Sci-Fi London and the Ethics of Gene Editing
Gene editing has become so prevalent in science fiction it is almost its own genre. On 15 May 2019, Perfect premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema and Stratford Picturehouse, kicking off the 19th...
View ArticleScience Communication Competition 2019 – Winners Announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of our Science Communication Competition 2019. Now in its ninth year, the competition attracts entries from all over the world which are reviewed by our panel of...
View ArticleMental Health: All in the Mind?
Join The Biochemical Society at the British Science Festival for our event “Mental Health: All in the Mind?”.
View ArticleViewing the Invisible – a science and art collaboration
To promote new ideas, and explore the lesser-acknowledged creative aspects of science and technical elements of arts, I joined forces with a group of talented artists from London Fine Art Studios in...
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Is ‘clean meat’ possible?
We live in an age where food is grossly abundant. Those distant days when people foraged the land for plants to eat — and even when they shifted to setting up their own farms — seems almost...
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Getting started in Public Engagement – Lessons from the Standing Up for...
By Marcos Valenzuela-Ortega As an early career researcher (ECR), you can struggle with balancing publishable results, reading new scientific literature and keeping your supervisor happy. But you’re...
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How the course an “Introduction to Public Engagement and Science Policy”...
By Alex Holmes I just finished my first online course through the Biochemical Society, which introduced me to Public Engagement and Science Policy. I went into this course having already participated...
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Why should scientists be engaging the public?
By Mark Roberts There was a time where scientific debate only happened in the letter pages of national newspapers. However, as research developed and became more specialised, scientific discourse moved...
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I bet you didn’t know… cutting-edge research can inspire primary children
I was interested to read a recent blog by Dr Mark Roberts – Why should scientists be engaging the public? It is great to hear that the Biochemical Society is supporting scientists who want to engage...
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Dundee Women’s Festival
Public engagement is an opportunity for communities to gain an insight into current research and the people behind it. Just as importantly, it also offers scientists themselves a space to learn. Every...
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COVID-19 – how do you understand the science?
By Sally Best Every day, we are inundated with articles regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst every person’s news feed, you will find a sea of scientific updates, along with conspiracy articles and...
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Science communication in a post-normal, post-COVID world
By Freya Masters Albert Einstein said ‘The important thing is to never stop questioning.’ Indeed, the very essence of any good science is the preliminary experiment of questioning. Questioning itself...
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From Seed to Root – The WeeCAIR Medicinal Garden
By Irene Hallyburton (Malaria Research Scientist, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research) and Ailsa Mackintosh (Public Engagement Officer, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research) If...
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Opening a Can of Worms
By Katie Lowles Fad diets come and go, with magazines and celebrities jumping on the recent fashionable way to shed some pounds while convincing others to do the same. There have been liquid diets,...
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