INTERVIEWS

The Queen of Pain

Understanding the fascinating ways our brain creates and modifies our perception of pain is the key to better pain relief, Professor Irene Tracey tells Tom Ireland

'The problems start so early in life’

Athene Donald discusses how to attract and retain women in science

"No-one is looking for sequences with anywhere near the scale and depth that we do”

Basecamp Research is using AI-powered tech to find and commercialise Earth's unknown and undiscovered protein sequences at an unprecedented rate.

Adelphi Genetics Forum: an evolving organisation

The Biologist talks to the RSB’s newest Member Organisation, the Adelphi Genetics Forum – a society with a complicated past but an important new mission

Spring into action

The importance of tracking the timing of seasonal events - and how Biologist readers can help 

“This research has been in a deep freeze for decades”

Imran Khan discusses how psychedelic drugs can help us better understand consciousness and develop new treatments for mental health problems. 

"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.  
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