INTERVIEWS

Lost in translation

Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and president of the Royal Society Sir Venki Ramakrishnan explains the wonders of the ribosome, and why he left physics for biology

"If a salamander can do it, why can't we?"

Bioengineering pioneer Dr Anthony Atala talks to Tom Ireland about regenerating human tissue in the lab and 3D printing organs

An evening with Alec Jeffreys

The inventor of DNA fingerprinting speaks to Alison Woollard about the scientists who inspired him and the 'eureka moment' that revolutionised forensic science

For the Greater Good

Tom Ireland talks to Deborah Gordon, the first biologist to witness ant colonies' entire life histories – from formation, to reproduction and death – play out over decades in the wild

"It is about creating the perfect specimen"

Tom Ireland visits illustrator Richard Lewington at his studio – and hears why wildlife drawing is still hugely important today

One small step for a physiologist

NASA astronaut and comparative physiologist Jessica Meir tells Tom Ireland about research in extreme environments – and whether she'd accept a one way ticket to Mars

Staring death in the face

Forensics expert Professor Sue Black tells Tom Ireland about her fascination with flesh – and how science kept her sane amid the horrors of a war zone