The European Society for Evolutionary Biology Founded in 1987, the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) is an academic society that brings together over 2000 biologists from Europe and beyond. In this exclusive interview, we speak with Professor Astrid...
Dr Alexandra (Sasha) Pavlova | Professor Paul Sunnucks – Genetic Rescue Saves Species from Extinction Human impacts on plant and animal populations can be striking. Landscape-level transformation of pristine habitats means less room for plants and animals and...
Complementing Plant Breeding Programs with Biotechnology By Dr Tom Elmo Clemente, University of Nebraska-Lincoln There are three components that impact crop harvests: the genetics of the seed sown, the environment in which the crop is grown, and the inputs employed...
Dr Keerti Rathore – Bioengineered Cotton Could Help Solve World Hunger Humans have relied on cotton’s textile fibre for nearly seven millennia. However, utilising cottonseed as food has been a long and unfulfilled goal of many plant breeders. Along with its...
Dr Y. Peng Loh – Discovery of Neurotrophic Factor-α1 Reveals New Treatment Strategies for Stress-induced Neurodegenerative Diseases and Depression Stress produces numerous negative effects on the human body. Lying deep within the brain, one particularly...
Dr Madeleine Beekman – Unravelling A Biological Mystery: Why We Inherit More Maternal DNA Around 1.5 billion years ago, our single-celled ancestor had a fateful snack – it engulfed another bacterium. The engulfed organism initially lived within the other, but...
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