Take 10 with Biological Sciences

Discover some of the exciting research happening in the School of Biological Sciences with our selection of interviews from early-career and up-and-coming academics.

Professor Jennifer Miles-Chan from the School of Biological Sciences

Professor Jennifer Miles-Chan discusses variations in the way individuals metabolise energy and how women's bodies respond to effects of contraceptives.

Meet Jennifer
School of Biological Sciences Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Dr Jessie Jacobsen

Dr Matthew Sullivan gives us 10 minutes of his time to discuss his research into how metallodrugs interact with proteins.

Meet Matthew
Dr Ghader Bashiri, Sir Charles Hercus Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences

Dr Ghader Bashiri gives us 10 minutes of his time to discuss his research into the global issues of antimicrobial resistance and methane emissions.

Meet Ghader
Dr Sarah Knight, Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences

Dr Sarah Knight gives us 10 minutes of her time to discuss her research into sustainable, high quality agricultural products.

Meet Sarah
Dr Molly Swanson, Research Fellow

Dr Molly Swanson, Research Fellow with the School of Biological Sciences, gives us 10 minutes of her time to discuss her research on motor neuron disease.

Meet Molly
Professor Ant Poole, from the School of Biological Sciences

Professor Ant Poole, from the School of Biological Sciences, gives us 10 minutes of his time to discuss his research about the evolutionary origins of DNA.

Meet Ant
Dr Kristal Cain is a lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences.

Dr Kristal Cain gives us 10 minutes of her time to discuss her research that tests long-standing ideas and assumptions about why animals do the things they do.

Meet Kristal
Anna Brooks, School of Biological Sciences

Dr Anna Brooks is a Research Fellow and Flow Cytometry Manager in the School of Biological Sciences and the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery.

Meet Anna
Emma Carroll, School of Biological Sciences

Dr Emma Carroll discusses how molecular methods can provide insights into the lives of otherwise hard to study animals such as the southern right whale.

Meet Emma
Jessie Jacobsen, School of Biological Sciences

Dr Jessie Jacobsen gives us 10 minutes of her time to discuss reading people like books, and the benefits of caffeine-fuelled meetings.

Meet Jessie
Jane Allison, School of Biological Sciences

Associate Professor Jane Allison uses computer simulations to understand how molecules work and how they go wrong, which in turn helps design better drugs.

Meet Jane
Nobuto Takeuchi, School of Biological Sciences

Dr Nobuto Takeuchi discusses his research on the evolution of biological complexity using computational and mathematical modelling.

Meet Nobuto