the School of Biological Sciences have recently been awarded professional accreditation by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) as well as the Royal Society of Biology

Can we learn from the endangered pine marten - nature's most opportunistic omnivore?
Research findings | 12 November, 2019

Researchers have discovered that pine martens (Martes martes) are more adaptable in terms of diet than previously thought

Queen’s University researchers show transatlantic travel of endangered species
ENVIRONMENT | 15 November, 2019

Researchers at Queen's and Western University have recorded the second ever evidence of transatlantic movement for the endangered marine fish basking sharks

Researchers show noise pollution is threatening the survival of a number of species
ECOLOGY news | 20 November, 2019

Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and IGFS have found noise pollution is threatening the survival of more than 100 different species

Celebrating Biological Sciences women
IWD showcase | 6 March, 2020

For International Women's Day 2020, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of the female staff who help make the School of Biological Sciences the great academic and research institution that it is today

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Professor O'Connell scoops international funding prize to enhance chicken welfare
funding news | 15 May, 2020

A project led by IGFS and ECIT has been awarded $310,738 for research towards intelligent welfare monitoring of broiler chickens.

New evidence shows noise pollution is hampering birds communicating with each other
Research publications | 20 June, 2019

Noise pollution is making it difficult for birds to communicate with each other and it could lead to a severe decline in numbers, new research has found.

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2020 National Student Survey - Have your say!

Climate: Time to Change
15 February, 2020

Come and meet scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s to explore the impacts of climate change

Life in the gingerbread house: how fish need jellies more than we thought
Life in the gingerbread house: how fish need | 21 March, 2019

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UCAS Offer Holder Event Open Days 2019
5 February, 2019

We would like to invite you to attend our UCA's offer holder event.

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New International Partnership for Vietnamese Students
14 March, 2019

Queen’s University Belfast and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology have developed a new partnership creating a pathway for students to achieve a BSc in Food Quality, Safety and Nutrition.

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Royal Society of Biology Accreditation
7 March, 2019

A number of degree courses at the School of Biological Sciences and IGFS have been granted the prestigious status of being formally accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

From Waste to Worth - FWtW An international educational programme
Opportunity | 14 February, 2019

Applications are now open for “From Waste to Worth”! If you are a student at Queen’s, you can participate in this EIT Food project where through international teamwork and scientific exchange, you will create a waste database protype.

Summer Graduation - Tell your story
8 May, 2018

Are you graduating and have an interesting story to tell?

QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS HIGHLIGHT OUTSTANDING RESEARCH
Queen’s scholarship recipients highlight outstanding research
4 May, 2018

Top Queen’s University PhD students Erin Magee and Nathan Clarke received scholarships of £2,500 each to support their exciting and potentially far-reaching research projects.

Mairead Connor Young Irish Microbiologist of the Year
Mairéad Connor - Young Irish Microbiologist of the Year
17 July, 2017

Congratulations to Mairéad Connor who won the Young Irish Microbiologist of the Year for her talk on Clostridium difficile

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School of Biological Sciences Retain Athena SWAN Gold Award for Excellence in Gender Equality
7 October, 2016

Congratulations to the School of Biological Sciences who have been awarded a prestigious Athena SWAN Gold award, in recognition of its outstanding progress promoting gender equality & addressing the unequal representation of women in science

FOOD SAFETY EXPERT APPOINTED TO LEAD QUEEN’S INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
5 May, 2016

A world-leading expert in animal agriculture and associated supply chains has been appointed Director of Queen’s Institute for Global Food Security. Professor Nigel Scollan will take up the post on 1 September 2016.

Young Academy Programme
21 April, 2016

The school of Biological Sciences hosted “Young Academy” students from schools across the province, in conjunction with the QUB Widening Participation Unit, on the 13th of April 2016.

Battling the alien invaders in our waters

Beneath the rippling surface of the world’s lakes and rivers, a struggle is going on and Professor Jaimie Dick is fighting to influence its outcome.

Unveiling the foundation stone for the new Biological Sciences Building
NEW £39M BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING
9 June, 2016

Today Queen’s University Belfast unveiled the foundation stone for its new £39 million School of Biological Sciences Building.

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