BSCB Hooke Medal Winner 2019 Announced
For the second medal announcement this week, we are pleased to reveal Prof. Eugenia Piddini from the University of Bristol as the 2019 winner of the BSCB Hooke Medal. Read all about her work here.
View ArticleBSCB Image and Writing Competitions
Exciting news for our members with artistic and literary talents! The deadlines for the BSCB Image Competition and Science Writing Prize will both be 20th February 2019. Both have generous cash...
View ArticleNEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: BSCB meeting funding for regional career development...
. New type of regional meeting run by PhD students and postdocs on careers and networking . Scientific discussions can be part of the programme as long as the primary theme is career development ....
View ArticleBSCB Image Prize 2019: results announced!
Did you guess what it was? Whether you were at the 2019 Spring Meeting in Warwick or not, you may not be able to guess the identity of the sample that produced this year’s first-prize winning image!...
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BSCB Science Writing Prize 2018
Of Monsters and Genes: using AAV as a tool in the fight against childhood blindness For many, the mundane act of tucking your child into bed at night can present as quite an ordeal. Settle them down,...
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BSCB Science Writing Prize 2019
Keeping Everything in Proportion: why cell size must be kept under control Our bodies contain around 37 trillion cells that come in all shapes and sizes, from rotund fat cells to the cells that line...
View Article2019 BSCB Science Writing Prize Winning Entry Now Online
At the BSCB/BSDB joint Spring meeting in Warwick last month, we announced the winner of our Science Writing Prize as Laura Hankins from the University of Oxford. You can now read her fabulous winning...
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BSCB Magazine 2019
Our 2019 magazine is now available to download if you’ve lost your glossy printed copy. Read interviews, meeting reviews and more.
View ArticlepreLists – charting the waters of the preprint sea
The Company of Biologists have announced the launch of preLists, a new initiative within preLights where early-career researchers (preLighters) curate lists of preprints for the community. These lists...
View ArticleNew Application Process for BSCB Funding
We have recently updated the process of applying for our travel grants and summer studentships. Both are now managed through an online system, only accessible to members. You will first need to...
View ArticleBSCB Hooke Medal 2020 Winner
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Hooke Medal for 2020 is Prof. Ian Chambers, from the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh. Ian will present a medal lecture at...
View ArticleBSCB Women In Cell Biology Medal 2020 winner: Yanlan Mao
Our second major award of the year, the early career award for female scientists, has been made to Yanlan Mao, Group Leader at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London....
View ArticleInterested in Cilia? This Royal Society Publishing special issue might be...
Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B entitled Unity and diversity of cilia in locomotion and transport, a Theo Murphy meeting issue compiled...
View ArticleBSCB 2020 Competitions: Deadline 29th February
The annual BSCB image and science writing competitions are open, with the deadline of 29th February 2020. Both have cash prizes, so if you would like to showcase your artistic or literary talents,...
View ArticleHave your say on how the society is run
The aim of the BSCB is to support the UK Cell biology community. We are therefore keen to find out how our members feel about the activities undertaken by the Society. Please let us know your views via...
View ArticleBSCB Writing Prize Extended Deadline: 31st March
We have extended the entry deadline for the BSCB Science Writing Prize until 31st March 2020, so if you thought about entering and ran out of time, you have another chance at a £500 cash prize! Details...
View ArticleCOVID-19: important update on BSCB summer studentships
The deadline for the BSCB Summer Studentship applications for Summer 2020 has been extended until 30 April 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All applications now need to have additional and...
View ArticleNEW: BSCB PhD Award – Raff Medal
We are delighted to launch a new BSCB award, The Raff Medal. The medal was developed to recognise BSCB PhD students who have made outstanding contributions to UK/Ireland cell biology. The medal was...
View ArticleBSCB Magazine 2020
If your beautiful copy of the 2020 BSCB magazine is (like mine!) trapped in a locked building, you can download a pdf replacement version. As with many things at the moment, perhaps not quite as...
View ArticleBSCB COVID-19 Initiative: Funding for Virtual Conferences and Seminar Series
As a result of the current situation leading to the cancellation of many scientific meetings, we at the BSCB would like to invite our members to apply for financial support for virtual meetings or...
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