INTERVIEWS

"It's so simple to make brain organoids. There is even a kit you can buy that has everything in it"

Dr Madeline Lancaster discusses the serendipity that led to her creating cerebral organoids, and the fascinating insights they are revealing about disease and evolution in the human brain.  

‘I'm supporting an institution that is supporting biology’

The RSB’s new president, Professor Sir Ian Boyd, talks about his ideas for supporting and promoting UK science

 

“The experiments we're doing today are riskier than they've ever been”

Biosecurity and bio-risk expert Dr Filippa Lentzos discusses the threats of high-risk research, genetic surveillance, and science misinformation 

“The last two years have made climate change feel gut-level real”

Professor Sophie Gilbert explains why she is leaving academia to pursue more impactful climate-related work

Conflicting ideas

Professor Harmit Malik, the latest winner of the Edward Novitski Prize for genetics, talks to The Biologist about his influential work on genetic conflict

Something in the air

Ecologist Dr Fabian Roger talks about using airborne DNA to detect species living nearby

'It's important to find different ways to connect with people'

Illustrator Sarah Morrish talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her new guide to scientific natural history illustration and how art can help engage people with science and nature